Shweta Menon

Shweta Menon is an Indian model, actress and television anchor. She won Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil productions.She won two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actress.

Shwetha Menon
Menon in 2008
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Film actress
  • model
  • television anchor
Years active1991–present
TitleFemina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994
Femina Miss India 1994(3rd runner up) [1]
Spouse(s)Bobby Bhonsle (2004-2007)[2]
Sreevalsan Menon
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(m. 2011)​
ChildrenSabaiina Menon
Parent(s)T. V. Narayanankutty
Sharada Menon
AwardsKerala State Film Awards
Websitewww.shwetha-menon.com

Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and became noted, after participating and winning at several beauty pageants, which led to her debut in Bollywood. It was the film Ishq (1997 film) where she received notable attention as the sultry dancer for the song, "Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai", featuring Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan and also in Bandhan. Following appearances 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.[3] She received critical praise and several accolades including the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her performances in Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009) and Salt N' Pepper (2011). In 2018, she contestant in the Malayalam reality TV series Bigg Boss and was eliminated after 36 episodes aired on Asianet, hosted by the veteran actor Mohanlal. She is one of the highest paid celebrities in Malayalam cinema.

Early life

Menon hails from Valanchery in Malappuram district in Kerala, but was born at Chandigarh to Malayali parents T. V. Naranankutty and Sarada Menon. Her father served in the Indian Air Force while her mother remained a housewife. She studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, East Hill, Kozhikode.[4]

Career
Menon in 2008.

Films

She started her career as an actress in the Malayalam film Anaswaram (1991), directed by Jomon, playing the female lead opposite Mammootty, after which she focused on modeling.[5] She competed in the Miss India contest in 1994 and finished third runner-up behind Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai and Fransesca Hart.[5] She became the first Gladrags female super model in 1994 (Kelly Dorjee was the male super model) and then, Miss Asia Pacific semi-finalist in 1994 in Manila Cebu Island, Philippines.[5][6] She subsequently made her debut in Bollywood and appeared in over 30 films; some of her Bollywood films include Asoka (2001), Maqbool (2003) and Corporate (2006).

Menon returned to Malayalam in 2006 with 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 Madhya Venal earned her a special mention by jury chairman Bahman Ghobadi, a famous Iranian director at the International Film Festival of Kerala. In 2010, she won the Kerala State Government's Best Actress for her portrayal of Cheeru, a village woman in the film Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha directed by Ranjith. She won the Mathrubhumi-Amrita TV Special Jury Award and the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same film. In 2011, Shweta Menon starred in the remake of Rathinirvedam an Erotic Movie, playing the titular character, originally played by Jayabharathi. In the same year, she got the Kerala State Award for Salt N' Pepper. For her next movie, Naval Enna Jewel, Shweta Menon has undergone a remarkable makeover as an elderly man.[7]

In 2010, Menon approached a local court and the Women's Commission in Kerala after the distributor of her movie tied up with Musli Power, a sex stimulant drug, to jointly promote the movie. "Met with Women's Commission regarding the Kayam ad and they offered me full backing. Thank you all and I hope justice will be done," she tweeted.[8]

Television

Besides working in films, she has anchored several TV, stage and film awards shows. Menon rose to popularity after presenting the musical programme, Star Wars on Kairali TV in 2008.[9] She won the Asian Television Award for Best Anchor for the same program. In Hindi, she hosted the group band based show, Razzmatazz on Zee TV with actor Arshad Warsi.[10] The next television show she did was Dancing Queen in 2008 on Colors. 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 the game show, Deal or No Deal on Surya TV. She was the anchor of the family-based reality show Veruthe Alla Bharya on Mazhavil Manorama.[11] She has participated in the popular game show Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran on Asianet. She was running popular comedy reality show Minto Goal Comedy Stars on Asianet in 2015. She has acted in many advertisements. She was a contestant in the season 1 of the reality TV show Bigg Boss aired on Asianet, from which she was eliminated after 36 episodes. In 2019 she made her TV comeback as the host for a family talent hunt show on Mazhavil Manorama titled 'Kusurthi Kudumbam'.[12]

Personal life

She was married to Bollywood model, Bobby Bhonsle,[13] but ended up in divorce.[14] 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.[15] She had her first child, a daughter, Sabaina Menon on 27 September 2012, at 5.27 pm at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai. The delivery was recorded on camera as part of the film Kalimannu.

