Sita Menon

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Sita Menon
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Scriptwriter, Screenplay Writer, Dialogue Writer
Years active2011–present

Sita Menon is a former journalist and a Film Editor with Rediff.com, who started her writing career with directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK. [1]

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Early life

She was a daughter of a journalist who worked with The Economic Times and grew up around writers. She worked with Times of India, Femina, Star India and various other digital media before her collaboration with Raj & DK. [2]

Career


She has worked along with filmmakers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, as their writing partner, creative producer [3] and creative partner [4] on various movies including their debut movie 99, starring Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Soha Ali Khan. [5] Menon continued working with the duo, as a writer for Shor in the City, Go Goa Gone, Happy Ending and A Gentleman. [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2024, Marvel announced that Menon along with Raj and DK are set to make their Hollywood debut and develop a Super hero script. [10] [11] She has earlier worked with Raj and DK in many projects including 99, Shor in the City, Citadel: Honey Bunny and Farzi. [12] She is also involved in the writing of the Farzi 2. [13]

She is also working on Reloaded with Jacqueline Fernandez playing the lead role. [14] [15]

Filmography

Scriptwriter

YearShowCredit AsNotes
2009 99 Hindi Dialogue / Story and Screenplay / Creative Partner
2011 Shor in the City Dialogue / Story and Screenplay
2013 Go Goa Gone Dialogue / Story and Screenplay / Creative Producer
2014 Happy Ending Screenplay / Story
2017 A Gentleman Story
2023 Farzi Story and ScreenplayAmazon Prime Video
2023 Guns & Gulaabs Story and ScreenplayNetflix series
2024 Citadel: Honey Bunny WriterAmazon Prime Series
TBAFarzi 2Story and ScreenplayNetflix series [16]

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