Samyuktha | |
|---|---|
 Samyuktha in 2018 | |
| Born | Samyuktha Menon 11 September 1995 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2016–present |
Samyuktha is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Popcorn (2016). [1] She has since appeared in commercially successful films such as Kalki (2019), Edakkad Battalion 06 (2019), Bheemla Nayak (2022), Bimbisara (2022), Gaalipata 2 (2022), Vaathi (2023) and Virupaksha (2023). [2]
Samyuktha was born on 11 September 1995, [3] [4] at Palakkad, Kerala. [5] Samyuktha did her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thathamangalam and she is a graduate in economics. [6]
Samyuktha made her film debut in 2016 with the Malayalam film Popcorn, where she played Anjana, the love interest of Shine Tom Chacko in the movie. [7]
She appeared in the Tamil-language action thriller Kalari as Thenmozhi. [8] [9] She was cast to play the title role in Lilli , a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language revenge thriller flick, scripted and directed by debutant Prasobh Vijayan. [7] [10] July Kaatril announced in late 2017 is a romantic comedy Tamil film. [11] The project was released in 2018. Her next release was Theevandi a Malayalam-language political satire film directed by debutante Fellini T. P. and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. [12] [13]
Samyuktha's first release for 2019 was Oru Yamandan Premakadha [14] directed by B. C. Noufal and written by Bibin George and Vishnu Unnikrishnan. She made a cameo appearance in Uyare [15] as Tessa sharing screen space again with Tovino Thomas. Samyuktha played the role of Shivajith Padmanabhan's side-kick in the 2019 action film Kalki which had Tovino Thomas in the lead directed by Praveen Prabharam. [16] [17] [18] She was later cast in Bheemla Nayak which was released in February 2022. In August 2022, she made her Kannada debut in the film Gaalipata 2 . [19]
Samyuktha is considered among the highest-paid Malayalam actresses.[ citation needed ] In the Kochi Times Most Desirable Women list, Samyuktha was placed 7th both in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020. [20] [21] [22]
In 2023, Samyuktha dropped her surname Menon from her name and said, "When I want to see equality, humanity and love all around, keeping a surname makes it very contradictory to what I want." [23] [24]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Popcorn | Anjana | Malayalam | ||
| 2018 | Theevandi | Devi | |||
| Lilli | Lilli | ||||
| Kalari | Thenmozhi | Tamil | |||
| 2019 | July Kaatril | Revathy | |||
| Oru Yamandan Premakadha | Jesna Johny | Malayalam | |||
| Uyare | Tessa | Cameo appearance | |||
| Kalki | Dr. Sangeetha | ||||
| Edakkad Battalion 06 | Naina Fathima | [25] [26] | |||
| Under World | Aishwarya | ||||
| 2021 | Vellam | Sunitha Murali | |||
| Aanum Pennum | Kochuparu / Savithri | Segment: "Savithri" | |||
| Wolf | Asha | ||||
| Erida | Erida | Malayalam, Tamil | Bilingual film | ||
| 2022 | Bheemla Nayak | Kamali | Telugu | [27] [28] | |
| Kaduva | Elsa Kurian Kaduvakunnel | Malayalam | |||
| Bimbisara | Vyjayanthi | Telugu | |||
| Gaalipata 2 | Anupama | Kannada | [29] [30] | ||
| 2023 | Vaathi | Meenakshi | Tamil | Bilingual film | [31] |
| Sir | Telugu | ||||
| Boomerang | Honey Paul / Anjali | Malayalam | [32] | ||
| Virupaksha | Nandhini | Telugu | [33] | ||
| Devil: The British Secret Agent | Nyshada | [34] | |||
| 2024 | Love Me | Divyavathi | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2025 | Maharagni- Queen of Queens † | Mohini | Hindi | Filming | [35] |
| TBA | Ram † | TBA | Malayalam | Completed | [36] |
| Swayambhu† | TBA | Telugu | Filming | [37] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kerala Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Aanum Pennum , Vellam & Wolf | Won | [38] |
| 2023 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actress – Telugu | Bheemla Nayak | Nominated | [39] |
| 2024 | Best Actress – Telugu | Virupaksha | Pending | [40] |
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