Nithya Menen

**Nithya Menen** (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and playback singer. She mainly acts in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films. Menen is known for her strong acting skills and has won many awards.

## Early life and education

Nithya Menen was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She comes from a Malayali family and finished her early education in Bangalore. She graduated with a degree in English Literature from Manipal University.

## Acting career

Nithya started her acting career as a child in a small role in an English movie called The Monkey Who Knew Too Much. Later, she acted in the Kannada film _7 O'Clock_. Her major breakthrough came with the Telugu movie _Ala Modalaindi_ in 2011, which made her very popular.

She has since acted in many hit movies in various South Indian languages. Some of her popular movies are:

### Movies

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|_Hanuman_|Munna|English|Child artist||||||||
|2006|_7 O' Clock_|Anu|Kannada|||||||||
|2008|_Aakasha Gopuram_|Hilda Varghese|Malayalam|||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2009|_Josh_|Meera|Kannada||||||||
|_Vellathooval_|Jiya George|rowspan="5"|Malayalam|||||||||
|_Kerala Cafe_|Nithya|||||||||||
|_Angel John_|Sofia|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Apoorvaragam_|Nancy|||||||||
|_Anwar_|Asna|||||||||||
|rowspan="8"|2011|_Ala Modalaindi_|Nithya|Telugu||||||||
|_Urumi_|Chirakkal Bala/ Daisy da Cunha|Malayalam||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|_Nootrenbadhu_/ _180_|rowspan="2"|D. Vidya Lakshmi|Tamil|rowspan="2"|Bilingual film|rowspan="2"|||||
|Telugu||||||||||||
|_Violin_|Angel|Malayalam||||||||||
|_Veppam_|Revathy|Tamil||||||||||
|_Aidondla Aidu_|Gowri|Kannada|Segment: "Payasa"|||||||||
|_Makaramanju_|Model|Malayalam||||||||||
|rowspan="7"|2012|_Ishq_|Priya|Telugu||||||||
|_Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty_|Manjula Ayyapan|rowspan="6"|Malayalam|||||||||
|_Karmayogi_|Moonumani|||||||||||
|_Doctor Innocentanu_|Anna|Special appearance||||||||||
|_Bachelor Party_|Neethu|||||||||||
|_Ustad Hotel_|Shahana|||||||||||
|_Poppins_|Ammu|Anthology film||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2013|_Okkadine_|Shailaja|rowspan="2"|Telugu|||||||
|_Jabardasth_|Saraswati|||||||||||
|_Myna_|Myna|Kannada||||||||||
|_Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde_|Shravani / Bangaram|Telugu||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Malini 22 Palayamkottai_|Malini|Tamil||||||||
|_Bangalore Days_|Natasha Francis|Malayalam|Cameo appearance|||||||||
|rowspan="7"|2015|_Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju_|Nazeera Khanum|Telugu||||||||
|_JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai_|Nithya|Tamil||||||||||
|_100 Days of Love_|Sheela|Malayalam||||||||||
|_S/O Satyamurthy_|Valli|Telugu||||||||||
|_Kanchana 2_|Ganga|rowspan="2"|Tamil|||||||||
|_O Kadhal Kanmani_|Tara Kalingarayar|||||||||||
|_Rudhramadevi_|Muktamba|Telugu||||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2016|_24_|Priya Sethuraman|Tamil||||||||
|_Okka Ammayi Thappa_|Mango / Satyabhama|rowspan="1"|Telugu|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|_Kotigobba 2 /_ _Mudinja Ivana Pudi_|rowspan="2"|Subhashini / Shubha|Kannada|rowspan="2"|Bilingual film|rowspan="2"|||||
|Tamil||||||||||||
|_Janatha Garage_|Anu|Telugu||||||||||
|_Iru Mugan_|Ayushi|rowspan="2"|Tamil|||||||||
|rowspan="1"|2017|_Mersal_|Aishwarya Vetrimaaran|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Awe_|Krishnaveni|rowspan="3"|Telugu|||||||
|_Geetha Govindam_|Nithya|Special appearance||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|_NTR: Kathanayakudu_|Savitri|Special appearance||||||||
|_Praana_|Tara Anuradha|Malayalam||||||||||
|_Mission Mangal_|Varsha Pillai|Hindi||||||||||
|rowspan="1"|2020|_Psycho_|Kamala Das IPS|Tamil||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|_Ninnila Ninnila_|Maya|rowspan="4"|Telugu|||||||
|_Gamanam_|Shailaputri Devi|Cameo appearance||||||||||
|_Skylab_|Gouri Venkataraju|Also producer||||||||||
|2022|_Bheemla Nayak_|Suguna Nayak||||||||||
|_19(1)(a)_|Unnamed Cafe Runner|Malayalam||||||||||
|_Thiruchitrambalam_|Shobana|Tamil||||||||||
|_Wonder Women_|Nora Joseph|English||||||||||
|2023|_Kolaambi_|Arundhathi|Malayalam|||||||||
|2024|||rowspan="4"|Tamil|Post-production|||||||
|rowspan="3"|TBA|||Filming||||||||
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## Awards

Nithya Menen has won several awards for her acting. These include:

- **Four Filmfare Awards:** for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (Telugu), _Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju_ (Telugu), _Mersal_ (Tamil), and _Thiruchitrambalam_ (Tamil).
- **Two Nandi Awards:** for _Ala Modalaindi_ and _Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju_.
- **National Film Award:** for her performance in _Thiruchitrambalam_.

## Singing career

In addition to acting, Nithya Menen is also a playback singer. She has sung songs in many of her movies, including "Edo Anukunte" in Ala Modalaindi and "O Priya Priya" in Ishq.

## Personal life

Nithya Menen is not married. She keeps her personal life private and focuses on her work in movies.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Nithya Menen
- **image**: Nithya Menen Thalsamayam 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Menen in 2011
- **birth place**: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- **nationality**: India
- **occupation**: Actress, playback singer
- **yearsactive**: 2005–present