Nithya Menen

Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1990) is an Indian actress and singer who works primarily in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. She appeared first on-screen as a child, when she was eight, in the French-Indian English film, Hanuman (1998), playing the younger sister to Tabu's character. At the age of 15, she appeared in a supporting role in the Kannada film 7 O' Clock, which was released in 2006. She started her film career by playing the lead role in the Malayalam film Aakasha Gopuram , which was released in 2008.Her debut in leading roles in Telugu and Tamil films were Ala Modalaindi (2011) and Nootrenbadhu (2011). Her Hindi debut was Mission Mangal (2019). Early life Nithya Menen was born on 8 April 1990 in Bangalore to Malayali parents settled in Karnataka. She was educated at Poorna Prajna School and Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She has said that she initially wished to become a journalist, but ultimately found journalism unappealing, so she pivoted to filmmaking, and enrolled in a cinematography course at the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune. During the school's entrance exam, she met B. V. Nandini Reddy, who convinced Menen to take up acting. Nithya is a polyglot and can speak six languages including Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English. As a child, Menen had acted in a French-Indian English film named Hanuman, at the age of 8, playing younger sister to Tabu's character.