Samyuktha (actress, born 1995)

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Samyuktha
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Samyuktha in 2018
Born
Samyuktha Menon

(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 28)
Palakkad, Kerala, India
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present

Samyuktha (born Samyuktha Menon; 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Telugu 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]

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Early life

Samyuktha was born as Samyuktha Menon 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]

Career

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]

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Samyuktha at an event

Samyuktha is considered among the highest-paid Malayalam actresses. [20] In the Kochi Times Most Desirable Women list, Samyuktha was placed 7th both in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020. [21] [22] [23]

Personal life

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." [24] [25]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2016PopcornAnjana Malayalam
2018 Theevandi Devi
Lilli Lilli
Kalari Thenmozhi Tamil
2019 July Kaatril Revathy
Oru Yamandan Premakadha Jesna JohnyMalayalam
Uyare TessaCameo appearance
Kalki Dr. Sangeetha
Edakkad Battalion 06 Naina Fathima [26] [27]
Under World Aishwarya
2021 Vellam Sunitha Murali
Aanum Pennum Kochuparu / SavithriSegment: "Savithri"
Wolf Asha
Erida EridaMalayalam
Tamil		Bilingual film
2022 Bheemla Nayak Kamali Telugu [28] [29]
Kaduva Elsa Kurian KaduvakunnelMalayalam
Bimbisara VyjayanthiTelugu
Gaalipata 2 Anupama Kannada [30] [31]
2023 Vaathi MeenakshiTamilBilingual film [32]
SirTelugu
Boomerang Honey Paul / AnjaliMalayalam [33]
Virupaksha NandhiniTelugu [34]
Devil: The British Secret Agent Nyshada [35]
TBA Ram †TBAMalayalamCompleted [36]
Swayambhu†TBATeluguFilming [37]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
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]

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