Anoop Menon

Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films.

Anoop Menon
Born	(1976-08-03) 3 August 1976 (age 48) [1] Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupations	Actor film director screenwriter lyricist
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Shema Alexander ​ (m. 2014)​ [2]
Relatives	Shwetha Menon (cousin)

Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and also the Filmfare Award for his performance as the fictional movie star Ajayachandran in Thirakkatha. He wrote the screenplay and dialogue for films such as Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008), Cocktail (2010), Beautiful (2011), Trivandrum Lodge (2012), and Hotel California (2013).^[3] He turned as a director with his debut King fish malaylam movie in 2021. he directed film named Padma released in 2022.

Personal life

He was born on 3 August 1976 to P. Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon in Kozhikode.^[4] He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram.^{[citation needed]}

Menon was educated at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram.^[5] He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994 – 99) and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University.^[6] During this period, he used to do compèring for Kairali TV and Surya TV.^[7] He met fellow filmmaker and screenplay writer Shankar Ramakrishnan during this time. Both of them were under the tutelage of renowned Malayalam director Ranjith. Anoop married Shema Alexander on 27 December 2014. This is Shema's second marriage. Her first husband died of heart attack in 2006. She has a daughter born in 2002.^[2][8][9] Actress Shwetha Menon is his cousin.^[10]

Career

He began his acting career in Malayalam television serials. He was in two series on Asianet called Swapnam and Megham, the former one directed by K. K. Rajeev. Anoop made his debut as a screenwriter in Pakal Nakshatrangal with Mohanlal playing father and Anoop playing his son.^[11]

He also played main character in Thirakkatha by Ranjith, portraying different stages in the life of film star Ajay Chandran, loosely based on the personal life of Kamal Haasan. His co-stars were Priyamani and Prithviraj Sukumaran.^[12]

Filmography

Actor

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

List of Anoop Menon film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Kattuchembakam	Shivan
2003	Ivar	Thomas IPS
2005	Moksham	Radha Madhavan	[13]
2007	Kaiyoppu	Doctor
	Abraham & Lincoln	Philip Mathew
	Pranayakalam	Doctor
	Rock N' Roll	Vivek
2008	Thirakkatha	Ajayachandran
	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Aadhi
2009	Anubhav	Aditya / Adi	Hindi film
	Currency	Mahesh Kesav
	Ivar Vivahitharayal	Ajay Menon
	Loudspeaker	Doctor
	Patham Nilayile Theevandi	Dr. John Mathai
	Kerala Cafe	Crime Investigator
2010	Pramani	District Collector
	Mummy & Me	Doctor
	Neelambari	Thankaraj
	Cocktail	Ravi Abraham
2011	Traffic	Ajmal Nazar IPS
	Lucky Jokers	Vishnu Sharman
	Pranayam	Suresh Menon
	Ven Shankhu Pol	Rajeevan
	Beautiful	John
	Athe Mazha Athe Veyil	Raghuraman
2012	Ee Adutha Kaalathu	Tom Cherian IPS
	Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.	Madhavankutty
	Josettante Hero	Sajan
	Grandmaster	Dr. Jacob Varghese
	Namukku Parkkan	Dr. Rajeev
	Track	Mukundan
	Hero	Aadithyan
	Veendum Kannur	Jayakrishnan
	Trivandrum Lodge	Ravisankar
	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Sravan Varma
	916	Dr. Harikrishnan
	I Love Me	Ram Mohan
2013	David & Goliath	Sunny
	Hotel California	Prem Sagar
	Buddy	Aadinarayanan
	D Company	Akbar
	Pattam Pole	Michael Rossario
	Silence	Neil George IPS
2014	1983	Vijay Menon
	Angry Babies in Love	Jeevan
	Vikramadithyan	Vasudeva Shenoy
	The Dolphin	Nandan
	Aamayum Muyalum	Lottery Ticket Examiner
2015	She Taxi	Joe
	Lavender	Interpol officer Raghavan Moorthy
	Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare	Vijaya Anand
	Kanal	Anantharaman
	Female Unnikrishnan	Hari
2016	Malgudi Days	Zephan Solomom
	Pavada	Pavada Babu
	Karinkunnam 6's	Aby
	Pa Va	Varkey
	10 Kalpanakal	Davis George
	Kuttikalundu Sookshikkuka	Keshav
2017	Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol	Venukuttan
	Sarvopari Palakkaran	Jose Kaithaparambil Mani
	Velipadinte Pusthakam	Vishwanathan aka Bullet Vishwan
2018	Aami	Akbar Ali
	Chanakya Thanthram	Raju Zakaria
	B. Tech	Adv. Viswanath Iyyer
	Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal	Sanjay
	Neeli	Reni
2019	Ganagandharvan	Yousaf	Cameo
	Kamala	Agasthy
2020	Big Brother	Dr. Vishnu
2021	Home	Superstar Vishal	[14]
	Vidhi The Verdict	Bharath
2022	Twenty One Gms	DySP Nanda Kishore
	CBI 5: The Brain	I.G Unnithan IPS
	Padma	Psychologist Ravi Shankar
	Pathonpatham Noottandu	King of Travancore
	King Fish	Bhaskara Varma
	Varaal	David John
	Kooman	Psychiatrist
2023	Nalpathukaarante Irupathonnukaari	Thampi
	Thimingala Vetta	Jayaraman
	Nigoodam	Artist Shankar
	Phoenix	Fr. Francis	[15]
	Ohh...Cinderella		[16]
2024	Abraham Ozler		[17]
	LLB: Life Line of Bachelors	CI Babu Sebastian
	Nadikar	Chandradas	[18]
	Checkmate		[19]

