Swetha Menon
Swetha Menon
Swetha Menon
Swetha Menon
Swetha Menon
Swetha Menon
Shweta Menon (Malayalam) is an Indian model, film actress and television anchor. She has predominantly acted in Hindi and Malayalam language films, besides appearing in a number of Tamil productions. Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and becoming noted, after participating and winning at several beauty pageants, which led to her debut in Bollywood. Following appearences in over 30 Hindi films, in which she generally conveyed a glamorous image, her acting career took a turn by the mid-2000s, with her returning to Malayalam cinema and accepting substantial roles. She received critical praise and several accolades for her performance in Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009).Shweta Menon hails from Tirur in Kerala, but currently lives in Mumbai. Her father served the Indian Air Force while her mother remained a housewife. She studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, East Hill, Kozhikode. She competed in the Miss India contest in 1994 and finished second runner up behind Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai. She became the first Gladrags female super model in 1994 (Kelly Dorjee was the male super model) and then, Miss Asia Pacific runner up in 1994 in Manila Cebu Island, Philippines. She is 5 feet, 7 inches tall.
Shweta Menon started her career as an actress with the 1991 release Anaswaram, a Malayalam film, directed by Jomon, as the heroine of Mammootty, after which she focused on modeling. She subsequently won several pageants before returning to movies. She returned to Malayalam through Thantra and then went on to do famous Malayalam films such as Keerthi Chakra (2006) and the award-winning Paradesi. Her performance as Sarojini - a middle-class woman who fights against extreme odds - in the film, Madhya Venal earned her a special mention by Jury Chairman Bahman Ghobadi - famous Iranian director at the International Film Festival of Kerala. Some of her Bollywood movies include, Asoka (2001), Maqbool (2003) and Corporate (2006). In 2010, she won the Kerala State Government's Best Actress for her outstanding portrayal of Cheeru, a village woman in the film Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha directed by Ranjith. She also won Mathrubhumi-Amrita TV Special Jury Award and Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same film.
In 2011, Shweta starred in the remake of Rathinirvedam, originally a Jayabharati starrer Malayalam film, produced by Suresh Kumar and directed by T K Rajiv Kumar.
Shweta Menon recently approached a local court and the Women's Commission in Kerala after the distributor of her movie, Kayam tied up with Musli Power, a sex stimulant drug, to jointly promote the movie. "Met with Womens' Commission regarding the Kayam ad and they offered me full backing. Thank you all and I hope justice will be done," she tweeted recently. While media profusely supported her with wide coverage, many saw it as a bold attempt by a female actor against what she perceived as gross injustice to her.
Besides working in films, she has anchored several TV, stage and film awards shows. Her stunning looks, style and panache made her one of Kerala's popular TV anchors through the musical programme - Star Wars on Kairali TV in 2008. She won Asian Television's Best Anchor award for the same program. In Hindi, she was a host of a Group Dance based show named Razzmatazz on Zee TV along with actor Arshad Warsi. The next television show which she did was Dancing Queen in 2008 on Colors and later in 2010, she anchored the Malayalam reality show, Honeymoon Travels on Surya TV. The show became an instant hit for Shwetha's accented Malayalam and her attempts to read from the original script without a formal learning in the language. Recently, she appeared as a contestant with her father in game show, Deal or No Deal on Surya TV.
On 18 June 2011, she married Sreevalsan Menon, a native of Thrissur who works in Mumbai. The ceremony took place at the Neythalappurath Sastha Ayappa temple, Valanchery, Kerala.
