Anoop Menon's Profile and Personal Details

Anoop Menon
Born	Anoop Menon Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Residence	Kochi, India
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter
Years..active	2002–present

He began his acting career in the Malayalam television serials. He became popular for his roles in the mega serials Swapnam and Megham, directed by K. K. Rajeev. Anoop made his debut as a screenwriter in Pakal Nakshatrangal with Mohanlal playing father and Anoop his son. In Moksham (2004), he paired opposite Zeenat Aman.

Anoop is a law graduate. He studied at Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram from 1994 to 1999. During this period, he used to do compering for Kairali TV and Surya TV. 

Anoop Menon is a Indian film actor, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before achieving success as an actor in films. He won the 2008Kerala State Film Award for second best actor and also the Filmfare Award 2009 for the same film .

Career

He began his acting career in the Malayalam television serials. His real name is Anoop Gangadharan and he hails from Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram. He became popular for his roles in the mega serials Swapnam and Megham, the former one directed by K. K. Rajeev. Anoop made his debut as a screenwriter in Pakal Nakshatrangal with Mohanlal playing father and Anoop his son.

He also had the main role in Thirakkatha by Ranjith, portraying different stages in the life of film star Ajay Chandran loosely based on the personal life of Kamal Haasan. His co-stars were Priyamaniand Prithviraj.

Beautiful is a 2011 Malayalam thriller film written by Anoop Menon and directed by V. K. Prakash. The film stars Jayasurya, Anoop Menon and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. It tells the story about the intense bonding of two friends, one paraplegic and other a musician. The film released on 2 December 2011 and became a huge success. Beautiful was Anoop Menon's debut work as a lyricist. Menon says his debut as a lyricist was quite accidental. "On the second day of the shooting of Beautiful, music director Rateesh Vega, actor Jayasurya, and I were chilling out in Rateesh's car, when he asked me to pen some lines to try out a tune he'd composed for the film. The result is Mazhaneer Thullikal...," says the actor.

Anoop is a law graduate. He studied at Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram from 1994 to 1999. He was the first rank holder from Kerala university during the academic period. During this period, he used to do compering for Kairali TV and Surya TV. Recently he is working with Mani Ratnam's big-budget film with Vikram and Shreya in leading roles.

Filmography

No.	Year	Title	Role	Co-Star	Director
01	2002	Kattuchembakam		Jayasurya, Charmi	Vinayan
02	2003	Ivar		Jayaram, Biju menon	T. K. Rajeev Kumar
03	2007	Kaiyoppu	Doctor	Mammootty	Ranjith
04	2007	Rock N Roll	Vivek	Mohanlal	Ranjith
05	2008	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Aadi	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi	Rajeev Nath
06	2008	Moksham			Rajeev Nath
07	2008	Kerala Police
08	2008	Thirakkatha	Ajayachandran	Prithvi Raj, Priyamani	Ranjith
09	2008	Anubhav (Hindi Film)		Jackie Shroff, Gul Panag	Rajeev Nath
10	2009	Currency		Jayasurya Meera Nandan	Swathy Bhaskar
11	2009	Ivar Vivahitharayal		Jayasurya, Bhama	Saji Surendran
12	2009	Loudspeaker	Doctor	Mammootty, Gracy Singh	Jayaraj
13	2009	Patham Nilayile Theevandi	Psychiatrist	Jayasurya, Innocent	Joshi Mathew
14	2009	Kerala Cafe	Crime Investigator	Mammootty, Dileep	Ranjith
15	2010	Pramani	District Collector	Mammootty, Sneha	B. Unnikrishnan
16	2010	Mummy & Me	Doctor	Mukesh, Kunchacko Boban, Archana Kavi	Jithu Joseph
17	2010	Neelambari		Vineeth, Bhama	Harinarayanan
18	2010	Cocktail	Ravi Abraham	Jayasurya, Samvrutha Sunil	Arun Kumar
19	2011	Traffic	Ajmal Nazar	Sreenivasan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Rahman, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali	Rajesh Pillai
20	2011	Pranayam	Suresh Menon	Mohanlal, Anupam Kher, Jaya Prada	Blessy
21	2011	Lucky Jokers		Suraj Venjaramoodu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Vadivelu, Jagadeesh	Sunil
22	2011	Ven Shankhu Pol		Suresh Gopi, Manoj K Jayan	Asok R Nath
23	2011	Beautiful	John	Jayasurya, Meghana Raj	V. K. Prakash
24	2011	Athe Mazha Athe Veyil	Raghuraman	Lena	G. Manu
25	2011	Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.	Madhavankutty	Sonal Devraj	Kumar Nanda
26	2012	Ee Adutha Kaalathu	Tom Cherian IPS	Indrajith, Mythili, Lena, Nishan, Murali Gopy	Arun Kumar Aravind
27	2012	Grandmaster		Mohanlal, Narain, Priyamani	B. Unnikrishnan

Screenwriter

• Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008)
• Anubhav (2008) .....Hindi Film
• Cocktail (2010) (dialogues) (remake of Butterfly on a Wheel)
• Beautiful (2011)
• Lavender (2012) (dialogues) (remake of Daisy)

Lyricist

• Beautiful (2011)

1. Mazhaneer Thullikal
2. Moovanthiyaay
3. Nin Viral Thumbil
4. Raapoovinum

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2008- Second Best Actor - Thirakkatha

Filmfare Awards South

• 2008- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Thirakkatha