Shweta Menon

Acting

Shweta Menon

Born

1974-04-23 (52)

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Shweta Menon is an Indian model, actress and television anchor. She has predominantly acted in Hindi and Malayalam language films, besides appearing in a number of Tamil productions. Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and becoming noted, after participating and winning at several beauty pageants, which led to her debut in Bollywood. 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. She received critical praise and several accolades for her performance in …

Known for

Lal Salam poster
10.0

Lal Salam is an Indian entertainment talk show hosted by actor Mohanlal on Amrita TV. The show is themed around Mohanlal's film career, it also introduces and honours humanitarians and social workers, and has other interactive and performance segments. It is the first television presentation by Mohanlal, hosted alongside Meera Nandan.

Lal Salam

2017

Juniors poster
NR

Juniors is an Remake version of Tamil movie Thulluvatho Ilamai and it is an Romance based movie. In which, Mahesh (Naresh) is son of a fish-seller. Pooja (Shireen) is the daughter of a businessman. Both of them are thick friends since childhood as they studied in the same convent/school/college. Mahesh has lusty feelings towards Pooja during his adolescent. But Pooja has love feelings towards him. They also have a group of 4 more friends with whom they move closely. Unfortunately, the parents of these guys are very skeptical about their kids and always scold them. Vexed by the hostile attitude of parents, these kids leave from their homes and travel to a new place. The rest of the story is all about how they struggled and realize the future carrier.

Juniors

2003

Nagendran’s Honeymoons poster
5.5

A lazy man named Nagendran, who, with his friend Soman, hatches a plan to marry multiple women to earn money from dowry to escape his village and find a better life abroad.

Nagendran’s Honeymoons

2024

Kalimannu poster
5.0

Inspired by the Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his mother Subhadra, the film portrays the relationship of the protagonist with her baby, before and after it is born.

Kalimannu

2013

Maqbool poster
7.1

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.

Maqbool

2003

Aśoka poster
6.5

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.

Aśoka

2001

Film credits

2010s · 17 titles

Kalimannu poster
5.0

Inspired by the Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his mother Subhadra, the film portrays the relationship of the protagonist with her baby, before and after it is born.

Kalimannu

2013

Paradise poster
NR

Parudeesa (Paradise) is a 2012 Malayalam–language Indian feature film written by Vinu Abraham and directed by national award-winning filmmaker R. Sarath

Paradise

2012

T.D. Dasan Std. VI B poster
6.7

T.D. Dasan, who has never met his father, finds his address and writes letters to him. He is elated when he receives replies, not knowing that the person responding is a 13-year-old girl, Ammu, who now lives with her family at the same address.

T.D. Dasan Std. VI B

2010

Chase poster
NR

After a dramatic chase, Mumbai Police finally catch up with a severely wounded Sohail Ansari, a terrorist, who assassinated Udyog Mantri Vishwajeet Rana, and hospitalize him. When doctors inform them that he is in a vegetative state, they move him to Neurological Research Institute in Panchgani where his condition is closely monitored by medical staff and Nurse Nupur Chauhan, while the person entrusted with security is Inspector Siddharth Sharma. When Sohail's journalist girl-friend, Surabhee Patel, breaks-in the hospital, they arrest her, hold her in a cell, but subsequently let her go with a warning. Then the Police will face more challenges and launch a man-hunt after they find out that Sohail has abducted Nupur and has gone on the run.

Chase

2010

Rajanna poster
5.4

The film is set in the Nelakondapalli village of khammam district in Nizam Princely State of Hyderabad of the late 1940s. The feudal society is under the vice-like grip of an aristocratic family and its head, a Dorasani (Shwetha Menon). Mallamma (Baby Annie) is the darling of the village, who is living in perpetual humiliation. They seek solace in her songs. Brought up by Sambayya, an old man, she develops a mysterious attachment to a basil tree which is regarded as holy by the entire village.

Rajanna

2011

Mumbai Police poster
7.0

ACP Antony Moses is on the verge of uncovering his friend’s murderer when an accident leaves him with partial memory loss. Reassigned to the same case, he must retrace his own forgotten steps to uncover a truth more shocking than he imagined.

Mumbai Police

2013

Kammara Sambhavam poster
6.2

Set against the backdrop of World War 2, the film spans over three different phases of the life of the protagonist Kammaran who gets inspired by freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and joins INA to secure Indian independence from British rule.

Kammara Sambhavam

2018

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan poster
6.8

It is a murder mystery which draws its inspiration from the real-life murders in Kerala and explores how a person can be framed and labelled a criminal, even if there is no solid proof of their guilt.

