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Nithya Menen is an Indian actress and playback singer who primarily works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films. She won two Filmfare awards for her role in Telugu films like Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju and Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde. Nithya got her big break for her role as Tara in the O Kadhal Kanmani. She worked in several hit films such as Nootrenbadhu, Ishq, Josh, Urumi, Mersal, and Thiruchitrambalam. Nithya Menen became a huge sensation for joining hands with Dhanush in the Idli Kadai movie.

Did You Know?

• Nithya revealed in an interview that she never wished to become an actress. Since Journalism was not what it used to be she decided to become a filmmaker, as she could express her ideas through movies.
• To enter the entertainment buzz she enrolled herself in a cinematography course at the FTII (Film and Television Institute of India), Pune. At the time of the education entrance exam, she met B V Nandini Reddy, who convinced her to take up acting.
• Nandini Reddy later became a director and signed Nithya as a female lead in her first movie Ala Modalaindi.
• Nithya acted in Santosh Sivan’s historical fiction movie Urumi and later appeared in Jayendra’s bilingual film 180/Nootrenbadhu. After working in notable films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films she established herself as one of the leading actresses in South Indian Cinema.

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Language
1998	Hanuman	Munna	English
2006	7 O' Clock	Anu	Kannada
2008	Aakasha Gopuram	Hilda Varghese	Malayalam
2009	Josh	Meera	Kannada
2009	Vellathooval	Jiya George	Malayalam
2009	Kerala Cafe	Nithya	Malayalam
2009	Angel John	Sofia	Malayalam
2010	Apoorvaragam	Nancy	Malayalam
2010	Anwar	Asna	Malayalam
2011	Ala Modalaindi	Nithya	Telugu
2011	Urumi	Chirakkal Bala/ Daisy da Cunha	Malayalam
2011	Nootrenbadhu/ 180	D. Vidya Lakshmi	Tamil
2011	Nootrenbadhu/ 180	D. Vidya Lakshmi	Telugu
2011	Violin	Angel	Malayalam
2011	Veppam	Revathy	Tamil
2011	Aidondla Aidu	Gowri	Kannada
2011	Makaramanju	Model	Malayalam
2012	Ishq	Priya	Telugu
2012	Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty	Manjula Ayyapan	Malayalam
2012	Karmayogi	Moonumani	Malayalam
2012	Doctor Innocentanu	Anna	Malayalam
2012	Bachelor Party	Neethu	Malayalam
2012	Ustad Hotel	Shahana	Malayalam
2012	Poppins	Ammu	Malayalam
2013	Okkadine	Shailaja	Telugu
2013	Jabardasth	Saraswati	Telugu
2013	Myna	Myna	Kannada
2013	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde	Shravani / Bangaram	Telugu
2014	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Malini	Tamil
2014	Bangalore Days	Natasha Francis	Malayalam
2015	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Nazeera Khanum	Telugu
2015	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	Nithya	Tamil
2015	100 Days of Love	Sheela	Malayalam
2015	S/O Satyamurthy	Valli	Telugu
2015	Kanchana 2	Ganga	Tamil
2015	O Kadhal Kanmani	Tara Kalingarayar	Tamil
2015	Rudhramadevi	Muktamba	Telugu
2016	24	Priya Sethuraman	Tamil
2016	Okka Ammayi Thappa	Mango / Satyabhama	Telugu
2016	Kotigobba 2 / Mudinja Ivana Pudi	Subhashini / Shubha	Kannada
2016	Kotigobba 2 / Mudinja Ivana Pudi	Subhashini / Shubha	Tamil
2016	Janatha Garage	Anu	Telugu
2016	Iru Mugan	Ayushi	Tamil
2017	Mersal	Aishwarya Vetrimaaran	Tamil
2018	Awe	Krishnaveni	Telugu
2018	Geetha Govindam	Nithya	Telugu
2019	NTR: Kathanayakudu	Savitri	Telugu
2019	Praana	Tara Anuradha	Malayalam
2019	Mission Mangal	Varsha Pillai	Hindi
2020	Psycho	Kamala Das IPS	Tamil
2021	Ninnila Ninnila	Maya	Telugu
2021	Gamanam	Shailaputri Devi	Telugu
2021	Skylab	Gouri Venkataraju	Telugu
2022	Bheemla Nayak	Suguna Nayak	Telugu
2022	19(1)(a)	Penkutty	Malayalam
2022	Thiruchitrambalam	Shobana	Tamil
2022	Wonder Women	Nora Joseph	English
2023	Kolaambi	Arundhathi	Malayalam
2025	Kadhalikka Neramillai	TBA	Tamil
2025	Dear Exes	TBA	Tamil
TBA	Untitled Next	TBA	Tamil
TBA	Idli Kadai	TBA	Tamil

Short Film

Year	Title	Role	Language
2020	Color of a Nation	Pregnant woman	Telugu

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language
2001-2002	Chhoti Maa…Ek Anokha Bandhan	Young Koyna	Hindi
2022	Telugu Indian Idol	Judge	Telugu

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language
2020–2022	Breathe: Into the Shadows	Abha Sabarwal	Hindi
2022	Modern Love Hyderabad	Noori Hussain	Telugu
2023	Kumari Srimathi	Itikelapudi Srimathi	Telugu
2023	Masterpeace	Riya Kurian	Malayalam

Music videos

Year	Song	Language	Singer
2022	Thaniye/Tanha	Malayalam/Hindi	Siddharth Menon, Nithya Menen

Voice artist

Year	Title	Role	Language
2013	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde	Shruti	Telugu
2019	Frozen 2	Elsa	Telugu

