Nithya Menen

Acting

Nithya Menen

Born

1988-04-08 (38)

Place of birth

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Nithya Menen (born April 8, 1988) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema. After appearing on screen as a child artist in *The Monkey Who Knew Too Much* (1998), she made her debut in a leading role with the Malayalam film *Aakasha Gopuram* (2008) and entered Kannada cinema with *Josh* (2009). Her breakthrough in Telugu cinema came with the romantic comedy *Ala Modalaindi* (2011), for which she won the Nandi Award for Best Actress. Over the following years, Menen established a prolific career across South Indian film industries, appearing in *Urumi* (2011), *Ishq* (2012), *Ustad Hotel* (2012), and *Bangalore Days* (2014).…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

Thiruchitrambalam poster
7.4

A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is looking for is right next to him?

Thiruchitrambalam

2022

Idli Kadai poster
6.5

A simple man's search for success leads him to rediscover his roots.

Idli Kadai

2025

Thalaivan Thalaivii poster
6.5

Two headstrong lovers navigate a turbulent relationship where passion and conflict intertwine, creating an intense emotional bond through their shared journey.

Thalaivan Thalaivii

2025

Psycho poster
5.1

Based on the Buddhist tale of Angulimala, a dreaded serial killer, Psycho tells the story of a blind man who gets involved in a murder mystery. trying to save his lover from a psychopath who has kidnapped her.

Psycho

2020

Bheemla Nayak poster
5.8

A sub-inspector and the egoistic son of an ex-MP get in an egotistical war when the former arrests the latter for bringing in liquor from Telangana to AP.

Bheemla Nayak

2022

19(1)(a) poster
5.6

The mundane life of a woman running a photocopy shop goes into a tailspin when a revolutionary writer leaves the manuscript of his unpublished novel with her.

19(1)(a)

2022

Gamanam poster
7.3

The lives of six individuals across the city change just as the city is reeling under floods. Will they all make it safely to the other side?

Gamanam

2021

Kadhalikka Neramillai poster
5.4

Does the idea of a perfect life leading to love, marriage and babies exist? Shriya finds it a challenge, especially when she meets men like Siddarth who think marriage is a recipe for disaster, and babies should be banned. When times are changing and relationships are evolving, the idea of love remains timeless- the more you resist it the more you will fall in love.

Kadhalikka Neramillai

2025

Kolambi poster
NR

An elderly couple are destined to live amidst these silenced loudspeakers called Kolaambi. But the onus of a dark secret disturbs them from time to time.

Kolambi

2023

Skylab poster
8.2

Gauri, Anand and Ramarao are some of the many inhabitants of an eccentric village -Banda Lingampally. When the people of Banda lingampally hear that a Space station, Skylab, is falling right on their village, chaos ensues and it doesn't take long for this tragic turn of events to turn into a comedy.

Skylab

2021

Ninnila Ninnila poster
6.9

In London, Dev, an overweight, genius chef who suffers with muscle spasms, meets Tara and love blossoms, but things take an interesting turn when he crosses paths with Maya.

Ninnila Ninnila

2021

Wonder Women poster
7.5

A diverse group of six pregnant women, who are on their way to becoming mothers but are plagued by misconceptions, confusion, and questions about pregnancy and childbirth. In their quest to know it all, they discover their identities and answers to their deep-seated problems.

Wonder Women

2022

2010s · 38 titles

Bangalore Days poster
7.6

A fun roller coaster ride about three young people, Aju, Divya and Kuttan who are cousins, reach Bangalore to dream, discover & explore!

Bangalore Days

2014

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde poster
6.8

Karthik works in a software company. He falls in love at first sight with a girl Sruthi who attends his friend’s wedding. He gets hold of the phone number of the girl and while noting it down he makes a mistake. And he ends up calling another girl. Meanwhile Sruthi falls in love with Karthik’s colleague Madhu. The rest of the story is all about comedy of errors and how Karthik finds about his true love.

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde

2013

Bachelor Party poster
5.6

Tony, a former outlaw, decides to lead a quiet life with his wife and newborn child. However, their peaceful household is disrupted after the return of a dangerous gangster, Prakash.

Bachelor Party

2012

Mersal poster
7.3

A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?

Mersal

2017

Son of Satyamurthy poster
6.8

The son of a rich businessman struggles to save his father's wealth after his demise. However, he faces many challenges when he becomes the sole breadwinner of his family.

Son of Satyamurthy

2015

Janatha Garage poster
7.1

Anand is an environmental activist who lives in Mumbai. A chance exchange programme takes him to Hyderabad and here, a chance encounter with Satyam results in him taking over the Janatha Garage from the latter.