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan

2018

Nawal the Jewel poster
5.5

Asma Beevi, a 14-year-old Muslim girl is married to an old Arabic man. After few days of the wedding, her husband dies, leaving her pregnant and alone to survive. She gives birth to a daughter and in spite of trying level best to raise her without any struggles, Asma fails when her only child gets arrested for murder. What happens next, forms the crux of the story.

Nawal the Jewel

2017

Haram poster
2.8

Balu and Isha are colleagues in a corporate company who fall in love and get married. This urban married couple's life changes, and they begin to struggle with irreconcilable differences.

Haram

2015

Pokkiri Raja poster
5.3

Two estranged brothers , one a feared gangster and the other a spirited youngster, whose lives collide when crime and family honor intertwine. Their reunion sparks a battle of loyalty, power, and redemption set against a backdrop of high energy action and drama.

Pokkiri Raja

2010

Salt N' Pepper poster
7.2

Kalidasan, a foodie, receives a phone call not intended for him. He finds that the person at the other end, Maya, is also fond of food and cooking. Soon they develop feelings for each other.

Salt N' Pepper

2011

Sadgamaya poster
3.0

Dr. Ravi Varman is a psychiatrist who only treats one patient at a time and that too in isolation. When he learned that his former patient Yamuna is getting married, he asks her to see him urgently

Sadgamaya

2010

Aravaan poster
4.8

Komboodhi is the leader of a tribe that steals from the rich to survive. He befriends Varipuli, unaware of his past, only to learn that his village has been hunting him to offer his life to god.

Aravaan

2012

Kadaksham poster
2.0

Nathan and his wife are an unhappy couple. Things change for Nathan when his housemaid becomes close to his daughter and he finds himself drawn to her charms.

Kadaksham

2010

Rudra Simhasanam poster
1.0

Rudra Simhan is a yogi who gave up all worldly pleasures by listening to the call of his soul. When he returnd to his homeland after a long journey, he comes in to the life of Haimavathi.

Rudra Simhasanam

2015

Ivan Megharoopan poster
NR

The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal.

Ivan Megharoopan

2012

2000s · 35 titles

Juniors poster
NR

Juniors is an Remake version of Tamil movie Thulluvatho Ilamai and it is an Romance based movie. In which, Mahesh (Naresh) is son of a fish-seller. Pooja (Shireen) is the daughter of a businessman. Both of them are thick friends since childhood as they studied in the same convent/school/college. Mahesh has lusty feelings towards Pooja during his adolescent. But Pooja has love feelings towards him. They also have a group of 4 more friends with whom they move closely. Unfortunately, the parents of these guys are very skeptical about their kids and always scold them. Vexed by the hostile attitude of parents, these kids leave from their homes and travel to a new place. The rest of the story is all about how they struggled and realize the future carrier.

Juniors

2003

Maqbool poster
7.1

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.

Maqbool

2003

Aśoka poster
6.5

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.

Aśoka

2001

Aakasha Gopuram poster
NR

The film, in Malayalam and made by the Indian film maker K P Kumaran, AkashaGopuram is set among the Indian immigrant community in London and tells the story of Albert Samson (Mohanlal), a middle-aged architect who has clawed his way to prominence.

Aakasha Gopuram

2008

Annarth poster
5.3

Jimmy, a crime boss, owes allegiance to his elder brother, Raghav, and introduces his friends, Bandya and Sameer, into the gang. Soon, Bandya is killed and Jimmy sets out to avenge his death.

Annarth

2002

Nehlle Pe Dehlla poster
5.7

Two small-time crooks, Jimmy and Johny, blackmail hotel manager Balram Sahni aka Ballu in order to get a huge sum of money. But their plan goes haywire when Ballu is mysteriously murdered.

Nehlle Pe Dehlla

2007

Ab Ke Baras poster
6.0

U.S. based Anjali Thapar (Amrita Rao) has repeated dreams of a parallel life in India, the temple of Devi Maa Durga, & some sword-wielding men on horseback. She and her mother consult a pandit, and he advises them to go to India to clear this matter up, as this pertains to her past life. Mr. Thapar will only let Anjali go there after she marries the man of his choice; so Anjali decides to run away. Her father alerts a ruthless CBI Officer Sikander Baksh (Danny Denzongpa), who is soon on her case. Anjali meets with car-thieves, Karan and his uncle (Arya Babbar and Shakti Kapoor respectively), and then begins her journey into a past life, as Nandini, the lover of freedom fighter Abhay (also Arya Babbar), and his subsequent death at the hands of British-aided traitor Tejeshwar Singhal (Ashutosh Rana).

