Menaka (actress)

Menaka
Born	India
Occupation	Actress, Producer
Years active	1980 - 1988,
Spouse	Suresh Kumar

Menaka is an Indian film actress. In her short film career 1980-86, Menaka acted in 116 films, mostly in Malayalam. She also did a few movies in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.^[1] She has worked with many leading actors of the time, including the late Prem Nazir, Soman and Sukumaran. She has also acted opposite current superstars Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi. Menaka has two daughters named Revathi and Keerthi. After 19 years, she made a comeback through a teleserial Kaliveedu directed by Purusothaman and produced by A.Radhakrishnan.^[2] Again after 6 years, she made a comeback in bigscreen through Fazil's 2011 film Living Together.^[3]

Selected filmography

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Co-Star	Director	Language
1997	Bhayaanak Panjaa		Anil Dhawan, Gajendra, Tina Ghai	R.Mittal	Hindi
1988	Doore Doore Oru Koodu Kottam	Sujatha	Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy, Mamukkoya	Sibi Malayil	Malayalam
1986	Snehamulla Simham	Vilasini	Mammootty, Nalini, Mukesh	Sajan	Malayalam
1986	Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi	Kaveri	Prem Nazir, Nedumudi Venu, Shankar, Seema	Priyadarsan	Malayalam
1986	Naale Njangalude Vivahum		Mukesh, Mala Aravindan, Baiju	D.Sasi	Malayalam
1986	Ponnum Kudthinu Pottu		Mukesh, Jagadeesh	Suresh Babu	Malayalam
1986	Revathikkoru Pavakkutty	Indu	Bharath Gopi, Mohanlal, Radha	Sathyan Anthikkad	Malayalam
1986	Yuvajanotsavam	Nirmala	Mohanlal, Urvashi, Suresh Gopi	Sreekumaran Thampi	Malayalam
1985	Akkare Ninnoru Maran	Nandini	Maniyanpilla Raju, Nedumudi Venu, Mukesh	Gireesh	Malayalam
1985	Boeing Boeing	Sreekutty	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sukumari, Maniyanpilla Raju	Priyadarsan	Malayalam
1985	Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya	Shalini	Mammootty, Shankar, Lizy	Priyadarsan	Malayalam
1984	Engane Undasane		Mammootty, Thilakan	Balu Kiriyath	Malayalam
1984	Mainakam	Jaya	Sukumaran, Rateesh, Ravindran	K.G.Rajasekharan	Malayalam
1984	Manase Ninakku Mangalam	Sobha	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Rani Padmini	A.B.Raj	Malayalam
1984	Piriyilla Naam	Sherly	Prem Nazir, Lakshmi, Shankar	Joshi	Malayalam
1984	Poochakkoru Mookkuthi	Revathi	Mohanlal, Shankar, M. G. Soman, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumari	Priyadarsan	Malayalam
1984	Thirakil Alppam Samayam	Saphiya	Madhu, Mammootty, Shankar, Seema	P. G. Viswambaran	Malayalam
1983	Engane Nee Marakkum	Sobha	Shankar, Mohanlal, Adoor Bhasi	M.S.Mani	Malayalam
1982	Ponnum Poovum	Subhadra	Sukumaran, Mammootty, Nedumudi Venu	A. Vincent	Malayalam
1981	Netri Kann		Rajnikanth, Lakshmi, Saritha	S.P.Muthuraman	Tamil

Produced films

Year	Title	Cast	Director
2002	Shivam	Biju Menon, Saikumar, Murali	Shaji Kailas
2001	Achaneyanenikkishtam	Biju Menon, Jagathy, Kalabhavan Mani, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Suresh Krishna
2000	Pilots	Suresh Gopi, Sreenivasan, Praveena	Rajiv Anchal
1997	Aaram Thamburan	Mohanlal, Manju Warrier, Narendra Prasad, [[Priya Raman	Shaji Kailas
1994	Kashmeeram	Suresh Gopi, Priya Raman, Lalu Alex	Rajiv Anchal
1993	Butterflies	Mohanlal, Jagadeesh, Sukumari, Aishwarya	Rajiv Anchal
1991	Vishnulokam	Mohanlal, Jagadeesh, Balan K. Nair, Shanthikrishna, Uravashi	Kamal

References

1. ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/13626.html
2. ^ http://kerals.com/news/fulldetail.php?t=236
3. ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/menaka-is-back-in-front-of-the-camera-news-malayalam-kk1lOFfgdha.html

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