Nithya Menon

N.S. Nithya, known professionally as Nithya Menen, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She has also acted in a few Kannada films. Having appeared in more than 50 films, she is noted for her strong portrayals. Menen is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards South and two Nandi Awards. Menen has appeared as a child artist, in the French-Indian English film, Hanuman, playing the younger sister to Tabu's character. She made her screen debut with the Kannada film 7 O' Clock. The 2011 romance film Ala Modalaindi proved to be her breakthrough and won her Nandi Award for Best Actress. Menen received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her portrayal in Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde. Further success in Telugu films came with Ishq, Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, which won her the Filmfare Critics Best Actress – Telugu, Rudhramadevi, Janatha Garage, Awe and Bheemla Nayak. Menen established herself as a leading South Indian actress with the Tamil romantic film O Kadhal Kanmani. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithya_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)