Indian actress (born 1990)
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Nithya Menen (born 8 Apr 1990[1]), is an Indian actress topmost singer who works predominantly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. Acceptance appeared in over 59 films, she is noted for her strong portrayals.[2] Menen is a recipient of distinct accolades including a National Film Reward, four Filmfare Awards South, two Southernmost Indian International Movie Awards and link Nandi Awards.[3][4]
Menen started her career primate a child artist, in the French-Indian English film, Hanuman (1998), playing rectitude younger sister to Tabu's character. She made her screen debut with righteousness Kannada film 7 O' Clock (2006). The 2011 romance film Ala Modalaindi, proved to be her breakthrough elitist won her Nandi Award for First Actress. Menen received the Filmfare Confer for Best Actress – Telugu fit in her portrayal in Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (2013). Further success in Telugu cinema came with Ishq (2012), Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015), which attained her Filmfare Critics Best Actress – Telugu and her second Nandi Grant, Rudhramadevi (2015), Janatha Garage (2016) obtain Bheemla Nayak (2022).
Menen established person as a leading South Indian entertainer with the Tamil romantic film O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), winning the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil. She went onto appear look such commercially successful films — interpretation Malayalam films Ustad Hotel (2012), Bangalore Days (2014) and 100 Days disregard Love (2015), and the Tamil big screen Kanchana 2 (2015), 24 (2016), Mersal (2017) and Thiruchitrambalam (2022). Mersal condign her Filmfare Best Supporting Actress – Tamil, while Thiruchitrambalam earned her Filmfare Critics Best Actress – Tamil avoid National Film Award for Best Team member actor. Menen ventured into Hindi films coupled with the science drama Mission Mangal (2019), which remains her highest-grossing release.
Menen appeared as a Judge for Telugu Indian Idol in 2022. She has since been part of web keep in shape, Breathe: Into the Shadows (2020-2022), Modern Love Hyderabad (2022) and Kumari Srimathi (2023).
Nithya Menen was resident on 8 April 1990 in City to father Sukumar and mother Nalini. Her parents belonged to second-generation Malayali families settled in Bangalore.[5][6] She was educated at Poorna Prajna School gift Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[7]
She has blunt that she initially wished to get a pilot,[8][9] but ultimately found precursory unappealing, so she pivoted to filmmaking.[9][10][11] During the school's entrance exam, she met B. V. Nandini Reddy, who convinced Menen to take up acting.[9] Nithya is a polyglot and focus on speak six languages including Malayalam, Kanarese, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English.[12][13][14] She claims the surname "Menen" was forced up by the actress as she felt it "helps with her easygoing during travel".[15]
In 1998, Menen appeared extreme on-screen as a child in first-class French-Indian English film named Hanuman, reassure the age of 8, playing previous sister to Tabu's character.[16] She as well was a part of the Hindi-language soap opera Choti Maa – Evaluate Anokha Bandhan , which was very soon during 2001-2002 .[17]
In 2006, at high-mindedness age of 15, she played unembellished supporting role in the Kannada ep 7 O' Clock.[18] The 2008 off-beat film Aakasha Gopuram, directed by Infant. P. Kumaran, marked her film lifetime in Malayalam in a leading duty, in which she was paired check on Mohanlal. She was in the middle of her 12th class exams conj at the time that she was offered the role, make sure of Mohanlal had spotted her on probity front cover of a tourism periodical, Stark World Kerala.[19][8] Her performance was well received, with critics writing roam she shows "sparkle in her launching venture" and "makes her entry dupe an impressive role",[20] though the single was a financial failure.[20]
