Samyuktha (also known by her former name Samyuktha Menon) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film ''Popcorn'' (2016).

Early life

Samyuktha was born as Samyuktha Menon on 11 September 1995, at

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. Samyuktha did her schooling from

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, Thathamangalam and she is a graduate in

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Career

Samyuktha made her film debut in 2016 with the

film ''Popcorn'', where she played Anjana, the love interest of

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in the movie. She appeared in the

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-language action thriller ''

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'' as Thenmozhi. She was cast to play the title role in '' Lilli'', a 2018 Indian

-language revenge thriller flick, scripted and directed by debutant Prasobh Vijayan. ''

July Kaatril ''July Kaatril'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by KC Sundaram on his directorial debut. The film stars Ananth Nag, Anju Kurian and Samyuktha Menon while Sathish and model Paloma Monnappa in the sup ...

'' announced in late 2017 is a romantic comedy Tamil film. The project was released in 2018. Her next release was ''

Theevandi ''Theevandi'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Fellini T. P. and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Samyuktha Menon, Sudheesh, Surabhi Lakshmi, Rajesh Sharma, Suraj Venjaram ...

'' a

-language political satire film directed by debutante Fellini T. P. and written by

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. Samyuktha's first release for 2019 was ''

Oru Yamandan Premakadha ''Oru Yamandan Premakadha'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by B. C. Noufal and written by Bibin George and Vishnu Unnikrishnan. It stars Dulquer Salmaan, Nikhila Vimal, Soubin Shahir, Vishnu Unnikrishnan Sali ...

'' directed by B. C. Noufal and written by

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and

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. She made a

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in ''

Uyare ''Uyare'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Manu Ashokan (in his directorial debut), written by Bobby–Sanjay, Bobby & Sanjay and produced by the sister-trio Shenuga, Shegna, and Sherga. The film stars Parvathy T ...

'' as Tessa sharing screen space again with Tovino Thomas. Samyuktha played the role of

Shivajith Padmanabhan Shivajith is an Indian actor from Kerala, who made his debut in the film '' Veeram'' in 2016, directed by Jayaraj. Biography Shivajith was born to Padmanabhan Nambiar and M. R. Madanavalli in a small village called Thalavil, Kannur. He has a ...

's side-kick in the 2019 action film ''

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'' which had

Tovino Thomas Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...

in the lead directed by Praveen Prabharam. She was later cast in ''

Bheemla Nayak ''Bheemla Nayak'' is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Saagar K Chandra from a screenplay by Trivikram Srinivas. It is an official remake of the 2020 Malayalam film '' Ayyappanum Koshiyum''. The film stars Pawan Ka ...

'' which was released in February 2022. In August 2022, she made her

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

debut in the film ''

Gaalipata 2 ''Gaalipata 2'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat. Not a sequel to 2008 Kannada film, ''Gaalipata'', it features an ensemble cast consisting of Ganesh, Anant Nag, Diganth, Pawan Kumar, ...

''.

Personal life

In 2023, Samyuktha dropped her surname Menon from her name and said, "When I want to see equality, humanity and love all around, keeping a surname makes it very contradictory to what I want."

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samyuktha Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses 1995 births Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Kerala Film Critics Awards winners