Janatha Garage

2016

24 poster
7.2

Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Brother Aathreya.

24

2016

Mission Mangal poster
6.6

A team of Indian scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) take on the extraordinary task of successfully sending a satellite into the orbit of planet Mars in a country's maiden attempt.

Mission Mangal

2019

N.T.R: Kathanayakudu poster
5.1

Based on the journey of the legendary Telugu actor, filmmaker and ex-Chief Minister Late Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri.

N.T.R: Kathanayakudu

2019

100 Days of Love poster
6.3

Despite their strained history as children, a columnist falls in love with his schoolmate when they meet after years. Just as he decides to win her heart, he learns that she is engaged to another man.

100 Days of Love

2015

Iru Mugan poster
5.4

A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.

Iru Mugan

2016

Ala Modalaindi poster
6.7

Gowtam works as a reporter for a television channel. He is nursing a heart break after his girlfriend dumped him for another guy. He attends the wedding of his girlfriend where he meets the another girl Nitya dumped by the groom (her boy friend). They hit off well and become instant friends. Nitya stays in Bangalore and Gowtam stays in Hyderabad. They keep bumping in to each other over a period of years. Though both these people like each other, the fate intervenes to separate them at crucial moments. The rest of the story is all about how this couple finally realises that they are made for each other after few years of courtship.

Ala Modalaindi

2011

O Kadhal Kanmani poster
7.0

Aadi and Tara fall in love but both hate the idea of marriage and plan to separate when their lives take them to different countries. However, as they grow closer, their emotions are not easily managed.

O Kadhal Kanmani

2015

No artwork available
3.1

Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Nandini Reddy under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions.

Jabardasth

2013

Ustad Hotel poster
7.6

When his father refuses to support his choice of a career, an aspiring chef tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather run his small eatery.

Ustad Hotel

2012

Praana poster
6.0

A young woman decides to lead a solitary life in an old mansion, where she soon realizes that the nature surrounding her has other plans for her.

Praana

2019

Anwar poster
6.2

Anwar becomes entangled with a terrorist group after personal tragedy leads him down a dark path. As he infiltrates their network, his true motives and loyalties are revealed in a tense battle between faith, vengeance, and redemption.

Anwar

2010

Urumi poster
7.0

A young man who discovers his ancestral connection to a 16th century warrior who sought revenge against Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Blending history and legend, the story traces a rebellion fueled by betrayal, courage, and the fight against colonial conquest.

Urumi

2011

Geetha Govindam poster
6.9

Vijay Govind, a young college lecturer who dreams of marriage falls for Geetha, a level-headed woman who's wary of strangers and isn't easy to convince. While things seem to go smoothly, Vijay makes a terrible mistake which not only derails any hope for his love story, but also potential repercussions with his family.

Geetha Govindam

2018

Rudhramadevi poster
5.1

Rudraba, daughter of Ganapatideva, the emperor of the Kakatiya dynasty, was officially designated a son through the ancient Putrika ceremony and given the name Rudradeva so that she could succeed her father after his death. Despite opposition, she became of the most prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty and one of the few ruling queens in Indian history.

Rudhramadevi

2015

Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju poster
6.9

An unfortunate incident separates a state-level athlete from his lover, who then moves to Malaysia. Years later, she returns to India but certain misunderstandings threaten to keep them apart.

Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju

2015

Ishq poster
7.0

Fate brings two individuals together after their flight to Hyderabad is forced to land in Goa. Along the way, they forge a special bond that changes their lives forever.

Ishq

2012

Kanchana 2 poster
5.2

A TV channel’s crew goes to a deserted beachside bungalow to stage a horror show but the place is actually haunted and the ghost(s) in the place possess the director and the cameraman in the team.

Kanchana 2

2015

Awe! poster
7.2

‘Awe’ charts the journey of a motley of characters that have nothing to do with each other but are yet connected by a single, fragile string. Who are these people and what about their lives connect them to each other is what the film is all about.

Awe!

2018

180 poster
6.0

Ajay (Siddharth) comes to Kasi, where his thoughts and ideas on life and death undergo a sea change after he meets a young boy. He relocates to Chennai and stays in a house owned by a couple S V S Murthy (Mouli) and Jayam (Geetha). They treat him as their own son. A do-gooder, Ajay with his jovial nature wins the heart of all those whom he comes across. Vidya (Nithya Menen), a photo journalist meets Ajay and falls for his good nature. Ajay with the help of Vidya even gets street children obtain sponsorship for their education. But things take a turn when Vidya expresses her love to Ajay. He quietly walks off the place and decides to leave Chennai. But a rude accident to Vidya puts the responsibility on Ajay's shoulders to get her back to health. He takes her to USA for a surgery. Meanwhile a flashback reveals that Ajay was a successful doctor in the United States and who led a happy life.