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Controversies

Shwetha Menon was charged with insulting the Indian flag at a fashion show on 5 January 2004. The show was organized by NIFD at a resort, where Menon walked the ramp allegedly with the tricolour wrapped around her body.[18][19]

In 2011 she had filed a case against Kunnath Pharmaceuticals' managing director K.C. Abraham for misusing stills from her film Kayam for promoting their Ayurvedic aphrodisiac Musli Power Extra. The Ernakulam central police arrested Abraham.[20][21]

Shwetha allowed her delivery to be recorded for Blessy's film Kalimannu. The act was condemned for commercializing the most private affair of a woman by the Kerala Film Exhibitors.[22][23]

On 4 November 2013, she filed a case against N. Peethambara Kurup from the Indian national congress in a groping incident. Shweta later dropped her complaint against Kurup, saying the 71-year-old leader tendered a "personal apology" to her hours after she lodged the FIR against him.[24]

Accolades
Kerala State Film Award
Filmfare Awards South
South Indian International Movie Awards
  • 2012 – SIIMA Award for Actress – Special Appreciation – Rathinirvedam
  • 2013 – SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Ozhimuri
Other Awards

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1991AnaswaramCatherineMalayalam
1992Welcome to KodaikanalKavithaMalayalam
NakshthrakoodaramNirmala S. MenonMalayalam
1993KoushalamSashikalaMalayalam
1995DeshaDrohuluAnuTelugu
1997PrithviLuckyHindi
IshqDancerHindiSpecial appearance
1998BandhanVaishaliHindi
2000ShikariTania JacobsHindi
SnegithiyePolice Inspector, JayashreeTamil
Sandhitha VelaiDancerTamilSpecial appearance
2001AsokaNandaneshwariHindi
AnandamDancer in songTeluguSpecial appearance
KakkakuyilDancerMalayalamSpecial appearance
DubaiDancerMalayalamItem Dance
2002KaabooDancer/SingerHindiSpecial appearance
Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar KiyaHindi
VadhHindiCameo appearance
AnnarthKhatunHindiCameo appearance
Ab Ke BarasChembakamHindi
2003Koi Hai...Hindi
Tu Bal Bramhachari Main Hoon Kanya KunwariRaniHindi
Dhund: The FogTanya KhuranaHindi
Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na JayeSheelaHindi
88 Antop HillTeestaHindi
Kahan Ho TumSanthaliHindi
MaqboolMohiniHindi
MarketIshaHindi
Mission MumbaiHindi
HungamaHindi
2004The Killer – Ek QatilHindi
OmkaraKannadaCameo appearance
RunHindi
30 DaysParo/ShaluHindi
Bazaar: Market of Love, Lust and DesireHindi
ShikaarRama SahayHindi
2005Mera YudhHindi
Bad FriendHindi
VardiHindi
ToplessHindi
Fresh LimeHindi
DhamkeeHindi
2006CorporateArchanaHindi
SandwichMaggieHindi
Keerthi ChakraHuman rights activistMalayalam
PakalLatha MohankumarMalayalam
ThanthraSwethamukhiMalayalam
2007RaakilipattuJayasreeMalayalam
Nehlle Pe Dehlladancer/singerHindiCameo appearance
Aur Phir Ek DinHindi
ParadesiAaminaMalayalam
Rock & RollMeenakshiMalayalam
Abraham & LincolnLuluMalayalam
2008Summer 2007HindiSpecial appearance
Sadhu MirandaTamilSpecial appearance
LaptopMotherMalayalam
Aakasha GopuramAliceMalayalam
SamayamManikyamMalayalam
2009Kisse Pyaar KaroonChameli / JulieHindi
Naan Avanillai 2NishaTamil
Madhya VenalSarojiniMalayalam
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte KathaCheeruMalayalam
Kerala CafeDeviMalayalamsegment "Aviraamam"
2010ChaseKareena ChopraHindiCameo appearance
Pokkiri RajaDancerMalayalamSpecial appearance
PenpattanamSuharaMalayalam
SadgamayaJyothiMalayalam
T. D. Dasan Std. VI BChandrikaMalayalam
ValiyangadiLakshmiMalayalam
KadakshamRevathyMalayalam
2011KayamThamaraMalayalam
August 15Dr. FaridaMalayalam
City of GodLiji PunnoseMalayalam
RathinirvedamRathiMalayalam
Salt N' PepperMaya KrishnanMalayalam
RajannaDorasanniTelugu
2012UnnamSereenaMalayalam
AravaanRajaambaalTamilSpecial appearance
Thalsamayam Oru PenkuttySareenaMalayalam
No. 66 Madhura BusRita MammenMalayalam
Ivan MegharoopanMaya MaheswariMalayalam
Ithra MathramSumithraMalayalam
OzhimuriKaliammaMalayalam
ParudeesaThresiaMalayalam
AakasmikamAnithaMalayalam
2013Mumbai PoliceDoctorMalayalam
KalimannuMeeraMalayalam
CareebeyansCatherineMalayalam
2014100 Degree CelsiusNilaMalayalamAlso playback singer[31]
2015Thunai MudhalvarThangamaniTamil[32]
Appavum VeenjumDr.NayanaMalayalam
RudrasimhasanamUmayammaMalayalam
Akeldamayile PennuAgnesMalayalam[33]
MaayamalikaManikyamMalayalam
HaramHerselfMalayalam
2016DhanayathraVijilaMalayalam
KaavalalMalayalamShort film
2017InayathalamHelenTamil
Naval Enna JewelChachuMalayalam
2018Kammara SambhavamMalayil MaheshwariMalayalam
PremanjaliSubhadraMalayalam
Oru Kuprasidha PayyanDr. Renuka SubramanianMalayalam
2019 Fancy DressPriyaMalayalam
TBA Black CoffeeMaya KrishnanMalayalamFilming
BadhalMalayalamFilming

