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| Shwetha Menon | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991-present |
Shwetha Menon (born April 23 at Chandigarh) is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 30 films. She is best known for her appearance in PT Kunhahammed's award winning Malayalam film Paradesi.
Early life
She is from Calicut,Kerala but currently lives in Mumbai. Her father served the Indian Air Force while mother remained a housewife. She studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya Calicut No.1. She competed in the Miss India contest in 1994 and finished second runner up behind Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai. She became the first Gladrags Super Model in 1994 (Kelly Dorjee was the male super model) and then, Miss Asia Pacific Runner Up in 1994 in Manila Cebu Island, Philippines.
Career
She started her career as an actress in 'Anaswaram' (1991) a Malayalam movie (directed by Jomon) as the heroine of Mammooty, after which she concentrated on modeling. She was one of the last round contestants for Best Supporting Actress award in the 2008 Kerala State Film Awards and Filmfare awards in the same year.She has acted in few Hindi films including "Ishq" and several Malayalam films.
She became famous by modelling for Kamasutra advertisements featuring various positions of sex as mentioned in the Vatsyana's Kamasutra.
Filmography
- Kerala Cafe (2009 Malayalam)(Official Blog)
- Paaleri Manikkam (2009 Malayalam)-Cheeru
- Naan Avanillai 2 (2009 Tamil) .... Nisha
- Madhya Venal 2009 - Sarojini
- Samayam 2009
- Kisse Pyaar Karoon (2009)
- Akasha Gopuram (2008)
- Summer 2007 (2008)
- Rock & Roll (2007)
- Paradesi (2007) .... Aamina
- Nehlle Pe Dehlla (2007) .... dancer/singer
- Sandwich (2006) .... Maggie
- Tanthra (2006) .... Swethamukhi
- Corporate (2006) .... Archana
- Keerthi Chakra (2006) .... human rights activist
- Dhamkee (2005)
- Kisse Pyaar Karoon (2005)
- Shikaar (2004) .... Rama Sahay
- Bazaar: Market of Love, Lust and Desire (2004)
- 30 Days (2004) .... Paro/Shalu
- Run (2004)
- Market (2003) .... Isha
- Maqbool (2003) .... Mohini
- Kahan Ho Tum (2003) .... Santhali
- 88 Antop Hill (2003) .... Teesta
- Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye (2003) .... Sheela
- Dhund: The Fog (2003) .... Tanya Khurana
- Tu Bal Bramhachari Main Hoon Kanya Kunwari (2003) .... Rani
- Annarth (2002) .... Khatun (special appearance)
- Vadh (2002) .... special appearance
- Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya (2002)
- Kaaboo (2002) .... Dancer/Singer
- Asoka (2001) .... Nandaneshwari
- Kakkakuyil (2001) (as Shwetha Menon) .... special appearance (song)
- Dubai (2001) .... dancer
- Shikari (2000) .... Tania Jacobs
- Bandhan (1998) (as Swetha Menon) .... Vaishali
- Ishq (1997) .... dancer
- Prithvi (1997) .... Lucky
- My dear Muthachan(1992)
- Nakshthrakoodaram (1992) .... Nirmala S. Menon
- Kausalam....
- Welcome to Kodekanal....
- Anaswaram (1991)....
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