Adithya

Adithya Menon (born 6 April 1974) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.

Early life Adithya Menon was born in Mumbai into a Malayali family hailing from Palghat in Kerala. He spent his childhood in Dubai, UAE till the age of 18. He finished his schooling from the Our Own English High School Dubai and then went back to India. He earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore.

While in college, he auditioned for a slot at being a radio host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into amateur theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by an actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a Kannada television serial he was to direct for the then launching ETV Kannada. Adithya first faced a camera for this serial, Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga. Subsequently, he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called Soorya Shikari on the same channel directed by comedian Sihi Kahi Chandru.

He moved to Chennai in 2001 and scouted for work as an actor. He first appeared in a television serial on Sun TV called Thanthira Bhoomi directed by C. Jerrold and produced by Media Dreams. He then won a role in the TV serial Anni directed by K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a newcomer. He was cast in Anjaneya (2003) and Jay Jay (2003) at the same time.

In 2004, he appeared in Malayalams films starrer Mohanlal in Vamanapuram Bus Route, Wanted and Mambazhakkalam.

He acted in Tamil films directed by Vishnuvardhan's Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) and Billa (2007).

Adithya Menon made his Tollywood debut with the Prabhas starrer Billa in 2009. He went on to appear in films like Simha, Dookudu, Adhinayakudu, Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, Eega, Mirchi, Baadshah, Balupu, Lion and among many others.

In 2014, he garnered attention for playing the lead role in Main Hoon Part-Time Killer, which garnered controversy for its previous title of Main Hoon Rajinikanth.

He has also worked in Kannada films like Shivajinagara (2014), Jaguar (2016), Kolara (2017), Seetharama Kalyana (2019) and James (2022).

Adithya Menon plays a CBI officer in the series Thalaimai Seyalagam (2024), initially rejected the offer for the role.

Filmography

Actor Year Film Role Language Notes 2003 Anjaneya Siva Tamil Jay Jay Sivaram 2004 Vamanapuram Bus Route Karipidi Gopi Malayalam Wanted Guru Mambazhakkalam Dr. Raghuram Chatrapathi Siva Tamil Neranja Manasu Inspector Adithya 2005 Arinthum Ariyamalum ACP Thiyagarajan Tamil Ben Johnson Vettukadan Velayuthan Malayalam Daas Anwar Tamil Bus Conductor S.I Sajan George Malayalam 2006 Aathi Abdullah Tamil Raashtram Amir Bhai Malayalam Pachakuthira Terrorist Kilukkam Kilukilukkam Shivachandra Panikker Chacko Randaaman Parindhu Gopi Bhargava Charitam Moonam Ghandam Mariappan Kedi Aadhi Tamil Vattaram Inspector Poi Vishnu 2007 Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Deva Tamil Nanma Paramashivam Malayalam Billa Anil Menon Tamil 2008 Inba Adhitya Thirutham Saravanan 2009 Villu Raaka TN 07 AL 4777 Advocate Seshadri Billa Adithya Telugu Kulir 100° Surya's father Tamil 2010 Thanthonni Anwar Ali Malayalam Simha Gopi Telugu Kanagavel Kaaka Karunakaran Tamil Singam Vaikuntam Rhythm Malayalam Pournami Nagam Jagan Tamil Again Kasargod Khader Bhai Ali Khan Malayalam Aattanayagann Chandran 2011 Collector John Williams Manushya Mrugam Kamal Pasha Dookudu Sivayya Telugu Raa Raa Dhana Tamil Naan Sivanagiren Kshetram Viswanadha Rayulu Telugu 2012 Adhinayakudu Ramappa's brother Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Ramamurthy Naidu Eega Sudeep's business partner Naan Ee Tamil 2013 Oduthalam Mirchi Babai Telugu Baadshah Ganesh Jai Sreeram Adinarayana Balupu Nanaji's brother Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Yuva Tamil Bhai Munna Telugu 2014 Antha Scene Ledu Inspector Power ACP Gautam Shivajinagara Adithya Kannada 2015 Lion Benerjee Telugu Main Hoon Part-Time Killer Rajnikanth Hindi Eli IG Mohanraj Tamil Rudhramadevi Muraridevudu Telugu Pandaga Chesko Villain 2016 Jaguar Somnath Prasad Kannada Ner Mugam Tamil 2017 Nenorakam Telugu Kolara Inspector Shivakumar Kannada Balakrishnudu Ravinder Reddy Telugu 2018 Agnyaathavaasi Seetharam's henchman Amar Akbar Anthony Saboo Menon Bluff Master Pasupathi Idam Jagath Dr. Sravan 2019 Seetharama Kalyana Viswa Kannada Rajdooth Rajanna Telugu Guna 369 Radha Venky Mama Major Ajay Ahuja Market Raja MBBS Dasappan Tamil RDX Love Giri Prakash Telugu 2021 Natyam Guru of Sitara 2022 James Prathap Aras Kannada Karthikeya 2 Santanu Telugu Captain General Bala Tamil 2024 Lal Salaam the brother of Shamsuddin's attacker Pushpa 2: The Rule Kogatam Subba Reddy Telugu 2025 Identity Raghunath Chinnappa Malayalam Vaamana Karamlal Kannada Akkenam Dada Tamil Hari Hara Veera Mallu Nawab Commander Telugu Andhela Ravamidhi Bharadwaj Telugu

Television Year Web Series Role Language Platform2023 - Present Rana Naidu Srini Hindi Netflix 2024 Thalaimai Seyalagam CBI officer Nawaz Khan Tamil ZEE5

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