Adithya (actor)

Adithya Menon
Born	Anil Menon (1974-04-06) 6 April 1974
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Adithya Menon, born on 6 April, often credited as Adithya, is an Indian film actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.

He was born in Mumbai and his family migrated to Dubai, UAE when he was really young. He spent his childhood in Dubai till the age of 18. He finished his schooling there in the Our Own English High School Dubai and then migrated back to India. He went to college in Bangalore at the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology where he did his engineering. He has been an Atheist from early childhood.

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 armature theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by a co-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 that was called Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga. Subsequently he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called Soorya Shikari on the same channel directed by noted comedian Sihi Kahi Chandru.

He shifted 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 Radaan Mediaworks India Limited. He then won a role in the famous TV Serial Anni directed by the famous director K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a new comer. He was cast in Anjaneya and Jay Jay at the same time. The movie that released first was the Ajith Kumar starer Anjaneya on Diwali day 2003.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language
2003	Relax	Billu	Malayalam
2003	Jay Jay	Sivaram	Tamil
2003	Anjaneya	Siva	Tamil
2003	Vamanapuram Bus Route	Karipidi Gopi	Malayalam
2004	Wanted		Malayalam
2004	Mambazhakkalam	Dr. Raghuram	Malayalam
2004	Chatrapathi	Siva	Tamil
2004	Neranja Manasu	Inspector Adithya	Tamil
2005	Ben Johnson	Vettukadan Velayuthan	Malayalam
2005	Bus Conductor	S.I Sajan George	Malayalam
2005	Arinthum Ariyamalum	ACP Thiyagarajan	Tamil
2005	Daas	Anwar	Tamil
2006	Aadhi	Abdullah	Tamil
2006	Kedi	Aadhi	Tamil
2006	Vattaram	Inspector	Tamil
2006	Poi	Vishnu	Tamil
2006	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Shivachandra Panikker	Malayalam
2006	Raashtram	Amir Bhai	Malayalam
2006	Pachakuthira	Terrorist	Malayalam	Guest appearance
2006	Bhargava Charitam Moonam Ghandam	Mariappan	Malayalam
2006	Chacko Randaaman	Parindhu Gopi	Malayalam
2007	Nanma	Paramashivam	Malayalam
2007	Billa	Anil Menon	Tamil
2008	Inba		Tamil
2008	Thirutham		Tamil
2009	Villu	Raaka	Tamil
2009	Billa	Adithya	Telugu
2009	Kulir 100°		Tamil
2009	TN 07 AL 4777		Tamil
2010	Aasal		Tamil
2010	Kanagavel Kaaka	Karunakaran	Tamil
2010	Singam	Vaikuntam	Tamil
2010	Pournami Naagam		Tamil
2010	Aattanayagann	Chandran	Tamil
2010	Simha	Gopi	Telugu
2010	Rhythm		Malayalam
2010	Thanthonni		Malayalam
2010	Again Kasargod Khader Bhai	Ali Khan	Malayalam
2011	Collector		Malayalam
2011	Raa Raa	Dhana	Tamil
2011	Naan Sivanaagiren		Tamil
2011	Thimiraatam		Tamil
2011	Sigappu Nizhal		Tamil
2011	Kshetram		Telugu
2011	Dookudu	Sivayya	Telugu
2012	Eega	Sudeep's Friend	Telugu
2012	Naan Ee		Tamil
2011	Adhinayakudu	Ramappa's brother	Telugu
2013	Oduthalam		Tamil	completed
2013	Jai Sriram		Telugu	completed
2013	Mirchi	Babai	Telugu
2013	Baadshah	Ganesh	Telugu
2013	Jai Sriram	Adinarayana	Telugu
2013	Balupu	Nanaji's brother	Telugu
2013	Shadow		Telugu
2013	Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum	Yuva	Tamil
2013	Bhai	Munna	Telugu
2013	Antha Scene Ledu	Inspector	Telugu	Post-production
2013	Nondi Kudhirai	Inspector	Tamil	Post-production
2014	Rudhramadevi	Muraridevudu	Telugu	Post-production
2014	Power	Gautam	Telugu	Post-production
2014	Shivaji Nagar		Kannada
2014	Main Hoon Rajinikanth	Rajnikanth	Hindi	Post-production
2015	Lion		Telugu
2015	Eli		Tamil

External links

• Official website
• Adithya at the Internet Movie Database