Sindhu Menon is an Indian actress, who has starred in

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and

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Early life

Sindhu Menon was born in

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into a

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family. She has an elder brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada

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VJ and turned actor, recently. And also two elder sisters. Sindhu Menon is able to communicate fluently in several languages, including

, her mother tongue,

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and English. She was also brought up in her birthplace, Bangalore.

Career

Sindhu Menon, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the

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when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a Bharatanatyam competition in which Menon participated and emerged as the first place winner, introduced her to Kannada film director K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film ''Rashmi'' in 1994. Subsequently, she got several offers to act and became a full-time actress, by enacting the female lead role character in the 1999 film ''Prema Prema Prema'', when she was merely 13 years old. Later, at the age of 15, she entered the

and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films ''

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'', '' Uthaman'' and ''

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'', respectively. She went on to act alongside Kannada Star

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in Nandi (2002), Bharathiraja's ''Kadal Pookkal'' (2002), ''Trinetram'' (2002), ''Khushi'' (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film ''

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'', which was awarded the

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in 2007. Menon then moved to the "

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", hosting

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and acting in serials, which include "Sriman Srimathi" and "Stree Hrudayam", before accepting film offers again. In 2009, she appeared in the Malayalam films, ''Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu'', and ''Rahasya Police''. She also acted in the Tamil film ''Eeram'', produced by popular Tamil director

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. She hosted a popular family reality show in Malayalam named,"Sriman Srimathi".

Personal life

Sindhu Menon married Prabhu, a Tamil Nadu

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professional on 25 April 2003. The couple have a daughter and two sons.

Filmography

TV Serial

* Vamsam - Malayalam * Karthika - Malayalam

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Sindhu Indian film actresses Living people Actresses from Bangalore Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Child actresses in Kannada cinema 20th-century Indian actresses Indian child actresses Actresses from Thrissur Actresses in Malayalam television Year of birth missing (living people)