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Samyuktha Menon credited as 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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