Samyuktha (actress)

Samyuktha (born Samyuktha Menon; 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Popcorn (2016).^[1][2]

Samyuktha
Samyuktha in 2018
Born	Samyuktha Menon (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29) Palakkad, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Early life

Samyuktha Menon was born on 11 September 1995,^[3][4] in Palakkad, Kerala, India.^[5] She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thathamangalam and graduated a bachelors in economics.^[6]

Career

Debut and early work (2016-2021)

Samyuktha made her acting debut in 2016 with the Malayalam film Popcorn, where she played the lead opposite Shine Tom Chacko.^[7] In 2018, she had two Malayalam film releases: Theevandi opposite Tovino Thomas^[8][9] and Lilli, where she played the titular role of a pregnant woman.^[10] Cris of The News Minute stated, "Samyuktha Menon is convincing as a pregnant woman, but her lines are flawed."^[11] That year, Samyuktha also made her Tamil film debut with Kalari opposite Krishna.^[12]

The year 2019 was a turning point in her career with six film releases. She first appeared in July Kaatril opposite Ananth Nag.^[13] She went onto appear in Oru Yamandan Premakadha opposite Dulquer Salmaan,^[14] in Uyare,^[15] and in Under World opposite Asif Ali.^[16] Samyuktha reunited with Tovino Thomas for her last two releases of the year, Kalki, where she played a doctor and Edakkad Battalion 06, where she played a teacher.^[17][18] For Kalki, Sify found her to be "decent" in her limited role.^[19] In 2021, Samyuktha worked in four films, Vellam opposite Jayasurya,^[20] the anthology Aanum Pennum,^[21] Wolf opposite Arjun Ashokan.^[22] and Erida, where she played the titular role.^[23]

Expansion and commercial success (2022-present)

Samyuktha had four commercial successes in 2022. Her first release was, Bheemla Nayak, one of the highest grossing Telugu film of the year, opposite Rana Daggubati.^[24][25] She then appeared in one of the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, Kaduva opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran.^[26] In Bimbisara, she played a police officer opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.^[27] Later, she made her Kannada film debut with Gaalipata 2 opposite Diganth.^[28] A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express stated that she justifies her character with her act.^[29]

In 2023, she first played a teacher opposite Dhanush in Vaathi, highest-grossing Tamil film of the year.^[30][31] She went onto appeared in Boomerang opposite Shine Tom Chacko,^[32] and in Devil: The British Secret Agent opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.^[33] Neeshitha Nyayapati of Hindustan Times stated, "Samyuktha delivers a good performances for the most part. "^[34] Later, she appeared opposite Sai Durgha Tej in Virupaksha, one of the highest grossing Telugu film of the year.^[35] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu noted, "Samyuktha has a good screen presence and makes it count in the later portions that demand something more from her."^[36] She made her Bollywood Debut with Kajol and Prabhudeva as Charantej Uppalapati's Maharagni- Queen of Queens

Media image

Samyuktha at an event

Samyuktha is considered as one of the highest paid Malayalam actresses.^[37] In the Kochi Times Most Desirable Women list, she was placed 7th both in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020.^[38][39][40]

Personal life

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."^[41][42]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2016	Popcorn	Anjana	Malayalam		[43]
2018	Theevandi	Devi			[44]
	Lilli	Lilli			[45]
	Kalari	Thenmozhi	Tamil		[46]
2019	July Kaatril	Revathi			[47]
	Oru Yamandan Premakadha	Jesna Koshy	Malayalam		[48]
	Uyare	Tessa		Cameo appearance	[49]
	Kalki	Dr. Sangeetha			[50]
	Edakkad Battalion 06	Naina Fathima			[51][52]
	Under World	Aishwarya			[53]
2021	Vellam	Sunitha Murali			[54]
	Aanum Pennum	Kochuparu / Savithri		Segment: "Savithri"	[55]
	Wolf	Asha			[56]
	Erida	Erida	Malayalam	Bilingual film	[57]
			Tamil
2022	Bheemla Nayak	Kamali	Telugu		[58][59]
	Kaduva	Elsa Kurian	Malayalam		[60]
	Bimbisara	S.I Vyjayanthi	Telugu		[61]
	Gaalipata 2	Anupama	Kannada		[62][63]
2023	Vaathi	Meenakshi	Tamil	Bilingual film	[64][65]
	Sir		Telugu
	Boomerang	Honey Paul / Anjali	Malayalam		[66]
	Virupaksha	Nandini Chalapathy	Telugu		[67]
	Devil: The British Secret Agent	Nyshada			[68]
2024	Love Me	Divyavathi		Cameo appearance
2025	Maharagni: Queen of Queens †	Mohini	Hindi	Filming	[69]
	Swayambhu †	TBA	Telugu	Post-production	[70]
TBA	Ram †	TBA	Malayalam	Post-production	[71]
	Naari Naari Naduma Murari †	Dia	Telugu	Filming	[72]
	Haindava †	Sameera		Filming	[73]
	Akhanda 2: Thaandavam †	TBA		Filming	[74]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Kerala Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	Aanum Pennum, Vellam & Wolf	Won	[75]
2023	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Bheemla Nayak	Nominated	[76]
2024		Best Actress – Telugu	Virupaksha	Nominated	[77]
	Santosham Film Awards	Best Actress		Won	[78]