Rajith CR, better known as Rajith Menon, is an Indian

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who made his debut through the 2007 Malayalam movie ''

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''.

Personal life

Rajith Menon did his schooling in

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, and continued his bachelor's degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

at St. Joseph's College of Engineering in

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, Tamil Nadu, India. He has also pursued

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in HR from

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Career

Rajith Menon's debut was ''

''. While watching the shooting of Kamal's '' Karutha Pakshikal'', he was handpicked by an assistant to Kamal to play the lead role in ''Goal''. He received the "Asianet Best New Face Award" for this film. He was lucky to work with all major filmmakers, he was cast in films directed by

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, Kamal,

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and T.K. Rajeevkumar. He made his Tamil film debut in 2014 with

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's ''

Ninaithathu Yaaro ''Ninaithathu Yaaro'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vikraman and produced by Ramesh P Pillai. The project stars debutants Rejith Menon and Nimisha Suresh playing the lead pair with Karthik Yogi, ...

'' in which he played an assistant director in the film. He made his Telugu debut through the film Dhamki directed by Chinna Aenuganti.He is currently shooting for his second Telugu film, Sreerama Raksha, directed by Ramanujan Elu. Apart from films, Rajith has endorsed and been part of numerous commercials/ads.

Direction

In all the interviews he has mentioned that direction is his passion and aim. Following this passion, he debuted into direction with music video "Love Policy" starring

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and

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with

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Bhagath Manuel Bhagath Manuel (born November 26, 1986) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in Vineeth Sreenivasan's '' Malarvadi Arts Club''. He is known for his performance in '' Doctor Love'' and ''Thattathin Marayathu ...

doing cameo roles and was

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second venture in kerala.This music video had music by Sreejith-Saachin of yuvhh fame and was sung by Sooraj Santhosh and

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.it went on to become one of the top trending music videos in YouTube. Second music video was a dedication to motherhood titled "Anbendraale Amma" in Tamil and "With Love Maa" in Hindi and had the gorgeous

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in the lead role.Distributed by Times music, music by Renjith unni and sung by

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and Saptaparna Chakraborty respectively. This went on to become an instant hit and viral and everyone praised for the heart touching theme taken and direction. Rajith's directorial Tamil short film titled “My Death Certificate” has won numerous awards and accolades at many Indian and international film festivals with unanimous critical response and reviews. He is also the managing director of an ad agency called "Arvy Productions" and is currently directing ads.

Filmography

Awards

Best Newcomer - Asianet Awards Best New Talent - Chennai Film Awards

References

Rajith Menon's Photos

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Rajith Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people 1988 births Male actors from Thrissur Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema