Anoop Menon


Anoop Menon is an Indian film actor, director, 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, Cocktail, Beautiful, Trivandrum Lodge, and Hotel California. Actress Shweta Menon is his cousin.

Personal life

He was born on 3 August 1976 to P. Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon in Kozhikode. He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram. He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University. During this period, he used to do compèring 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 director Ranjith. Anoop married Shema Alexander on 27 December 2014. This is Shema's second marriage. Her first husband died of heart attack in 2006. She has an adopted daughter born in 1998.

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.
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.
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

Denotes films that have not yet been released

No.YearTitleRole
012002KattuchembakamShivan
022003IvarThomas IPS
032005MokshamRadha Madhavan
042007KaiyoppuDoctor
052007Abraham & LincolnPhilip Mathew
062007Pranayakalam Doctor
072007Rock N' RollVivek
082008ThirakkathaAjayachandran
092008Pakal NakshatrangalAadhi
102009Anubhav Aditya / Adi
112009CurrencyMahesh Kesav
122009Ivar VivahitharayalAjay Menon
132009LoudspeakerDoctor
142009Patham Nilayile TheevandiDr. John Mathai
152009Kerala CafeCrime Investigator
162010PramaniDistrict Collector
172010Mummy & MeDoctor
182010NeelambariThankaraj
192010CocktailRavi Abraham
202011TrafficAjmal Nazar IPS
212011Lucky JokersVishnu Sharman
222011Pranayam Suresh Menon
232011Ven Shankhu PolRajeevan
242011BeautifulJohn
252011Athe Mazha Athe VeyilRaghuraman
262012Ee Adutha KaalathuTom Cherian IPS
272012Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.Madhavankutty
282012Josettante HeroSajan
292012GrandmasterDr. Jacob Varghese
302012Namukku ParkkanDr.Rajeev
312012TrackMukundan
322012HeroAadithyan
332012Veendum KannurJayakrishnan
342012Trivandrum LodgeRavisankar
352012Banking Hours 10 to 4Sravan Varma
362012916Dr. Harikrishnan
372012I Love MeRam Mohan
382013David & GoliathSunny
392013Hotel CaliforniaPrem Sagar
402013BuddyManikunju
412013D CompanyAkbar
422013Pattam PoleMichael Rossario
432013SilenceNeil George IPS
4420141983Vijay Menon
452014Angry Babies in LoveJeevan
462014Vikramadithyan Vasudeva Shenoy
472014The DolphinNandan
482014Aamayum MuyalumLottery Ticket Examiner
502015She TaxiJoe/Joe's father
512015LavenderInterpol officer Raghavan Moorthy
522015Thinkal Muthal Velli VareVijaya Anand
532015KanalAnantharaman
542015Female UnnikrishnanHari
552016Malgudi DaysZephan Solomom
562016PavadaPavada Babu
572016Karinkunnam 6'sAby
582016Pa VaVarkey
59201610 KalpanakalDavis George
602016Kuttikalundu SookshikkukaKeshav
612017Munthirivallikal ThalirkkumbolVenukuttan
622017Sarvopari PalakkaranJose Kaithaparambil Mani
632017Velipadinte PusthakamVishwanathan aka Bullet Vishwan
642018AamiAkbar Ali
652018Chanakya ThanthramRaju Zakaria
662018B. TechAdv.Viswanath Iyyer
672018Ente Mezhuthiri AthazhangalSanjay
682018NeeliReni
692019GaanagandharvanYousaf
702019KamalaAgasthy
722020Big BrotherDr. Vishnu
712020King FishBhaskaran Varma

Screenwriter

  1. Mazhaneer Thullikal
  2. Moovanthiyay
  3. Nin Viralhumbil
  4. Raapoovinum
  1. Kanmani Ninne Njan
  1. Kadalil Kanmashi Pole
;Asianet Film Awards
;Kerala State Film Awards
;Filmfare Awards South
;South Indian International Movie Awards
;Vanitha Film Awards
;Asiavision Awards
;Asianet Family award