Adithya Menon

Some Lesser Known Facts About Adithya Menon

• Adithya Menon is an Indian actor, who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films. He is well known for appearing as an antagonist in films. In August 2022, he received positive acclaim for his performance in the Telugu film Karthikeya 2 as Santanu.

• After Adithya was born, his parents shifted from India to Al Satwa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he spent his childhood. ^[6]The Times of India At the age of 18, Adithya migrated to India.

  

• Adithya Menon belongs to a Malayali family, hailing from Palghat in Kerala.

• During his college days, Adithya worked as a radio host with Radio Midday. Besides his studies, he actively hosted various college functions and events. In 1996, after completing his graduation, Adithya worked as an event manager and compere and hosted several ceremonies, stage shows, conferences, launch events, and fashion shows in Bangalore.

• Apart from hosting, Adithya was also inclined towards acting, and subsequently, he started participating in theatrical productions and stage shows in Bangalore. In 2001, he shifted to Royapettah in Chennai from Bangalore to explore more acting opportunities. In an interview, on being asked about how he transformed himself from a host to an actor, Adithya replied
  

  Acting is something I’ve always wanted to do. There’s a sense of satisfaction at being able to make a living by doing what I enjoy.” ^[7]The Hindu

• Adithya appeared in the Kannada television show Soorya Shikari on ETV Kannada. Later, he appeared in the Tamil TV shows Thanthira Bhoomi (2001) on Sun TV and Anni (2003) on Jaya TV.

  

• Some of Adithya’s well-known Tamil films are Jay Jay (2003) as Sivaram, Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) as ACP Thiyagarajan, and Billa (2007) as Anil Menon.

• In January 2013, Adithya became the founder and CEO of a privately owned company, Sustainable Solutions International, LLC, which evolves technologies to improve and enhance biomass energy and organic waste management. ^[8]Adithya (Anil) Menon – LinkedIn

• Some of Adithya’s notable Telugu films are Mirchi (2013) as Babai, Bluff Master (2018) as Pasupathi, and Karthikeya 2 (2022) as Santanu.

  

• Adithya is well-versed in various languages like Hindi, English, Russian, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Arabic. ^[9]Adithya (Anil) Menon – LinkedIn

• Adithya enjoys consuming alcoholic beverages and smoking cigarettes on different occasions with friends.

  

• Though Adithya hadn’t received any kind of professional training in singing yet he had a special interest in it, and he often posts his videos on various social media handles. ^[10]Adithya Menon – Instagram

• Adithya worked as a dubbing artist for Suniel Shetty‘s character, Hariharan Hari Chopra, in the Tamil film Darbar (2020), starring Rajinikanth.

• During the shoot of the Telugu film Hari Hara Veera Mallu in March 2021, Adithya was supposed to shoot an action sequence, but he met with an accident after he lost his balance and fell while riding a horse. He was rushed to the hospital, where he got 15 stitches in the left leg. In an interview, Adithya talked about how he dealt with the accident and said,
  

  It was a bad mishap; I was in extreme pain and I was immediately rushed to my caravan for first aid. I got a few bruises and sharp cuts on the inner left thigh. I got up on my own though I was bleeding. It was not anyone’s fault; these things sometimes happen. It shows that while working with animals, there’s always a danger.” ^[11]Deccan Chronicle