Ab Ke Baras

2002

Snegithiye poster
8.0

Vasu and Radhika try to avoid Radhika's arranged marriage by saying that she loves Ramesh, a fictional man. However, they get into trouble when a man named Ramesh really walks into their life.

Snegithiye

2000

Kerala Cafe poster
6.7

Ten interconnected short stories unfolding around a roadside railway café in Kerala, where travelers from diverse backgrounds pass through, their lives briefly intersecting amid themes of migration, relationships and modern struggles.

Kerala Cafe

2009

Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye poster
7.0

Aman Joshi (Aman Verma) is on a research assignment. His subject is the chawl dwellers in Bombay City. He rents a small tenement there and talks to the people living there. He soon gets involved in their lives, and even gets attracted to plain-looking Saundarya (Divya Mirza), who he transforms into a beauty, after a cosmetic makeover. Aman's kindness is mistaken for generosity by all the chawl dwellers, and they swarm him for his money, trying to get loans and gifts, to improve their lives. Then the lives of this small community are turned upside down, when the owner announces that he intends to tear the building down.

Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye

2003

Dhund: The Fog poster
7.0

A mysterious killer rises from the grave and terrorizes two couples to seek revenge for his murder.

Dhund: The Fog

2003

Hungama poster
6.9

A case of mistaken identities featuring a young woman, an electronics business owner and an aspiring musician which leads to chaotic yet hilarious situations.

Hungama

2003

Naan Avan Illai 2 poster
5.2

Naan Avanillai 2 (English: I am Not Him) is a 2009 Tamil romantic mystery film directed by Selva. It is the sequel to the Naan Avanillai (2007). Jeevan reprises the lead role, while the female roles are enacted by Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon and Sruthi Prakash and Rachana Maurya. D. Imman, who did the film score for the first part of the film, replaced Vijay Antony as the music director. The film was released on 27 November 2009 to extremely negative reviews

Naan Avan Illai 2

2009

Vellathooval poster
NR

Jiya, a fun loving girl is tired of her conservative family and therefore decides to abscond with her friend Manu. They become good friends but the society misunderstands them.

Vellathooval

2009

Run poster
5.1

This action movie is filled with romance and adventure. As Abhisek fights for his life against the forces of crime and injustice, he meets Bhoomika, who captures his heart.

Run

2004

No artwork available
9.0

A beautiful girl Maya (K.Gauri) comes to Mumbai to become rich and famous. After passing through some struggle she joins the modeling career in one of the top agency owned by a lady Dolly (Shweta Menon). In a short span of time she succeeds to become the top model in the advertising and fashion media. During this time she meets a handsome boy and love develops. Maya has got everything in life one can wish to have. She has name, success, money and above all true love. A moment comes when she is offered high money to model as Topless for a product of big corporate sector. She refuses. Offers are multiplied but Maya is not saleable. She is rock-steady in her decision.

Topless

2005

Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya poster
4.4

Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) are happily married to each other but sometimes can get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja's imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja falls in love with Shiv so much that she gives up her high rising career for him and settles as a housewife. Their in-difference gets worse and Pooja is soon convinced that Shiv has been unfaithful. Pooja asks for a divorce and leaves him. She carries on with life and meets Raj (Akshay Kumar). Raj has everything anyone could ask for: money, fame but not love something he has craved for some time. He falls for Pooja and she also begins to like him. They get engaged and as the wedding approaches, Shiv re-enters Pooja's life. Old feelings and emotions come rushing back and she finds herself torn between two men. Who does she choose...?

Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya

2002

Corporate poster
6.4

Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.

Corporate

2006

Rock N' Roll poster
4.0

Chandramouli, an international drummer, goes to Chennai to help his friend in his new project. However, his life turns upside down when he falls in love with a playback singer.

Rock N' Roll

2007

Koi Hai poster
NR

Raj is having an affair with a dancer. He is desperate to rid himself of his wife. He hires a killer, only to find the assassin dead in his living room. Who is there?

Koi Hai

2003

Sadhu Miranda poster
9.0

The movie starts of with a robbery of 20 crores in Pondicherry DID Bank where a college girl is killed by one of the thieves. The same night as the robbery, the manager of the bank (Manivannan) commits suicide.After this the story opens up in Chennai where Shiva Sundaram (Prasanna) a visible foolish person comes in search of David Raj (Manoj K. Jayan) where he saves a girl from being raped by one of David Raj's men.

