Kanchana 2 nithya menon biography in tamil

She appeared first on-screen as a child, when she was eight, in the French-Indian English film, Hanuman , 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 Her Hindi debut was Mission Mangal Her father hails from Perambra in Kozhikode district and her mother hails from Palakkad district in Kerala.

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.

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During the school's entrance exam, she met B. Nandini Reddy, who convinced Menen to take up acting. 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. In , Menen started her acting career as a child artiste in Hanuman She played a supporting role in the Kannada film 7 O' Clock.

The off-beat film Aakasha Gopuram, directed by K. Kumaran, marked her Malayalam debut in a leading role, in which she was paired with Mohanlal. She was in the midst of her 12th class exams when she was offered the role, after Mohanlal had spotted her on the front cover of a tourism magazine, Stark World Kerala. Her performance was well received, with critics writing that she shows "sparkle in her debut venture" and "makes her entry in an impressive role", though the film was a financial failure.

She next made a comeback into Kannada films with the film Josh in The film received rave reviews, and became a commercial success as well, with her performance garnering her a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 57th Filmfare Awards South.