Adithya Menon

Adithya Menon was born in Mumbai into a Malayali family hailing from Palghat in Kerala. He spent his childhood in Dubai, UAE till the age of 18. He finished his schooling from the Our Own English High School Dubai and then went back to India. He earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore.^[3][4]

While in college, he auditioned for a slot at being a radio host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into amateur theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by an actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a Kannada television serial he was to direct for the then launching ETV Kannada. Adithya first faced a camera for this serial, Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga. Subsequently, he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called Soorya Shikari on the same channel directed by comedian Sihi Kahi Chandru.^[5][6]

He moved to Chennai in 2001 and scouted for work as an actor. He first appeared in a television serial on Sun TV called Thanthira Bhoomi directed by C. Jerrold and produced by Media Dreams. He then won a role in the TV serial Anni directed by K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a newcomer. He was cast in Anjaneya (2003) and Jay Jay (2003) at the same time.^[7][8]

In 2004, he appeared in Malayalams films starrer Mohanlal in Vamanapuram Bus Route, Wanted and Mambazhakkalam.

He acted in Tamil films directed by Vishnuvardhan's Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) and Billa (2007).^[9][10]

Adithya Menon made his Tollywood debut with the Prabhas starrer Billa in 2009. He went on to appear in films like Simha, Dookudu, Adhinayakudu, Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, Eega, Mirchi, Baadshah, Balupu, Lion and among many others.^[11]

In 2014, he garnered attention for playing the lead role in Main Hoon Part-Time Killer, which garnered controversy for its previous title of Main Hoon Rajinikanth.^[12][13]

He has also worked in Kannada films like Shivajinagara (2014), Jaguar (2016), Kolara (2017), Seetharama Kalyana (2019) and James (2022).^[14]

Adithya Menon plays a CBI officer in the series Thalaimai Seyalagam (2024), initially rejected the offer for the role.^[15]

Actor

Television

Dubbing artiste