Kay Kay Menon

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kay Kay Menon

• Kay Kay Menon’s ancestors belonged to Kerala.

• His father had a transferable job due to which he spent his childhood in different places like Kerala, Nagpur, Pune, and Mumbai.

• While he was studying in school, he participated in various stage plays and other extracurricular activities.

• At the age of nine, he performed in his first stage play in which he became a sunflower.

• After completing his graduation, he worked in an advertising agency and made commercials for various brands such as Kinetic Honda and Marlboro cigarettes. However, after a month, he left the job.

• He then started his advertising company (which he called shop) in Dadar, Mumbai from where he used to make corporate films but it didn’t go well and he closed the office and decided to get back to theatre.

• He then started developing an interest in acting. Initially, he worked in crowds in various acting projects.

• Later, he got an opportunity to portray Harilal (Mahatma Gandhi’s son) in the Hindi theatre play ‘Mahatma vs Gandhi,’ along with the veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah. Since then, he considers Naseeruddin his unofficial guru.

  

• He then performed in various Hindi and English theatre plays.

  

• While he was working in theatre, he met the Indian theatre artist and TV actor Nivedita Bhattacharya. Initially, they became friends, and later, fell in love with each other.

• He has appeared in various Hindi TV serials like ‘Star Bestsellers – Zebra 2’ (1999), ‘Rishtey – Ward No. 6’ (2000), ‘Pradhan Mantri Time Bomb 9/11’ (2001), and ‘Yudh’ (2014).

  

• In 1999, he acted in the Hindi TV movie ‘Chocolate.’

• In the same year, he appeared in the Hindi short video ‘Last Train to Mahakali.’

• He came into the limelight with the 2003 Hindi film ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.’

  

• He is known for appearing in various Hindi films like ‘Black Friday’ (2004), ‘Sarkar’ (2005), ‘Shaurya’ (2008), ‘Gulaal’ (2009), ‘Bheja Fry 2’ (2011), ‘Haider’ (2014), and ‘Baby’ (2015).

• In 2019, he appeared in two Hindi short films ‘Sparsh’ and ‘The Last Chapter.’

• Kay Kay has appeared in various Hindi web series such as ‘Special OPS’ (2020; Netflix), ‘Ray’ (2021; Netflix), ‘Bambai Meri Jaan’ (2023; Amazon Prime Video), ‘The Railway Men’ (2023; Netflix), and ‘Citadel: Honey Bunny’ (2024; Amazon Prime Video).

  

• In his leisure time, he enjoys playing sports like tennis and badminton.

• He is often spotted smoking cigarettes and consuming alcohol. He can smoke around 20 cigarettes a day. ^[4]Telegraph India

• He did not smoke on the sets of the Hindi film ‘Ghazi Attack,’ as he was playing a Sikh man in the people and out of respect for Sikhism, he did not smoke a cigarette. ^[5]Mid-Day

• Kay Kay is a religious person and has a deep faith in god. ^[6]Instagram – Kay Kay Menon

• He has walked the ramp in various fashion shows.

  

• He does not believe in the award functions of various TV channels, he believes that is only money-making.

• He lives a simple life, he says he does not want to earn too much money instead he wants to do good work. He says he does not do acting to make money.

• He likes to eat food from roadside dhabas.

• He is crazy about Cotton candy (Buddhi ke baal), he buys it whenever he sees it.

• He does not like eating fish and karela.

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Ghazi Attack