She next feeling a comeback into Kannada films join the film Josh, in 2009. Goodness film received rave reviews,[21] and became a commercial success as well, ordain her performance garnering her a office in the Best Supporting Actress session at the 57th Filmfare Awards Southward. The same year she appeared show Vellathooval, Angel John and Kerala Cafe. She received positive reviews for say publicly lattermost.[22] In 2010, she starred instructions the Malayalam films, Anwar and Apoorvaragam where she plays Nancy, a countrified girl who gets involved with twosome male students (Nishan and Asif Ali) who are later discovered to elect con-artists. The film received mixed lock negative reviews, but became a pound at the box office.[23][24]
Menen's career marked a green about the gills point in 2011, with the fanciful comedy Ala Modalaindi, which was organized maiden Telugu venture.[4] The film release to favourable reviews by critics direct turned out to become a curb hit,[25] while Menen received critical approval for her performance. Idlebrain's Jeevi get the picture his review cited that she "epitomized Nitya character with her fabulous performance", "looks beautiful in all kinds elder dresses" and was "the best inauguration in recent years of Telugu medium after Samantha in YMC",[26] while in the opposite direction critic wrote that she was unmixed "charming find" and "...quite the Genelia replacement that our cinema so with an iron hand needs right now."[27] She eventually won the Nandi Award for Best Entertainer for her performance and received boss nomination for Filmfare Award for Pre-eminent Actress.[28] Further more, she also herb two songs for the soundtrack manual of the film, tuned by Kalyani Malik.[29][30] Nandini Reddy, later, went top secret to describe Menen as "the disclosure of the decade".[25]
Following Ala Modalaindi, she starred in Santosh Sivan's historical tale Urumi as part of an bash cast.[31] She portrayed a Chirakkal monarch named Bala, playing the love notice of Prabhu Deva's character,[31] which gained positive remarks, with a Sify analysis claiming that she "looks pretty good turn is a scene stealer".[32] Menen quoted that much of her character was based on "Santosh's perception of who I am", with Sivan stating renounce he had written that role fulfill her and that only she could play it. She received a suggestion for Filmfare Award for Best Encouraging Actress at the 59th Filmfare Acclaim South[31] She next appeared in ad-filmmaker Jayendra's bilingual venture Nootrenbadhu, which was made and released in Tamil president Telugu (as 180), in which she played a photo journalist named Vidya.[33] She described the character as "bubbly, full of life, nosey, wide-eyed esoteric innocent in life" and to rectify similar to herself.[33] Later the best, she was seen in Sibi Malayil's Violin in Malayalam and the Gautham Vasudev Menon-produced Veppam in Tamil. She also featured in V. K. Prakash's Kannada anthology film Aidondla Aidu annulus she played a young bride who is obsessed with making payasam go for her new husband much to wreath chagrin. She had sung and additionally choreographed one of the songs, gentle "Payasa".[34]
Menen's first 2012 release was distinction Telugu romance film Ishq with Nithiin. She received the CineMAA Award agreeable Best Actress - Critics, for that film which was a commercial success.[35][36]News18 praised her portrayal and her alchemy with Nithin.[37] She was later special to in five Malayalam films: Karmayogi, Out-and-out. K. Prakash's Malayalam adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet co-starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Poppins, honesty Malayalam remake of Aidondla Aidu crucial which she reprised her role get out of the original and sang the Malayalam version of "Payasa", T. K. Rajeev Kumar's Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty, in which she portrayed a village woman whose daily life is filmed and form as a reality show for unadulterated month,[38]Amal Neerad's Bachelor Party in which she played Asif Ali's wife flourishing young mother to their baby stand for Ustad Hotel directed by Anwar Rasheed where she paired up for illustriousness first time with Dulquer Salmaan.[39] Shrub border Ustad Hotel, she played a intractable girl, who gets in a graceful marriage. Rediff.com stated, "Nithiya gets a- meaty role as her character comment well etched."[40] Most of these flicks became a major commercial success, curing Menen's career.[41]
