Lakshmi Menon (born 19 May 1996) is an Indian actress, who mainly appears in Tamil films. 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]

Lakshmi Menon
Born	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 26)[1] Kochi, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Reva University, Bangalore
Occupation	Actress dancer singer student
Years active	2011–2016 2021-present

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]

Early life

Lakshmi Menon was 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. In 2016 she did a movie named Miruthan with Jayam Ravi which was the first Tamil zombie movie, released on 19 February and garnered good reviews with a very good opening and with Vijay Sethupathi in Rekka.

The next project Pulikkuthi Pandi (2021) is Lakshmi Menon's third film under M. Muthaiah's direction, and the film will also mark the actress comeback on big screens after four years.[16]

Filmography

As actress

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes	Ref.
2011	Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya	Priya	Malayalam	Malayalam Debut
2012	Sundarapandian	Archana	Tamil
	Kumki	Alli
2013	Kutti Puli	Bharathi
	Pandiya Naadu	Malar Vizhi Chidambaram
	Naa Bangaaru Talli	Padma	Telugu
	Ente	Padma	Malayalam
2014	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Meera	Tamil
	Manjapai	Karthika
	Jigarthanda	Kayal Vizhi
	Avatharam	Mani Meghala / Mani Kutty	Malayalam
2015	Komban	Palani Kombaiah Pandian	Tamil
	Vedalam	Thamizharasi / Thamizh			[17]
	Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga	Lakshmi		Cameo Appearance; Voice Over Only
2016	Miruthan	Dr. Renuka			[18]
	Rekka	Bharathi			[19]
2021	Pulikkuthi Pandi	Pechi Pulikkuthi Pandi		Direct Television Premiere	[20]
2022	AGP Schizophrenia	Pooja			[21]
TBA	Sippai	TBA		Delayed	[22]
2022	Sundari Gardens	Lekha Kurien	Malayalam

As singer

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Lakshmi Menon at IMDb
• Lakshmi Menon on Facebook