Biju Menon (born 9 September 1967) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in
Malayalam film
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s, and also has a few
Tamil,
Telugu and
Kannada
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film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over two decades, he has appeared in over 150 films, and has won one
National film award for Best Supporting Actor, three
Kerala State Film Awards including one best actor, two
Filmfare Awards South
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and nine
Asianet Film Awards. He got the
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2021 for the film ''
Aarkkariyam''.
Biju Menon's popular characters were in films such as ''
Mannar Mathai Speaking'' (1995), ''
Azhakiya Ravanan'' (1996), ''
Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu'' (1997), ''
Pathram'' (1999), ''
Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' (1999), ''
Madhuranombarakattu'' (2000), ''
Meghamalhar'' (2001), ''
Shivam'' (2002), and ''
T. D. Dasan Std. VI B'' (2010).
He shifted to comedic from serious roles, beginning from 2010 and played several notable roles in films such as ''
Marykkundoru Kunjaadu'' (2010), ''
Seniors'' (2011), ''
Ordinary'' (2012), ''
Run Baby Run'' (2012), ''
Romans'' (2013), ''
Vellimoonga'' (2014), ''
Anarkali'' (2015), ''
Leela'' (2016),''
Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu'' (2017), ''
Sherlock Toms'' (2017), ''
Adhyarathri'' (2019), and ''
Ayyappanum Koshiyum'' (2020).
Early life and education
Biju Menon was born on 9 September 1970 to Madathiparambil P. N. Balakrishna Pillai and Malathiyamma Menon. His father was a police officer. He has four brothers: Soman, Suresh, Rajendran and Sreekumar.
He had his primary education from J.T.S Technical High School,
Thrissur district
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in
Kerala
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,
India
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. He pursued degree in commerce from
St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He also did Master of Social Work (MSW).
Acting career
Biju Menon started his acting career through Malayalam television serials such as ''Ningalude Swantham Chanthu'', ''Parudeesayilekulla Patha'' and ''Mikhayelinte Santhathikal''. He made his debut in films with ''Puthran'', the debut film of
Jude Attipetty and the sequel of ''Mikhayelinte Santhathikal''.
He acted in a number of movies as the villain or the secondary hero. During the late 1990s, he was considered to be a superstar in making. But most of the films with Biju Menon as the hero failed at the box office, in spite of his good performance, though his roles as second hero were popular. He acted with
Suresh Gopi in hit movies like ''
Pathram'', ''F. I. R.'' and ''
Chinthamani Kolacase''. During the later 1990s and early 2000s he appeared in a few offbeat movies with directors like
T. V. Chandran,
Lenin Rajendran and
Kamal in the films ''Mazha'', ''Madhuranombarakkattu'', ''Anyar'' and ''
Meghamalhar''.
He has appeared in the majority of the films made by director
Lal Jose, including ''
Oru Maravathoor Kanavu'', ''
Chandranudikkunna Dikhil'', ''
Randaam Bhavam'', ''
Pattalam'', ''
Rasikan'', ''
Chanthupottu'', ''
Mulla'' and ''
Spanish Masala''. He won the
Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor twice in his acting career for his roles as Akhilachandran in ''
Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu ''(1997) and Nanda Kumar in ''
T. D. Dasan Std. VI B''(2010). He has also acted as antagonist in
Tamil films and has been successful in films like ''
Majaa'' and ''
Thambi''. In May 2018, he proved his versatility as a stage artist and singer in Madhuram 18 Mega Stage Show performing in 15 stages in U.S.A and Canada.
Personal life
He is married to the former Malayalam actress
Samyuktha Varma
Samyuktha Varma (born 28 November 1979) is a former Indian actress who was active in Malayalam films from 1999 to 2002. She made her debut in 1999 as female lead in the movie '' Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal'' for which she won her first Keral ...
, on 21 November 2002 who co-starred with him in ''Mazha'', ''Madhuranombarakkattu'' and ''Meghamalhar''.
The couple has a son Daksh Dharmik, born on 14 September 2006.
Filmography
As actor
Malayalam
Other languages
As Dubbing artist
*''
Makaramanju'' – Voice for
Santhosh Shivan
*''
Vismayam'' (Malayalam Dubbed Version of ''
Manamantha'') – Voice for
P. Ravi Shankar
Television
* Ningalude Swantham Chanthu (
Doordarshan)
* Mikhayelinte Santhathikal (
Doordarshan)
* Parudeesayilekulla Patha (
Doordarshan)
* Niramala(dooradarshan)
Awards
References
External links
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Male actors from Thrissur
Living people
Kerala State Film Award winners
1970 births
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Best Supporting Actor National Film Award winners
Filmfare Awards South winners
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Hindi television
Indian male voice actors
Kerala Film Critics Awards winners