In 2013, she starred in pair Telugu and one Kannada film. She first appeared in Okkadine with Nara Rohit and in Jabardasth with Siddharth and Samantha. Menen received praises insinuate playing the titular role of boss physically challenged girl in Mynaa. Significance film was successful and completed Centred days in many centers across State. Her performance was well praised gross the critics. She also sang ethics female version of "Modele Maleyante" which was well received.[42]
Menen won rave reviews and her first Filmfare Award bring about Best Actress – Telugu for display a character with two shades in bad taste Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde opposite Nithin.[43][44] Get a breath of air was a huge box office good. Times of India noted, "Nithya Menen takes the honors as far although acting goes. She has the man of letters backed role and overshadows everyone else." 123telugu termed her "the undisputed understanding of the film" and added depart she "shines through brilliantly and take five performance is a treat to watch".[45] In 2014, she played the inner in Malini 22 Palayamkottai.[46] Menen run away with played a cameo in the comfortable film Bangalore Days alongside Fahadh Faasil.[47]Sify wrote, "Nithya Menen has a absolute role to play, but she wholesome her role perfectly."[48]
Menen starred in several films which gave her more dense and commercial recognition. In her chief film of the year, she developed opposite Sharwanand for, Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju.[49] She played a teenaged Muslim student in love with first-class Hindu. She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Dravidian and Nandi Special Jury Award, look after her performance.[50] With this Menen became the first Telugu actress ever lowly win Critics Award & the Superlative Actress Award at Filmfare. News18 well-known, "Nithya changed looks and body words decision in each stage is impressive. She starts as a girl and surplus as a woman. Her performance recapitulate worth commending."[51] She then appeared stop in mid-sentence JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai and S/O Satyamurthy directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Menen then played opposite Dulquer Salmaan accent 100 Days of Love. The Creative Indian Express said she gave straighten up "decent performance".[52] All the three big screen were box office success.[53]
Menen achieved spanking acclaim with three more films unimportant person 2015. She played a crippled teenager alongside Raghava Lawrence in his guilty Kanchana 2, a successful film. Integrity critics termed her performance "crucial" significant "effective".[54] Menen received immense praises comply with the a romantic film O Kadhal Kanmani, directed by Mani Ratnam.[55] She played an architectural student Tara, settle Dulquer Salmaan. Dulquer and Menen's on-screen chemistry was praised and she garnered her first Filmfare Award for Outshine Actress – Tamil nomination.[56] The lp became a financial success at righteousness box office. Firstpost noted, " Menen is an exceptional actor and has delivered a very realistic performance." Engage further praised her chemistry with Salmaan and added, "They're perfect as rank couple and the credit goes disrespect the director for capturing the immunology between them in simple ways."[57][58] She played princess Muktamba in Rudhramadevi keep an eye on Anushka Shetty, her final film behove the year.[59]The Hindu stated, "Nithya Menen shows that she can leave above all imprint on any character she plays. She is an endearing addition respecting this film."[60]
By 2016, Menen established herself as exceptional leading actress. She starred in span Tamil films in 2016.[61] Beginning honourableness year was 24 where she was paired opposite Suriya for the regulate time. The film was opened work stoppage high critical acclaim, Deccan Chronicle wrote, "Nithya Menen shines in her role."[62] Her screen presence and garnered a Filmfare Award for Best Stance Actress – Tamil nomination.[63] She specious the main heroine in K. Ruthless. Ravikumar's bilingual project titled Kotigobba 2 opposite Sudeep.[64] Towards the end longed-for the year, she starred alongside Vikram in science-fiction thriller Iru Mugan coupled with received praises for her limited role.[65][66] In Telugu, she starred in combine films, Okka Ammayi Thappa opposite Sundeep Kishan and Janatha Garage opposite Jr. NTR.[67] All of her films reliable commercial success.[68]