180

2011

Okka Ammayi Thappa poster
4.0

In an attempt to free their jailed terrorist boss, Aslam, a group of terrorists plants a bomb on a flyover in Hyderabad. Their idea is to cause a traffic jam on the flyover and blackmail the government into releasing Aslam. Krishna is an average young man who goes out to withdraw money from an ATM. Unfortunately, he along with Nithya Menen and many others get caught in the traffic jam on the same flyover. What happens next? Watch to find out

Okka Ammayi Thappa

2016

Malini 22 Palayamkottai poster
4.7

Malini, a docile nurse, is forced to move into her boyfriend Varun's house, where she is raped — twice — by his boss, and also sent to prison on false charges. When she comes to know who the person behind her predicament is, she plans revenge.

Malini 22 Palayamkottai

2014

Kotigobba 2 poster
5.8

Sathya, a real estate agent, whose lookalike brother Shiva, who moonlights as a robber. After he robs Rs 250 crores from a couple of businessmen, both brothers become the target of a corrupt cop, who is keen on nailing them.

Kotigobba 2

2016

Makaramanju poster
6.5

The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Sugandha Bhai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to scape.

Makaramanju

2011

Violin poster
3.6

The lives of Angel and her two aunts Annie and Mercy are transformed, when Aby walks in, as their tenant. After a bout of initial resistance from Angel, romance strikes, and the two fall in sincere love.

Violin

2011

JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai poster
7.0

After a party ends in traumatic fashion, the previously hedonistic JK begins to rethink his lifestyle and begins a quest for an honest yet quickly rewarding career to meet his family's needs.

JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai

2016

Poppins poster
4.4

An adaptation of the Sahitya Akademi award-winning play, 18 Natakangal, the story revolves around six couples, exploring different facets of their marital relationship

Poppins

2012

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

Veppam poster
5.4

In the slums of Chennai, Karthik, a young engineering student, falls in love with Revathy, his childhood friend. However, their lives are entangled with the dark underbelly of the city, where Karthik's father, Jyothi, a drunkard and drug peddler, has abandoned them. Karthik's friend Vishnu, who owns a mechanic shop, gets embroiled in Jyothi's illegal dealings, leading to a chain of events that puts their lives in danger. As Karthik and Revathy navigate their love amidst the chaos, they must confront the harsh realities of their world, including crime, betrayal, and loss. Ultimately, Karthik must make a choice between his love for Revathy and his need for revenge against his father, who is responsible for the death of his friend Vishnu.

Veppam

2011

No artwork available
3.3

Satya falls for Mynaa, a woman with a physical disability, and marries her. But trouble begins when they meet a doctor who promises to help her but ends up taking her advantage.

Myna

2013

No artwork available
4.5

The film tells the story of Rudran Gurukkal, the lone male descendant of the Chathothu family. The family represents the Yogi community, in which Lord Shiva is believed to have been born. Rudran is haunted by a strange kind of destiny. This forms the crux of the story

Karmayogi

2012

Okkadine poster
NR

Shailaja spends the best days of her life with a family after returning to India. However, she is shocked to find that they were all killed two years ago and tries to prove that she met them recently.

Okkadine

2013

Apoorvaragam poster
6.1

Apoorvaragam is the story of three youngsters: Roopesh, Nancy and Tommy. Roopesh has always loved Nancy but has never had the nerve to say so. For Nancy, love is beyond words. Tommy is the perfect Cupid, who would make things happen for these two. After a lot of unexpected happenings and dramatic twists, it is proven that only true love can endure.

Apoorvaragam

2010

2000s · 6 titles

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

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

Josh poster
NR

Rockey, the son of a middle-class couple, falls in love with Meena and ignores his studies. While his friends pass with flying colors, Rockey is love-struck. When he comes to know he cannot win over Meena, he falls in love with Meera who also rejects him. Aside from Rockey's path, "Josh" also follows Robo Meena, Meera, and Sneha's path who struggle with their studies. In this coming-of-age story, the decisions each student takes will drastically impact who they become by the end of the film.

Josh

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

Angel John poster
3.4

Maradonna, an irresponsible young man, joins a group of drug dealers and suffers a financial loss. When he is about to commit suicide, a divine force intervenes.

Angel John

2009

No artwork available
NR

A border land to a war zone. Three children on the way back home from the school. They have to face different forms of danger.

A Mango Tree in the Front Yard

2009

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