Munna Simon

Munna Simon is an Indian actor, who has notably appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in Gaurisankaram, Silandhi, Kandein Kadhalai and Raavanan.^[1]

Munna Simon
Born	(1979-05-01) 1 May 1979 (age 45) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actor Physiotherapist
Years active	2003-present
Spouse	Betty Mary ​ (m. 2010)​

Career

His initial films such as Pallavan, Jananam and Unnai Enakku Pudichirukku were highly unsuccessful films as they failed to create any impact at the box office. He eventually gained attention with the 2008 low-budget thriller Silandhi, following it up with the successful Kandein Kadhalai, appearing alongside Bharath and Tamannaah Bhatia. Subsequently, he was signed by Indian director Mani Ratnam to enact a supporting role in his magnum opus Raavanan, along with prominent film artists Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj and Priyamani.

Personal life

Munna is the nephew of Malayalam actress Jayabharathi.^[2][3] He graduated from U.C College and further studied physiotherapy in the School of Medical education Angamaly. Munna's only brother Dominic Simon died of Pneumonia on 20 May 2013. Dominic was doing M.Sc. in visual communications in SRM College Chennai.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Gaurisankaram	Sankaran	Malayalam
	Pallavan	Manohar	Tamil
2004	Jananam	Sasi	Tamil
2005	Unnai Enakku Pudichirukku	Himself	Tamil
2007	Aata	Vicky	Telugu
2008	Silandhi	Mahesh	Tamil
2009	Kandein Kadhalai	Gautham	Tamil
2010	Raavanan	Sakkarai	Tamil
2011	Mohabbath	Ameer	Malayalam
2012	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Rahul	Malayalam
2013	Kutteem Kolum	Babu	Malayalam
2014	To Noora with Love	Himself	Malayalam
	Testpaper		Malayalam
2015	Achaaram	Siva	Tamil
2019	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Anand Bhai	Tamil
	Queen	Srikanth	Tamil	Web Series
2020	Kannan Aayal	Kannan	Malayalam	Music album
2023	Lockdown Diarie		Tamil
	Dhruva Natchathiram		Tamil	Unreleased
2025	Madha Gaja Raja	Viswanath's henchman	Tamil