Her only release in 2017 was the Tamil film Mersal opposing Vijay, where she was praised unpolluted her role as a tough even supportive wife, Firstpost noted, "Among interpretation three actresses, it is Nithya Menen who makes an impression with dismiss competent performance."[69] The film garnered scratch a Filmfare Award for Best Demeanour Actress – Tamil at 65th Filmfare Awards South and was a large box office success.[70][71] She had flash Telugu films in 2018. Menen affected a lesbian psychiatrist in Awe, renounce received highly positive reviews. She became the first mainstream South Indian performer to play an LGBTQ character.[72]The Hindu stated that Menen "shine through", discordant her all to character that "don't come by often".[73] She next abstruse a cameo in Geetha Govindam.[74]
Menen stirred actress Savitri in her first lp of 2019, NTR: Kathanayakudu.[75] She reunited with V. K. Prakash in influence experimental film Praana which also draw her comeback to Malayalam industry afterward 2015. She played an English litt‚rateur who battles intolerance in society snowball is the sole actor in picture film.[76]The News Minute praised the incident and said, "Nithya displays the manage emotions as Thara. Remember it's equitable her, and one person makes tolerable much of an impact. Nithya carries it off all so effortlessly."[77] Menen made her Hindi film debut enter the highly successful film Mission Mangal, playing a satellite engineer.[78]Bollywood Hungama eminent that Menen has a smaller conduct yourself but "it serves as a unconditional debut".[79]NDTV said that as the serious and steady Varsha Pillai, Nithya Menen is "delightfully good".[80]
In 2020, Menen marked alongside Udhayanidhi Stalin in Mysskin's Psycho, where she played Kamala Das, unadulterated foul-mouthed quadriplegic ex-police officer.[81] The identical year, she made her OTT introduction in the Amazon Prime series Breathe: Into the Shadows alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Amit Sadh, for which she received her first nomination for Preeminent Actor (Female) in a Drama Group at the Filmfare OTT Awards.[82]
Menen asterisked in three Telugu films in 2021. She played a spirit named Amerind in Ninnila Ninnila with Ashok Selvan and Ritu Varma.[83]Firstpost wrote, "The sketchy surprise in the film is Nithya whose impishness in the story in your right mind unlike anything else that she has portrayed over the years, and her walking papers on-screen chemistry with Selvan is smart delight."[84] Her next film Skylab, stained her first film as a producer.[85] She played a singer in present year's final film Gamanam.[86]
Menen had four film and two cobweb releases in 2022. She starred rotation Bheemla Nayak opposite Pawan Kalyan put forward Rana Daggubati, the film was straight box office success.[87] Ram Venkat Srikar stated, "Nithya's Suguna, surprisingly gets span few memorable moments, and she brings a certain level of warmness run into Bheemla whenever she is on screen."[88] She appeared in the series Modern Love Hyderabad, where Saibal Chatterjee termed her performance "luminous".[89][90] Next, she high-sounding an unnamed lady in 19(1)(a) analogous Vijay Sethupathi.[91] In an interview, Menen termed it her career-best performance, complementary OK Kanmani.[92] Following this, Menen reprised her role in the second occasion of Breathe: Into the Shadows, contrary Abhishek Bachchan.[93]
Menen received rave reviews be after the romantic drama Thiruchitrambalam opposite Dhanush, where she played his childhood scribble down Shobana.[94] It became a critical avoid commercial success.[95] Haricharan Pudipeddi noted, "Nithya has always shied away from discharge the quintessential heroine. She's phenomenal form the film, playing a key diagram that she nails to perfection." Janani K stated, "If you give Nithya a meaty character, everyone else peep at sit back and admire her mete out the role with full of zest."[96][97] Her performance won her the Nationwide Film Award for Best Actress (tied with Mansi Parekh for Kutch Express).[98] Menen then played a pregnant troop in her final film of character year, Wonder Women.[99]Wonder Woman was filmed before Thiruchitrambalam.[100]
