Anoop Menon

Anoop Menon
Anoop Menon
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Born	03 August 1976 (age 47) ; Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation(s)	Actor, Screenwriter, Lyricist
Years active	2002– present
Spouse	Shema Alexander (2014-present)
Parent(s)	P Gangadharan Nair; Indira Menon
Relatives	Shweta Menon (cousin)

Anoop Menon is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before finding success as an actor in Malayalam films.

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] Actress Shweta Menon is his cousin.^[4]

Personal life

He was born on 3 August 1976 to P. Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon in Kozhikode.^[5] He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram. He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994-1999) and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University.^[6] During this period, he used to do compering for Kairali TV and Surya TV.^[7] Anoop married Shema Alexander on 27 Dec 2014. This is Shema's second marriage. Her first husband died of heart attack in 2006. She has an adopted daughter born in 1998. ^[2]^[8]^[9]

Career

He began his acting career in Malayalam television serials. He became popular for his roles in two popular 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.^[10]

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 Hassan. His co-stars were Priyamani and Prithviraj.^[11]

Beautiful is a 2011 Malayalam thriller film written by Anoop Menon and directed by V. K. Prakash. The film stars Jayasurya, Anoop Menon and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. It tells the story about the intense bonding of two friends, one paraplegic and other a musician. The film released on 2 December 2011 and became a huge success. Beautiful was Anoop Menon's debut work as a lyricist. Menon says his debut as a lyricist was quite accidental. "On the second day of the shooting of Beautiful, music director Rateesh Vega, actor Jayasurya, and I were chilling out in Rateesh's car, when he asked me to pen some lines to try out a tune he'd composed for the film. The result is Mazhaneer Thullikal...," says the actor.

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

No.	Year	Title	Role
01	2002	Kattuchembakam	Shivan
02	2003	Ivar	Thomas IPS
03	2005	Moksham	Radha Madhavan
04	2007	Kaiyoppu	Doctor
05	2007	Abraham & Lincoln	Philip Mathew
06	2007	Pranayakalam	Doctor
07	2007	Rock N' Roll	Vivek
08	2008	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Aadhi
10	2008	Thirakkatha	Ajayachandran
11	2009	Anubhav (Hindi Film)	Aditya / Adi
12	2009	Currency	Mahesh Kesav
13	2009	Ivar Vivahitharayal	Ajay Menon
14	2009	Loudspeaker	Doctor
15	2009	Patham Nilayile Theevandi	Dr. John Mathai
16	2009	Kerala Cafe	Crime Investigator
17	2010	Pramani	District Collector
18	2010	Mummy & Me	Doctor
19	2010	Neelambari	Thankaraj
20	2010	Cocktail	Ravi Abraham
22	2011	Traffic	Ajmal Nazar IPS
23	2011	Pranayam	Suresh Menon
24	2011	Lucky Jokers	Vishnu Sharman
25	2011	Ven Shankhu Pol
26	2011	Beautiful	John
27	2011	Athe Mazha Athe Veyil	Raghuraman
28	2011	Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.	Madhavankutty
29	2012	Ee Adutha Kaalathu	Tom Cherian IPS
30	2012	Josettante Hero	Sajan
31	2012	Namukku Parkkan	Dr.Rajeev
32	2012	Track	Mukundan
33	2012	Grandmaster	Dr. Jacob Varghese
34	2012	Veendum Kannur	Jayakrishnan
35	2012	Hero	Aadithyan
36	2012	Trivandrum Lodge	Ravisankar
37	2012	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Sravan Varma
38	2012	916	Dr. Harikrishnan
39	2012	I Love Me	Ram Mohan
40	2013	David & Goliath	Sunny
41	2013	Hotel California	Prem Sagar
42	2013	Buddy	Manikunju
43	2013	D Company	Akbar
44	2013	Pattam Pole	Michael Rossario
45	2013	Silence	Neil George IPS
46	2014	1983	Vijay Menon
47	2014	Angry Babies in Love	Jeevan
48	2014	Vikramadithyan	Vasudeva Shenoy
49	2014	The Dolphins	Nandan
50	2014	Aamayum Muyalum	Lottery Ticket Examiner
51	2014	She Taxi	Joe/Joe's father
52	2015	Lavender	Interpol officer Raghavan Moorthy
53	2015	Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare	Vijaya Anand
54	2015	Kanal	Anantharaman
55	2015	Female Unnikrishnan	Hari
56	2016	Malgudi Days	Zephan Solomom
57	2016	Pavada	Pavada Babu
58	2016	Karimkunnam Sixes	Aby
59	2016	Pa Va	Varkey
60	2016	10 Kalpanakal	Davis George
61	2016	Kuttikalundu Sookshikkuka	Keshav
62	2017	Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol	Venukuttan
63	2017	Sarvopari Palakkaran	Jose Kaithaparambil Mani
64	2017	Velipadinte Pusthakam	Vishwanathan aka Bullet Vishwan
65	2018	Aami	Akbar Ali
66	2018	Chanakyathanthram	Raju Zakaria
67	2018	B. Tech	Adv.Viswanath Iyyer
68	2018	Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal	Sanjay
69	2018	Neeli	TBA