Lakshmi Menon (actress)

Not to be confused with Lakshmi Menon (model).

Lakshmi Menon (born 19 May 1996^[1]) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil films. After making her acting debut in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011). She made her first main female lead with her Tamil debut film Sundara Pandian in 2012.^[2] She is a recipient of a Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two SIIMA Awards.^[3][4]

Lakshmi Menon
Lakshmi Menon at the 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013
Born	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28) Kochi, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Reva University, Bangalore
Occupations	Actress Choreographer Playback singer
Years active	2011–2016 2021–present

Early life

Lakshmi Menon was born on 19 May 1996 to Malayali parents Ramakrishnan, a Dubai based artist, and Usha Menon, a dance teacher from Kochi.^[5]

Career

In 2011, Malayalam director Vinayan, who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast, cast her in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya. She was in her eight grade when she acted in the film.^[6] Soon after, she played the lead along with Vineeth in another Malayalam film titled Idli Couple, directed by Ali Akbar.^[7] Director Prabu Solomon cast her in Kumki opposite actor Vikram Prabhu. Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in Sundarapandian opposite M. Sasikumar, which released before Kumki and marked her Tamil debut.^[8] After acting with Sasikumar again in Kutti Puli, she was seen as a demure school teacher Malar in Suseenthiran's action-drama film Pandianadu,^[9] which co-starred Vishal.^[10][11]

In Naan Sigappu Manithan saw her pairing up with Vishal again.^[12] She acted in two Tamil films, Manja Pye with Vimal and Jigarthanda with Siddharth in 2014.^[13] She completed Sippai with Gautham Karthik,^[14] and Komban had hit the screens and got her a good name for her role Palani ammal. On 10 November, her movie Vedalam movie was released in which she portrayed the role of sister for Ajith Kumar and she was well praised by the critics for the performance in that movie. In 2016 she did a movie named Miruthan with Jayam Ravi which was the first Tamil zombie movie.

Her next project was Pulikkuthi Pandi (2021) which is Lakshmi Menon's third film under M. Muthaiah's direction, and the film also marked the actress comeback on big screens after four years.^[15] In 2023, she starred in Chandramukhi 2.

Filmography

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes	Ref.
2011	Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya	Priya	Malayalam	Malayalam Debut
2012	Ideal Couple	Shanthi
	Sundarapandian	Archana	Tamil	Tamil Debut Filmfare best actress debut-Tamil (2012)
	Kumki	Alli
2013	Kutti Puli	Bharathi
	Pandiya Naadu	Malarvizhi
	Naa Bangaaru Talli	Padma	Telugu	Bilingual
	Ente		Malayalam
2014	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Meera	Tamil
	Manjapai	Karthika
	Jigarthanda	Kayalvizhi
	Avatharam	Mani Meghala (Mani Kutty)	Malayalam
2015	Komban	Palani	Tamil
	Vedalam	Thamizharasi (Thamizh)			[16]
	Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga	Lakshmi		Voice Over Only
2016	Miruthan	Dr. Renuka			[17]
	Rekka	Bharathi			[18]
2021	Pulikkuthi Pandi	Pechi		Direct Television Premiere	[19]
2022	AGP Schizophrenia	Pooja			[20]
2023	Chandramukhi 2	Divya			[21]
2025	Malai	TBA		Filming	[22]
	Sabdham	TBA		Filming	[23]
	Kannappa	TBA		Announced

Discography

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Lyricist	Co Singer
2014	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	"Kukkuru Kukkuru"	D. Imman	Eknaath	Sathyan
2015	Saagasam	"Desi Girl Desi Girl"	S. Thaman	Madhan Karky	Silambarasan
	Kuzhambi	"Oh Coffee Penne"	Rama Subramanian .R	Ko Sesha

Awards and nominations

Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
Sundarapandian	7th Vijay Awards	Best Debut Actress	Nominated	[24]
	Vikatan Awards	Best Debut Actress	Won	[25]
	The Chennai Times Film Award	Promising Female Newcomer	Won	[26]
	60th Filmfare Awards South	Best Female Debut	Won	[3]
	2nd SIIMA Awards	Best Female Debut – Tamil	Won	[27]
	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	Best Actress	Won	[28]
Kumki			Won
	Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards	Best Actress	Won	[29]
	60th Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Tamil	Nominated	[30]
Various films	3rd SIIMA Awards	Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (female)	Won	[31]
Naan Sigappu Manithan	9th Vijay Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	[citation needed]
Jigarthanda	4th SIIMA Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	[32]
Vedalam	5th SIIMA Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated	[citation needed]

References

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7. Shilpa Nair Anand (30 November 2012). "New face, new promise". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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9. "Pandiya Nadu movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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13. "Lakshmi Menon to have two releases in May!". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
14. "Gautham Karthik's pairs with Lakshmi Menon". The Times of India. TNN. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
15. "Vikram Prabhu's 'Puli Kutty Pandi' to be the first release of 2021". The Times of India. 23 December 2020.
16. "Meet Ajith's reel sister". The Hindu. Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
17. Radhika C Pillai (22 April 2015). "Lakshmi Menon's next is with Jayam Ravi". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
18. "Lakshmi bags the lead opposite Vijay Sethupathi in 'Rekka'". Deccan Chronicle. 26 January 2016.
19. "Vikram Prabhu and Lakshmi Menon to star in Muthaiah's 'Pechi'". The News Minute. 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
20. "AGP movie review in Tamil || காதலனை தேடும் நாயகி - ஏஜிபி விமர்சனம்". Cinema.maalaimalar.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
21. "THIS actress plays the Chandramukhi character in the sequel". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
22. "First look of Yogi Babu and Lakshmi Menon's 'Malai'". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
23. "Lakshmi Menon joins the cast of Sabdham". Cinema Express. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
24. "Winners". Vijay Awards. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
25. "விகடன் விருதுகள் 2012". 5 January 2013.
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27. "SIIMA in Sharjah". Gulf News. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
28. "Tamil Nadu announces the State Film Awards for six consecutive years in surprise move. Here's the complete list of winners". 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
29. "Norway Tamil Film Festival 2013". Sify. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
30. "List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. 21 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
31. "And-the-SIIMA-Awards-go-to". The Times of India. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
32. "Micromax SIIMA 2015 | Nominations For Best Actress | Tamil". 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021 – via YouTube.

External links

• Lakshmi Menon at IMDb