Sadhu Miranda

2008

Anandam poster
8.5

Two neighbors study in the same college, but hate each other immensely. A series of events changes their feelings when they unknowingly write to each other under alias names.

Anandam

2001

Sandhitha Velai poster
NR

On a trip, Aadalarasu meets his lookalike and promises to fulfil the latter's request. His look-alike dies and he takes his place in his family while his own family thinks he is dead.

Sandhitha Velai

2000

Summer 2007 poster
NR

Thinking that the internship they've just signed up for will be a breeze, five disaffected medical students receive a rude awakening. Hoping to be stationed near Goa, enjoy and have some fun, they instead find themselves in a remote place.They're assigned to a rural village in India crippled by poverty, malnutrition and sickness.

Summer 2007

2008

No artwork available
NR

Four criminals escape from prison and take shelter in a village. They meet an ex army personnel who assigns them a noble but dangerous mission to reform them.

Khatron Ke Khiladi

2001

Bhama Kalapam poster
NR

Its story revolves around Aditya, a criminal lawyer gets married to a pop star Anjali and wants to kill her for her wealth. Bar dancer Sailu is in love with Aditya but he has other plans. He plots the murder of his wife and decides to take help from Sailu. From here, the story takes an interesting turn.

Bhama Kalapam

2005

Kakkakuyil poster
7.4

Kakkakuyil movie is about Sivaraman(Mohanlal) who has come to Mumbai for a visa. But Sivaraman finds his friend Govindan Kutty (Mukesh) amidst a sea of problems. Sivaraman is forced to participate in a bank robbery planned by Thomas and his gang, which puts them in more trouble.And they find a place as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman in the house of a blind old couple (Nedumudi Venu and Kaviyoor Ponnamma), whose grandson Kunjunni who had left them a long time ago (when he was 7) and is now coming home.But a turn of events finds Sivaraman and Govindan kutty (combined) as Kunjunni with the body of Govindan kutty and sound of Sivaraman.

Kakkakuyil

2001

Vadh poster
7.0

A leading psychologist's much younger wife begins an extramarital affair with his close friend. When the doctor finds out, he plots revenge, which puts himself, his wife, his close friend and his brother in mortal danger.

Vadh

2002

Omkara poster
NR

A 2004 Kannada movie.

Omkara

2004

Keerthi Chakra poster
6.2

When Major Mahadevan receives news of terrorists hiding inside a mosque, he and his team set out to apprehend them and then, he takes help of his team member, Jai, and plans to execute the mission.

Keerthi Chakra

2006

Paradesi poster
7.5

The film talks the issue of Indian citizens who left the country before independence in search of job, mostly to Arabia, and happened to reach Pakistan, and then when returned to the homeland, happened to be holding a Pakistani passport, and now is forced by the Indian authorities to leave the nation to Pakistan, which even the Pakistani authorities won't allow.

Paradesi

2007

Pakal poster
NR

Nandakumar, a reporter, is assigned to cover the hapless plight of farmers at Pannakamkudi. Upon seeing their sufferings in person, he decides to help them.

Pakal

2006

Market poster
7.0

Muskaan is a prostitute in one of Hyderabad's brothels, owned by Lalabee. But she is a prostitute not by choice, but bad luck. When she was young her parents married her off to an Arab Sheikh. This marriage was just an arrangement for sexual pleasure. After raping her for 7 days regularly, Sheikh divorces Muskaan. Muskaan's father Barkat Ali commits suicide due to the humiliation he receives after filling a case against Sheikh. Sheikh's assistant hires the best possible advocate and makes sure that Sheikh is released easily and flies back to Dubai. Muskaan's uncle also sexually harasses her. Finally one of the dalals takes her to Lalabee and thus she becomes a prostitute. But fortune brings her to Mumbai. Inspector Sawant Sayaji Shinde takes her to Juicy, a sophisticated gay doing body business. He changes Muskaan to Mallika using two of his best selling prostitutes Liza Suman Rangnathan and Esha. She luckily also meets with Bablu Pande Aryan Vaid who falls in love with her.

Market

2003

Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha poster
7.4

In 1950, a young woman named Manikyam was found dead in the village of Paleri. Around 52 years later, Haridas, a private investigator, tries to unravel the truth about her death.

Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha

2009

Dubai poster
4.6

Major Ravi, who tries to expose the evil plans of a politician, is framed in a murder. Upon release, he moves to Dubai and becomes a business tycoon; however, his rivals are out to destroy his empire.

Dubai

2001

1990s · 6 titles

Series credits