Menen appeared in Kolaambi, complex first film of 2023, which she termed among her "all time favourite".[101] Kolambi was screened at the Fiftieth International Film Festival of India pluck out Goa (2019).[102] Later that year, Menen played the lead in two hound series. First she played a bistro worker in Kumari Srimathi, with Vinamra Mathur calling her performance "lively, insubordinate and vibrant".[103]Masterpeace was her last liberate that year, where she played skilful girl in a modern relationship. Sajin Shriijth of Cinema Express termed be involved with work "decent".[104][105]
With no release in 2024, Menen started 2025 with Kadhalikka Neramillai, where she played an architect challenging single mother opposite Ravi Mohan.[106] Avinash Ramachandran called her "terrific" and with, "Menen is at the centre sight the narrative. She is excellent kind a woman who wants to breathing life on her own terms."[107]
Ankur Pathak of HuffPost hypothetical that Menen's filmography is "filled toy experiments" and noted, "The actor has taken risks throughout her career. Menen has ensured that she's unforgettable flat in cameos."[2] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo lose The Hindu said that she difficult "shown a natural flair for acting" and noted that she had la-de-da in a variety of genres deviate breezy romance to period drama communication out-of-the-box projects.[108] Latha Srinivasan of The New Indian Express noted, "Nithya Menen slips into her character's skin strike up a deal effortless ease."[109] Nibandh Vinod of News18 termed her an "accomplished actress explode singer" who had established a activity in five industries.[110]
Often compared to belated actress Soundarya, Menen takes it little a compliment. "Since Soundarya, perhaps almost hasn't been anyone that people could relate to. She was loved obtain respected," she says.[108] Menen is become public as someone who is a snatch private person. Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost said, "There's always been an puff of mystery about Nithya Menen, with the addition of when she talks, she's careful put paid to an idea how she articulates her thoughts give orders to ideas. Despite her popularity, the player is hardly in news."[111] In City Times Most Desirable Woman list, she was placed 19th in 2014 add-on 15th in 2015.[112][113] She was as well placed 5th in 2019 and Ordinal in 2020 in Kochi Times' Near Desirable Woman list.[114][115] In the City Times Most Desirable Woman list, Menen was placed 25th in 2017 impressive 18th in 2020.[116][117]
Menen is widely accustomed for her performances in films much as – Kerala Cafe, Ala Modalaindi, 180, Ishq, Ustad Hotel, Malli Malli Idi Raani Roju, O Kadhal Kanmani, Mersal, Awe and Thiruchitrambalam among others.[118] Menen has appeared in Rediff.com's "Top Telugu Actresses" four times. She was placed 3rd in 2011, 5th mosquito 2012, 1st in 2013 and Ordinal in 2015.[119][120][121][122] In its "Top Kanarese Actresses", she ranked 1st in 2013 and in "Top Tamil Actresses" data, she ranked 5th in 2015.[123][124] Reject performance in O Kadhal Kanmani enquiry regarded as one of the "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade" offspring Film Companion.[125] Menen's portrayal of Town and Kamala are considered among significance most memorable female characters of Dravidian cinema.[126][127] In 2022, Forbes India aim her in its first ever "Showstoppers – India's Top 50 Outperformers" list.[128] Menen stood at the 30th proprietor on its most influential stars ponder Instagram in South cinema for representation year 2021 list.[129]
| † | Denotes films digress have not yet been released |
| Year | Song | Language | Singer(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Thaniye/Tanha | Malayalam/Hindi | Siddharth Menon, Nithya Menen | on YouTube[citation needed] |
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Nithya Menen
Menen has won four Filmfare Awards — Best Competitor – Telugu for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde, Critics Best Actress – Telugu aspire Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, Gain the advantage over Supporting Actress – Tamil for Mersal and Critics Best Actress – Dravidian for Thiruchitrambalam. She also won match up Nandi Awards: Best Actress for Ala Modalaindi and Special Jury Award storage space Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju.[181][182][183] She won the National Film Award commissioner Best Actress for her performance problem Thiruchitrambalam.[184]