Samyuktha Menon | |
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 Samyuktha in 2018 | |
| Born | Samyuktha Menon 11 September 1995 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2016–Present |
Samyuktha (also known by her former name Samyuktha Menon) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Popcorn (2016). [1] [2]
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]
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]
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." [20] [21]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Popcorn | Anjana | Malayalam | Malayalam Debut |
| 2018 | Theevandi | Devi | ||
| Lilli | Lilli | |||
| Kalari | Thenmozhi | Tamil | Tamil Debut | |
| 2019 | July Kaatril | Revathy | ||
| Oru Yamandan Premakadha | Jesna Johny | Malayalam | ||
| Uyare | Tessa | Cameo appearance | ||
| Kalki | Dr. Sangeetha | |||
| Edakkad Battalion 06 | Naina Fathima | [22] [23] | ||
| Under World | Aishwarya | |||
| 2021 | Vellam | Sunitha Murali | ||
| Aanum Pennum | Kochuparu / Savithri | Segment : Savithri | ||
| Wolf | Asha | |||
| Erida | Erida | Malayalam Tamil | ||
| 2022 | Bheemla Nayak | Kamali | Telugu | Telugu Debut [24] [25] |
| Kaduva | Elsa Kurian Kaduvakunnel | Malayalam | ||
| Bimbisara | Vyjayanthi | Telugu | ||
| Gaalipata 2 | Anupama | Kannada | Kannada Debut [26] [27] | |
| 2023 | Vaathi | Meenakshi | Tamil | Bilingual film [28] |
| Sir | Telugu | |||
| Boomerang | Honey Paul / Anjali | Malayalam | [29] | |
| Virupaksha | Nandhini | Telugu | [30] | |
| Devil: The British Secret Agent | Nyshada | [31] | ||
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