Vijay Menon

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Born
London, England, United Kingdom
Occupations
Yearsactive1981–present
Children2
Vijay Menon
Born
London, England, United Kingdom
Occupations
Years active1981–present
Children2

Vijay Menon is an Indian actor, editor, director and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema.[1] He has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles. He has won Kerala State Film Awards thrice.[2][3]

Vijay Menon made his debut in Malayalam cinema with Bharathan’s Nidra (1981) and has since appeared in over 100 films,[4] mostly in supporting roles.[5] In 1983, he appeared in the Tamil film Kan Sivanthal Man Sivakkum and the Malayalam film Rachana.[5]

Menon is a graduate in filmmaking from a film institute in Pune.[4] In 1986, he made his directorial debut with Nilavinte Nattil, for which he also served as writer and editor.[5] In 2017, he returned to filmmaking as the writer and director of Vilakkumaram.[5]

He writes articles in The Indian Express about international politics.[6] He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing artist in 2011 and 2017 for the movies Melvilasom and Oppam respectively.[7]

Personal life

He is married to Kala Menon,[5] and he has a daughter Leela Malavika Menon and a son Nikhil Menon.[8] His son Nikhil Menon is a screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for the Vilakkumaram.[9][10]

Awards and honours

Year Award Award category Work
2011Kerala state film awardsKerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing ArtistMelvilasom
2017Kerala state film awardsKerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing ArtistOppam
2018Kerala state film awardsKerala State Film Award – Special MentionHey Jude
2017Kerala State Television AwardsSecond Best ActorNilavum Nakshathrangalum
2018Kerala State Television AwardsSpecial jury mentionKshnaprabhachanchalam

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981NidraRaju
1983Kann Sivanthaal Mann SivakkumGautamTamil
Prem Nazirine KanmanillaKidnapper (III)
RachanaRajan
AsthiDileep
1984Nilaavinte Naattil
Anbulla Malare
1985Choodatha PookalSuresh
1986Meenamasathile SooryanChirukandan
1988Isabella
1989Varusham 16MoorthyTamil
1990Iyer the Great
Anantha VruthanthamFranky
MukhamVijay
Prosecution
1991Utharakaandam
Kadhanayika
1993AirportVijay MenonTamil
1994SainyamTerrorist Salim
1995The KingDr. Vijay
Boxer
1997Ezhu Nilaappanthal
1998Meenathil ThalikettuRozario
1999PathramPhotographer Vipin
2001 Agrahaaram
Pranayaaksharangal
2004VajramDr. Nissar
Masanagudi Mannadiyar Speaking
2005RajamanikyamAdv. Lal Cheriyan
2007Soorya KireedamDr. Venu
Thaniye
Nadiya Kollappetta RathriKalpathi Seetharaman
2008Pachamarathanalil
2009Bhaarya Swantham Suhruthu
BanarasProf. Ananthakrishnan
Vairam: Fight for Justice
Keralotsavam 2009
2010Ring Tone
NayakanAdv. Sreenivasan
2011Violin
2012The King & the CommissionerDr. Kishore Balakrishnan
Father's DayNoble Mathew
NidraDr. Roy Peter
CobraReferee
Karppooradeepam
Spirit
Banking Hours 10 to 4Dr. John
2013CareebeyansVijayan
Police Maamman
Zachariayude GarbhinikalDr. Chandykunju
2014Mithram
2015Jamna Pyari
Lailaa O LailaaChristy
King LiarMinister Thomas Chennikkadan
Salt Mango TreeVice Principal
2016KattumakkanRahul
2017Pokkiri SimonMariner Somashekahran
2018Hey JudeDr. Sebastian Chakkaraparambil[11]
Antagonist[12]
2019AthiranProf. P. Subrahmanya Iyer
2020Pixelia
2021Grahanam
2022MahaveeryarVeerasimhan
1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha VareAamu
2023DhoomamAjay Varma
Sesham Mike-il FathimaVijay John
2025RekhachithramAdv. Jacob[13]
Lokah Chapter 1: ChandraCameo[14]
2026Spa[15]

Dubbing artist

YearFilmCharacterDubbed for
1989The NewsVictor GeorgeBabu Antony
1990Randam VaravuDeputy inspector general of police
1995AksharamRamjiTej Sapru
1996YuvathurkiCBI Director JaypalKitty
The PrinceJaffer Bhai
1997Adukkala Rahasyam Angaadi PaattuAdv.Babu ThomasBaburaj
MasmaramDarshandasKitty
1999F. I. R.Narendra ShettyRajeev
NiramPrakash MathewBoban Alummoodan
Olympiyan Anthony AdamDGP Krishnan Nair
2009CalendarCleetusPratap K. Pothen
2016OppamVasudevanSamuthirakani
2017Adam JoanNathenMadhusudhan Rao
2021NayattuDGPAjith Koshy
Michael's Coffee HouseUncle SamMohan Sharma
2022Sita Ramam (Malayalam Version)Brid.Abu ThariqSachin Khedekar
2023GarudanCol.PhilipThalaivasal Vijay

Direction

Story

Dialogue

Screenplay

Editing

Television career

References

External links

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