- 2011 Ramu Karyat Abhinaya Pratibha - Kayam and TD Dasan
- 2010 Srividya Puraskaram for Outstanding Performance in Malayalam Movies
- 2010 Kerala Film Producers Association-Surya TV - Most Popular Actress & Second Best Actress in Malayalam
- 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Actress Malayalam Paleri Manikyam
- 2010 Jai Hind TV Award for Best Actress Paleri Manikyam
- 2010 World Malayali Association-Kairali TV Best Supporting Actress Paleri Manikyam
- 2010 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress - Paleri Manikyam
- 2010 Vanitha-Nippon Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
- 2010 Kerala Film Critics Award for Second Best Actress Madhyavenal and Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
- 2010 Ujala-Asianet Film Awards for Best Character Actress Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
- 2010 Amrita TV Mathrubhumi Special Jury Award Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
- 2009 Special mention at International Film Festival of Kerala by Jury Chairman, renowned film maker, Bahman Ghobadi about performance in Madhyavenal
- 2009 Asian Television award for Best TV Anchor
- 1991 Anaswaram Catherine Malayalam
- 1992 Welcome to Kodaikanal Kavitha Malayalam
Nakshthrakoodaram Nirmala S. Menon Malayalam
My Dear Muthachan Malayalam - 1993 Koushalam Malayalam
- 1997 Prithvi Lucky Hindi Ishq Dancer Hindi Special appearance
- 1998 Bandhan Vaishali Hindi
- 2000 Shikari Tania Jacobs Hindi Snegithiye Police Inspector Tamil
- 2001 Asoka Nandaneshwari Hindi Dubai Dancer Malayalam Special appearance Kakkakuyil Dancer Malayalam Special appearance
- 2002 Kaaboo Dancer/Singer Hindi Special appearance Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya Hindi
Vadh Hindi Cameo appearance Annarth Khatun Hindi Cameo appearance Ab Ke Baras hembakam Hindi - 2003 Koi Hai...Hindi Tu Bal Bramhachari Main Hoon Kanya Kunwari Rani Hindi Dhund The Fog Tanya Khurana Hindi Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye Sheela Hindi 88 Antop Hill Teesta Hindi
Kahan Ho Tum Santhali Hindi Maqbool Mohini Hindi Market Isha Hindi Mission Mumbai Hindi - 2004 The Killer Ek Qatil Hindi Run Hindi 30 Days Paro/Shalu Hindi Bazaar: Market of Love, Lust and Desire Hindi Shikaar Rama Sahay Hindi
- 2005 Mera Yudh Hindi Bad Friend Hindi Vardi Hindi Topless Hindi Fresh Lime Hindi Dhamkee Hindi
- 2006 Corporate Archana Hindi Sandwich Maggie Hindi
Keerthi Chakra Human rights activist Malayalam Tanthra Swethamukhi Malayalam - 2007 Nehlle Pe Dehlla Cameo (dancer/singer) Hindi Aur Phir Ek Din Hindi Paradesi Aamina Malayalam Rock & Roll Meenakshi Malayalam Abraham and Lincoln Malayalam
- 2008 Summer 2007 Hindi Sadhu Miranda Tamil Special appearance Aakasha Gopuram Alice Malayalam Samayam Manikyam Malayalam
- 2009 Kisse Pyaar Karoon Hindi Naan Avanillai 2 Nisha Tamil Madhya Venal Sarojini Malayalam
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha Cheeru Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress Malayalam Jai Hind TV Award for Best Actress
World Malayali Association-Kairali TV Best Supporting Actress Vanitha-Nippon Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress Kerala Film Critics Award for Second Best Actress Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Amrita TV - Mathrubhumi Special Jury Award Kerala Cafe Devi Malayalam segment "Aviraamam" T. D. Dasan Std. VI B Chandrika Malayalam aliyangadi Malayalam Kadaksham Revathy Malayalam - 2010 Chase Cameo Hindi Penpattanam Suhara Malayalam Sadgamaya Jyothi Malayalam
- 2011 Kayam Thamara Malayalam August 15 Dr. Farida Malayalam City of God Liji Punnose Malayalam Rathinirvedam Rathi Malayalam Salt N' Pepper Maya Krishnan Malayalam Rajanna Dorasanni Telugu Filming Ivan Megharoopan Maya Maheswari Malayalam Filming Platform No. 1 Malayalam Filming Indian Rupee Malayalam Filming Unnam Malayalam Filming Aravaan Tamil Filming
