RENUKA MENON

RENUKA MENON – Film Actress

Renuka Menon was born in Trichur, Kerala. She has appeared in various South Indian films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages.

She made her acting debut in the 2002 Malayalam film, Nammal directed by Kamal, which went on to become a blockbuster at the box office. Subsequently, she stepped into the Telugu film industry with the film Valliddaru Okkate, and in 2005 into the Tamil and Kannada film industries as well, through the films February 14, alongside Bharath, and News opposite Upendra, respectively. Later that year, she starred in another Tamil film, Daas alongside Jayam Ravi. However, none of the films succeeded.

In 2006, she acted in the Malayalam film Vargam, pairing up with Prithviraj again after Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum in 2003, which was an average grosser, following which, she appeared in the Tamil film Kalabha Kadhalan opposite Arya and in the multi-starrer Pathaaka. The latter remains her most recent release, after which she left for the U. S. for higher studies and got married later. Her film Madhan, directed by actor Jai Akash, starring himself and Sunaina, has been pending for a long time and is expected to release in late 2009 after years-long delay.

Renuka married Suraj,a software engineer based in US on November 21 2006.She decided to be away from limelight after marriage. Currently she is running a dance school in California. The couples are blessed with a baby girl born on 3 February 2009.

Her movies include:

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Nammal	Aparna	Malayalam
2003	Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum	Aswathy	Malayalam
2004	Valliddaru Okkate	Sravani	Telugu
	Freedom	Anjali	Malayalam
	Anandamanandamaye	Bhuvaneswari	Telugu
2005	February 14	Pooja	Tamil
	News		Kannada
	Daas	Rajeshwari	Tamil
2006	Vargam	Nadhiya	Malayalam
	Kalabha Kadhalan	Anbarasi Akilan	Tamil
	Pathaaka	Meera Menon	Malayalam
2009	Madhan		Tamil