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

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s. After making her acting debut in a supporting role in the

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'' (2011), she played the female lead in her debut Tamil film '' Kumki'' in 2012. ''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

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. She is a winner of

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in 2013. She has also received

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for her roles in ''

Sundarapandian ''Sundarapandian'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by debutant S. R. Prabhakaran. Sasikumar played the title character, besides producing the film, while Vijay Sethupathi, Lakshmi Menon, Soori, Appukutty, Inigo P ...

'' and '' Kumki''.

Early life

Lakshmi Menon was born to

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parents Ramakrishnan, a

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based artist, and Usha Menon, a dance teacher from

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Career

In 2011, Malayalam director

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, who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast, cast her in his film ''

''. She was in her eight grade when she acted in the film. Soon after, she played the lead along with

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in another Malayalam film titled ''Ideal Couple'', directed by Ali Akbar. After she began acting in Malayalam cinema, she was featured on the cover of a magazine and it caught the attention of director

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, who cast her in '' Kumki'' opposite

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. Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in ''

'' opposite

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, which released before ''Kumki'' and marked her Tamil debut. After acting with Sasikumar again in ''

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'', she was seen as a demure school teacher Malar in

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's action-drama film ''

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'', which co-starred Vishal. All her four Tamil films, released in a span of one year, were box office hits. In '' Naan Sigappu Manithan'' saw her pairing up with Vishal again. She acted in two Tamil films, '' Manja Pye'' with Vimal and '' Jigarthanda'' with Siddharth in 2014. She completed ''

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'' with

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, and ''

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'' had hit the screens and got her a good name for her role Palani ammal. On 10 November, her movie

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movie was released in which she portrayed the role of sister for ''

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'' and she was well praised by the critics for the performance in that movie. In 2016 she did a movie named ''

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'' with ''

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'' which was the first Tamil zombie movie, released on 19 February and garnered good reviews with a very good opening and with ''

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'' in Rekka. The next project ''

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'' (2021) is Lakshmi Menon's third film under

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's direction, and the film will also mark the actress comeback on big screens after four years.

Filmography

As actress

As singer

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Lakshmi 1996 births Living people 21st-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers Actresses from Kochi Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Film musicians from Kerala Indian women playback singers Indian film actresses Malayalam playback singers South Indian International Movie Awards winners Singers from Kochi Women musicians from Kerala