Lakshmi Menon (actress)

Lakshmi Menon (born 19 May 1996) is an Indian film actress, who mainly appears in Tamil films (Kollywood). After making her acting debut in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011), she played the female lead in her debut Tamil film Kumki in 2012.[2] Sundarapandian, as well as her next three Tamil releases, were commercial successes and she was labelled as "the fastest rising star in Tamil cinema" by Sify.[3]She is a winner of Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South in 2013.[4]She has also received Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for her roles in Sundarapandian and Kumki.[5]

This article is about the Indian film actress. For the Indian model, see Lakshmi Menon (model). For the Indian politician, see Lakshmi N. Menon.

Lakshmi Menon
Lakshmi Menon
Born
Lakshmi menon

(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996[1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress, dancer, singer.
Years active2011–2016
2021-Present

Early life

Lakshmi Menon, born to Malayali parents Ramakrishnan, a Dubai based artist and Usha Menon, a dance teacher, from Kochi.[6]

Career

In 2011, Malayalam director Vinayan, who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast, cast her in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya. She was in her eight grade when she acted in the film.[7] Soon after, she played the lead along with Vineeth in another Malayalam film titled Ideal Couple, directed by Ali Akbar.[8] After she began acting in Malayalam cinema, she was featured on the cover of a magazine and it caught the attention of director Prabu Solomon, who cast her in Kumki opposite Vikram Prabhu. Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in Sundarapandian opposite M. Sasikumar, which released before Kumki and marked her Tamil debut.[9] After acting with Sasikumar again in Kutti Puli, she was seen as a demure school teacher Malar in Suseenthiran's action-drama film Pandianadu,[10] which co-starred Vishal.[11] All her four Tamil films, released in a span of one year, were box office hits.[12]

In Naan Sigappu Manithan saw her pairing up with Vishal again.[13] She acted in two Tamil films, Manja Pye with Vimal and Jigarthanda with Siddharth in 2014.[14] She completed Sippai with Gautham Karthik,[15] and Komban had hit the screens and got her a good name for her role Palani ammal. On 10 November, her movie Vedalam movie was released in which she portrayed the role of sister for Ajith Kumar and she was well praised by the critics for the performance in that movie. Currently in 2016 she has done a movie named Miruthan with Jayam Ravi which is the first Tamil zombie movie released on 19 February has garnered good reviews and very good opening and with Vijay Sethupathi in Rekka. She is making a movie with Prabhu Deva in Yung Mung Sung.

Filmography

As actress
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes
2011Raghuvinte Swantham RasiyaPriyaMalayalam
2012Ideal CoupleShanthiMalayalam
SundarapandianArchanaTamil
KumkiAlliTamil
2013Kutti PuliBharathyTamil
PandianaduMalarvizhi ChidambaramTamil
2014Naan Sigappu ManithanMeeraTamil
ManjapaiKarthikaTamil
JigarthandaKayalvizhiTamil
AvatharamManimeghalaMalayalam
2015KombanPalani Kombaiah PandianTamil
VedalamTamizhTamil
2016MiruthanRenukaTamil
RekkaBharatiTamil
2021 Pulikkuthi Pandi Pechi Tamil

As singer
Year Film Song Composer Notes
2014Oru Oorla Rendu Raja"Kukkuru Kukkuru"D. Imman[16]
2015Saagasam"Desi Girl"S. ThamanWith Silambarasan
2015Kuzhambi"Oh Coffee Penne"Ramasubramanian.R

Awards and nominations
WorkAwardCategoryResultRef
Sundarapandian7th Vijay AwardsBest Debut ActressNominated[17]
Vikatan AwardsBest Debut ActressWon
The Chennai Times FilmAwardPromising Female NewcomerWon
60th Filmfare Awards South Best Female Debut Won[4]
2nd SIIMA AwardsBest Debut ActressWon[18]
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Best ActressWon[19]
KumkiWon
Norway Tamil Film Festival AwardsBest Actress Won[20]
60th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TamilNominated[21]
Various films3rd SIIMA AwardRising Star of South Indian Cinema (female)Won[22]
Jigarthanda4th SIIMA AwardsBest ActressNominated
Naan Sigappu Manithan9th Vijay AwardsBest ActressNominated[23]

References
  1. "Lakshmi Menon celebrates her 17th b'day!". Sify.com. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. "The S Man". The Hindu. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. "Lakshmi Menon is back in Malayalam". Sify.com. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. "Best Debutants down the years..." Filmfare. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "TN Govt. announces Tamil Film Awards for six years". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. "Lakshmi Menon's huge crush". Deccan Chronicle. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. "Woman – Child: The Lakshmi Menon Interview". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  8. Shilpa Nair Anand (30 November 2012). "New face, new promise". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  9. "A balancing act". The Hindu. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. "Pandiya Nadu movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  11. "Lakshmi pairs with Vishal in next". The Times of India. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  12. "Lakshmi Menon's lucky streak continues". Sify.com. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  13. "Lakshmi Menon gets the cream of roles!". Sify.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  14. "Lakshmi Menon to have two releases in May!". Sify.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  15. "Gautham Karthik's pairs with Lakshmi Menon". The Times of India. TNN. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  16. http://www.nowrunning.com/lakshmi-menon-turns-singer-for-oru-oorla-/96594/story.htm
  17. "Winners". Vijay Awards. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  18. "SIIMA in Sharjah". Gulf News. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  19. "Tamil Nadu announces the State Film Awards for six consecutive years in surprise move. Here's the complete list of winners". 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  20. "Norway Tamil Film Festival 2013". Sify.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  21. "List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. 21 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  22. "And-the-SIIMA-Awards-go-to". indiatimes. timesofindia. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  23. "9th Vijay Awards 2015: Complete Winners' List & Photos". 6 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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