Anoop Menon

Early and personal life

Menon was born on 3 August 1976 in Kozhikode to Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon. He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram. He studied at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram. He then completed his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) from the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994-99), and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University.

While pursuing education at college, he used to do compering for Kairali TV and Surya TV. He met fellow filmmaker and screenplay writer Shankar Ramakrishnan during this time. Both of them were under the tutelage of renowned Malayalam movie director Ranjith.

Menon married Shema Alexander on 27 December 2014. This was Shema's second marriage. Her first husband died of a heart attack in 2006. She has a daughter born in 2002. Film actress Shwetha Menon is his cousin.

Career

He began his acting career in Malayalam television serials. He was in two 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.

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 Haasan. His co-stars were Priyamani and Prithviraj Sukumaran.

Filmography

Actor

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

Director

• King Fish (2022)
• Padma (2022)

Screenwriter

• Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008)
• Anubhav (2009)
• Cocktail (2010) (dialogues)
• Beautiful (2011)
• Trivandrum Lodge (2012)
• David and Goliath (2013)
• Hotel California (2013)
• Gangs of Vadakkumnathan (Segment of D Company) (2013)
• The Dolphins (2014)
• Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal (2018)

Lyricist

• Beautiful (2011)
• Namukku Parkkan (2012)
• Buddy (2013)
• Hotel California (2013)
• David & Golliyath (2013)
• Angry Babies in Love (2014)
• The Dolphins (2014)
• She Taxi (2015)

Television career

Awards

;Asianet Film Awards

• 2012 - Asianet Film Awards for Special Jury Award - Various Films ;Kerala State Film Awards
• 2014 - Second Best Actor - 1983, Vikramadithyan
• 2008 - Second Best Actor - Thirakkatha

;Filmfare Awards South

• 2008 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Thirakkatha

;South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2011 - Best Lyricist for "Mazhaneerthullikal" - Beautiful ;Vanitha Film Awards
• 2011 - Best Supporting actor - Beautiful ;Asiavision Awards
• 2011 - Best Supporting actor - Traffic
• 2012 - Trendsetter - Beautiful ;Asianet Family award
• 2005 - Best Son in law - Swapnam

References

• Personal blog
• Beautiful is inspired by a wheelchair-bound schoolmate
• Beautiful is a milestone in Malayalam cinema
• എഴുത്തിലെ പുതുനക്ഷത്രം

References

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2. (27 December 2014). "Malayalam Actor Anoop Menon Gets Married to Shema; Shares Photo on Twitter".
3. (5 June 2009). "Kerala State Film Awards 2008". oneIndia.
4. "അച്ഛനെയാണെനിക്കിഷ്ടം: അനൂപ് മേനോന്‍ | mangalam.com".
5. (2 December 2011). "Keeping it real". The Hindu.
6. Nayar, Parvathy S. (16 May 2012). "Cocktail, a dream run at the box office". [[The New Indian Express]].
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8. "Anoop Menon Wedding Exclusive Stills - Malayalam Talkies - the Malayalam Movie World".
9. "അനൂപ്‌ മേനോന്‍ വിവാഹിതനാകുന്നു. - Malayalam Talkies - the Malayalam Movie World".
10. "Shwetha Menon is the cousin of Anoop Menon - Times of India".
11. [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/01review-pakal-nakshatrangal.htm Pakal Nakshatrangal is pretentious] {{Webarchive. link. (5 January 2016 - Rediff News)
12. [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/15sst2.htm Ranjith's best so far] {{Webarchive. link. (3 April 2009 - Rediff review)
13. "Zeenath Aman in a Malayalam movie!".
14. (23 March 2022). "Scriptwriting is the toughest job: Anoop Menon".
15. (26 October 2023). "Phoenix gets a release date".
16. (2023-10-13). "Anoop Menon's 'Ohh...Cinderella' set to enchant audiences on November 3". The Times of India.
17. (4 December 2023). "Jayaram's Abraham Ozler gets a release date".
18. (4 February 2024). "'Nadikar,' starring Tovino Thomas and Soubin Shahir, gets a release date".
19. Features, C. E.. (2024-07-29). "Anoop Menon's Checkmate gets a release date".
20. Santhosh, Vivek. (2024-11-08). "Indrajith Sukumaran-starrer Njan Kandatha Sare gets a release date".
21. Features, C. E.. (2025-06-23). "Anoop Menon-Dhyan Sreenivasan film Ideem Minnalum rechristened Raveendra Nee Evide?".
22. "Anoop Menon Movies: Latest and Upcoming Films of Anoop Menon | eTimes".
23. "Anoop Menon Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Anoop Menon | Times of India Entertainment".
24. (2024-08-12). "Anoop Menon exposes online ticket booking fraud for FDFS: There will be hardly 12 people in the theatre". The Times of India.
25. "Anoop-menon | Tamil actors Wallpapers | Tamil Movie news | Tamil actress Images - Maalaimalar".