Shweta Menon

Acting

Shweta Menon

Born 1974-04-23

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 Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009) and Salt N' Pepper (2011). ​

Acting credits

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8.0

Kahan ho tum is a story of three friends who get caught up in a murder.

Kahan Ho Tum

2003

Aśoka poster
6.4

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

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7.0

Four boys play a prank on their school teacher that results in a tragic incident. This leads to a series of unfortunate events changing their lives upside down.

Nakshthrakoodaram

1992

Kaaboo poster
7.0

This is the story of happy-go-lucky young collegian Raja, who lives with his father, a retired school-teacher, mother, a housewife, and elder brother, Shankar, a gangster and hit-man for a criminal don named Anna. When Shankar is betrayed by Kaalia Abdul, Anna asks his men to kill Shankar, which they do. Raja abandons his studies, his sweetheart, and go on a mission to find his brother's killers. Soon he, too, becomes a pawn in Anna, Kaalia Abdul, and Minister Dharmadhikari's mind games, and is pitted against his former friend and Police Inspector Pratap, and present Police Inspector Sidhant - who has been assigned to bring in Raja - dead or alive.

Kaaboo

2002

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

Omkara poster
NR

A 2004 Kannada movie.

Omkara

2004

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

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

Welcome to Kodaikanal poster
10.0

Welcome to Kodaikanal is a 1992 Malayalam movie written by Kaloor Dennis and directed by Anil Babu. The movie features Jagadish, Anusha, Siddique and Saikumar in the lead roles. The movie was produced by Hameed under the banner of Gemi Movies and was distributed by Pratheeksha Pictures.

Welcome to Kodaikanal

1992

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

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

Kadaksham poster
NR

This women-oriented movie narrates a story about how women have to survive against all odds in a society that is still steeped in orthodoxy and tradition.

Kadaksham

2010

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

Rajanna poster
4.8

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

Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty poster
4.0

Manju, a village belle becomes popular after she participates in a reality show that records her day-to-day life events and telecasts it to the world

Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty

2012

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

Sadgamaya poster
NR

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

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

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

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

Maqbool poster
7.0

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

Premanjali poster
NR

Hari is in love with Mythili, who belongs to a rich and aristocratic family on who Hari's family depends. The lovers, however, are determined to let nothing come between them.

Premanjali

2018

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

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