Television
YearProgramRoleLanguageNotes
90'sManasiActressMalayalamTV Series
2001RazzmatazzCo-hostHindiwith Arshad Warsi
2007Star WarsHostMalayalamWon, Asian Television Award for Best Anchor
2008-2009Dancing QueenContestantHindi
2009Honeymoon TravelsHostMalayalamReplacing Lalu Alex
2010Deal Or No DealParticipantMalayalam
2011-2012Veruthe Alla BharyaHostMalayalam
2012Veruthe Alla Bharya Season 2HostMalayalamReplaced by Rimi Tomy
2015Veruthe Alla Bharya Season 3HostMalayalam
2015Comedy Stars Season 2JudgeMalayalam
2015Star ChallengeParticipantMalayalam
2016Comedy Stars Season 2JudgeMalayalam
2016-2017KatturumbuJudgeMalayalam
2016Aluvayum MathikariyumHerselfMalayalamCameo in promo
2017ManasaveeraPromo anchorMalayalamPromotion of the show
2017Komedy CircusJudge/guestMalayalam
2017Tharodayam new face huntJudgeMalayalam
2017Laughing Villa Season 2JudgeMalayalam
2017Asianet Comedy AwardsPromo anchorMalayalam
2018Super JodiJudgeMalayalamReplaced by Annie
2018Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1)ContestantMalayalamEvicted on day 35
2019Kusruthi KudumbamHostMalayalam
2020Suryajodi No.1JudgeMalayalamReplacing Ineya
2020-PresentComedy Stars Season 2JudgeMalayalam
2020-PresentFunny NightsJudgeMalayalam

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