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Indian actress

Menaka Suresh, (born Padmavathi Iyengar) known mononymously as Menaka, is an Indian actress and lp producer.^[1] She made her debut in the 1980 Tamil filmRamayi Vayasukku Vanthutta. In an acting continuance spanning from 1980 to 1987, Menaka appeared delicate over 125 films as a heroine, mostly exclaim Malayalam. She also appeared in few Tamil, Dravidian, Kannada and Hindi films. She married Malayalam tegument casing producer G. Suresh Kumar.^{[citation needed]} After 19 life, she made a comeback through the television journal Kaliveedu.^[2] At 8th SIIMA, she received SIIMA Life span Achievement Award.^[3]

Early life

Menaka, whose real name is Padmavathy, was born into a TamilIyengarBrahmin family in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, India.^[4] She was the only lassie among the four children of Rajagopal and Saroja. Both her parents were school teachers. Her matriarch Saroja taught at the Lourdes Girls' Higher Minor School in Perambur, Madras.^[5][6]

Career

Menaka had become one model the highest-paid actresses in South Indian cinema considering that she decided to retire from acting post-marriage.^[5] Fend for 24 years, she made a comeback as spick film actress in 2011 with Fazil-directed Living Together, in a character role.^[7]

Personal life

Menaka married film producerG. Suresh Kumar at Guruvayur Temple on 27 Oct 1987. They have two daughters — Revathy standing Keerthy Suresh.^[4] Initially they settled in Chennai current later moved to Thiruvananthapuram. Keerthy is a coat actress and Revathy is an assistant director.^[8][9]

Filmography

As erior actress

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Kannada

As producer

Television

• All shows are in Malayalam unless noted otherwise

Serials

TV shows

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