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Director

• King Fish (2022)
• Padma (2022)
• Nalpathukaarante Irupathonnukaari (2023)

Screenwriter

• Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008)
• Anubhav (2009)
• Cocktail (2010) (dialogues)
• Beautiful (2011)
• Trivandrum Lodge (2012)
• David and Goliath (2013)
• Hotel California (2013)
• Gangs of Vadakum (Second segment of D Company) (2013)
• The Dolphins (2014)
• Lavender (2015)
• Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal (2018)
• Padma (2022)
• Varal (2022)
• king fish (2022)
• Oru Nalpathukaarante Irupathonnukaari (2023)
• Trivandrum Lodge 2 (2023)
• Madras Lodge (Title Not Yet Confirmed)

Lyricist

• Beautiful (2011)
• Namukku Parkkan (2012)
• Buddy (2013) ^[20]
• Hotel California (2013)
• David & Golliyath (2013)
• Angry Babies in Love (2014)
• The Dolphins (2014)
• She Taxi (2015)

Television career

List of Anoop Menon television credits

Year	Title	Channel	Notes
1999	Manal Nagaram	Asianet	Screen debut as a guest role
2000	December Mist	Kairali TV	Debut in a telefilm
2002–2003	Sthree Janmam	Surya TV	Debut in a serial
2003	Radhamadhavam	Surya TV
2003-2004	Swapnam	Asianet
2004	Ashtapadhi	Surya TV
2004	Megham	Asianet
2004	Muhoortham	Asianet
2005–2006	Swaram	Amrita TV
2006	Thadangalpaalayam	Asianet
2007	Madhavam	Surya TV
2019	Mounaragam	Asianet	Promo voiceover

Awards

Asianet Film Awards^[21]

• 2012 - Asianet Film Awards for Special Jury Award - Various Films

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2014 - Second Best Actor - 1983, Vikramadithyan
• 2008 - Second Best Actor - Thirakkatha

Filmfare Awards South

• 2008 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Thirakkatha

South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2011 - Best Lyricist for "Mazhaneerthullikal" - Beautiful

Vanitha Film Awards

• 2011 - Best Supporting actor - Beautiful

Asiavision Awards

• 2011 - Best Supporting actor - Traffic
• 2012 - Trendsetter - Beautiful

Asianet Family award

• 2005 - Best Son in law - Swapnam

References

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14. "Scriptwriting is the toughest job: Anoop Menon". 23 March 2022.
15. "Phoenix gets a release date". Cinema Express. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
16. "Anoop Menon's 'Ohh...Cinderella' set to enchant audiences on November 3". The Times of India. 13 October 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
17. "Jayaram's Abraham Ozler gets a release date". Cinema Express. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
18. "'Nadikar,' starring Tovino Thomas and Soubin Shahir, gets a release date". The Hindu. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
19. Features, C. E. (29 July 2024). "Anoop Menon's Checkmate gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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Tamil Cinema News - Anoop Menon Images - Maalaimalar.com Maalaimalar ^[1]

External links

• Anoop Menon MSI Profile Page
• Anoop Menon at IMDb
• Anoop Menon on Facebook
• Personal blog
• Beautiful is inspired by a wheelchair-bound schoolmate
• Beautiful is a milestone in Malayalam cinema
• എഴുത്തിലെ പുതുനക്ഷത്രം

1. "Anoop-menon | Tamil actors Wallpapers | Tamil Movie news | Tamil actress Images - Maalaimalar". Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.