Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist.
He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films.
Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and also the Filmfare Award for his performance as the fictional movie star Ajayachandran in Thirakkatha.
He was born on 3 August 1976 to P. Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon in Kozhikode.
He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram.
Menon was educated at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram.
1994
He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994 99) and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University.
During this period, he used to do compèring for Kairali TV and Surya TV.
He met fellow filmmaker and screenplay writer Shankar Ramakrishnan during this time.
Both of them were under the tutelage of renowned Malayalam director Ranjith.
2002
She has a daughter born in 2002.
Actress Shwetha Menon is his cousin.
He began his acting career in Malayalam television serials.
He was in two series on Asianet called Swapnam and Megham, the former one directed by K. K. Rajeev.
Anoop made his debut as a screenwriter in Pakal Nakshatrangal with Mohanlal playing father and Anoop playing his son.
He also played main character in Thirakkatha by Ranjith, portraying different stages in the life of film star Ajay Chandran, loosely based on the personal life of Kamal Haasan.
His co-stars were Priyamani and Prithviraj Sukumaran.
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2006
Her first husband died of heart attack in 2006.
2008
He wrote the screenplay and dialogue for films such as Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008), Cocktail (2010), Beautiful (2011), Trivandrum Lodge (2012), and Hotel California (2013).
He turned as a director with his debut King fish malaylam movie in 2021.
he directed film named Padma released in 2022.
2014
Anoop married Shema Alexander on 27 December 2014.