Discography

Year	Song	Film	Language	Composer
2010	"Payasa"	Aidondla Aidu	Kannada	Abhijit-Joe
2011	"Edo Anukunte"	Ala Modalaindi	Telugu	Kalyani Malik
2011	"Ammammo Ammo"	Ala Modalaindi	Telugu	Kalyani Malik
2012	"Oh Priya Priya"	Ishq	Telugu	Anoop Rubens
2012	"Payasam"	Poppins	Malayalam	Ratheesh Vegha
2013	"Arere Arere"	Jabardasth	Telugu	S. Thaman
2013	"Doore Doore Neengi"	Natholi Oru Cheria Meenalla	Malayalam	Abhijith
2013	"Modala Maleyante"	Myna	Kannada	Jassie Gift
2013	"O Premada Poojari"	Myna	Kannada	Jassie Gift
2013	"Thu Hi Rey"	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde	Telugu	Anoop Rubens
2013	"Hi My Name is Malini"	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Tamil	Arvind & Shankar
2013	"Kanneer Thulilye (Duet)"	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Tamil	Arvind & Shankar
2013	"Madharthamma (Immigrant Mix)"	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Tamil	Arvind & Shankar
2013	"Hi my name is malini"	Ghatana (D)	Telugu	Arvind & Shankar
2013	"Navve Kaluva (Duet)"	Ghatana (D)	Telugu	Arvind & Shankar
2013	"Yennali (Immigrant Mix)"	Ghatana (D)	Telugu	Arvind & Shankar
2015	"Paalnilaa: Lets Do the Dandiya"	Rockstar	Malayalam	Prashant Pillai
2016	"Laalijo"	24 (D)	Telugu	A. R. Rahman
2016	"Hrudayam Kannulatho"	100 Days of Love (D)	Telugu	Govind Menon
2018	"Va Va Vo"	Mohanlal	Malayalam	Tony Joseph Pallivathukal
2021	"Thiruppavai"	Margazhi Thingal	Tamil	Ravi G
2022	"Thaniye"	Thaniye	Malayalam	Sidharth Menon
2022	"Thanha"	Thanha	Hindi	Sidharth Menon

Awards and Nominations

Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2023	Best Actress	Thiruchitrambalam	Nominated

Chennai Times Film Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2012	Promising Newcomer – Female	180	Nominated

CineMAA Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2013	Best Actress – Critics	Ishq	Won

Filmfare Awards South

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Best Supporting Actress – Kannada	Josh	Nominated
2012	Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam	Urumi	Nominated
2012	Best Actress – Telugu	Ala Modalaindi	Nominated
2012	Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu (for "Ammammo Ammo")	Ala Modalaindi	Nominated
2014	Best Actress – Kannada	Myna	Nominated
2014	Best Actress – Telugu	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde	Won
2016	Best Actress – Tamil	O Kadhal Kanmani	Nominated
2016	Best Actress – Telugu	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Nominated
2016	Best Actress Critics – Telugu	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Won
2017	Best Supporting Actress – Tamil	24	Nominated
2018	Best Supporting Actress – Tamil	Mersal	Won

Filmfare OTT Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2020	Best Actor in a Drama Series – Female	Breathe: Into the Shadows	Nominated

Hyderabad Times Film Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2012	Promising Newcomer – Female	Ala Modalaindi	Won
2013	Best Actor – Female	Ishq	Won

IIFA Utsavam

Year	Category	Film	Result
2016	Best Actress – Telugu	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Nominated
2016	Best Supporting Actress – Tamil	Kanchana 2	Nominated
2017	Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Rudhramadevi	Nominated

Nandi Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2011	Best Actress	Ala Modalaindi	Won
2016	Special Jury Award	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Won

National Film Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2024	Best Actress	Thiruchitrambalam	Won

South Indian International Movie Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2012	Best Female Debut – Telugu	Ala Modalaindi	Nominated
2012	Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu (for "Ammammo Ammo")	Ala Modalaindi	Nominated
2013	Rising Star of South Indian Cinema – Female	—	Won
2014	Best Actress – Telugu	Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde	Nominated
2016	Best Actress – Tamil	O Kadhal Kanmani	Nominated
2016	Best Actress Critics – Tamil	O Kadhal Kanmani	Won
2016	Best Actress – Telugu	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Nominated
2016	Best Supporting Actress – Tamil	Kanchana 2	Nominated
2016	Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Rudramadevi	Nominated
2018	Best Actress – Tamil	Mersal	Nominated
2023	Best Actress – Tamil	Thiruchitrambalam	Nominated
2023	Best Actress – Telugu	Bheemla Nayak	Nominated

Vanitha Film Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2013	Best Star Pair (With Dulquer Salmaan)	Ustad Hotel	Won

Vijay Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2012	Best Actress	Nootrenbandhu	Nominated
2015	Best Actress	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Nominated

Other Recognitions

Media honours

Year	Magazine	Category	Result
2011	Best Telugu Actresses	Rediff.com	#3
2012	Best Telugu Actresses	Rediff.com	#5
2013	Best Telugu Actresses	Rediff.com	#1
2015	Best Telugu Actresses	Rediff.com	#3
2013	Best Kannada Actresses	Rediff.com	#1
2015	Best Tamil Actresses	Rediff.com	#5
2021	Most Influential Stars on Instagram in South cinema	Forbes India	#30
2022	Showstoppers – India's Top 50 Outperformers	Forbes India	—

Times of India

Year	Category	Result
2014	Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman	#19
2015	Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman	#15
2019	Kochi Times Most Desirable Woman	#5
2020	Kochi Times Most Desirable Woman	#6
2020	Chennai Times Most Desirable Woman	#18

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