Popular Malayalam actress Swetha Menon today got married at a temple in Valancherry in the district Malappuram. The bridegroom Sreevalsan Menon, a native of Thrissur and working in Mumbai, tied the nuptial knot at the Neythalappurath Sastha Ayappa temple before relatives and friends. Swetha, whose first Malayalam film was 'Anaswaram' in which megastar Mammotty was the hero, has acted in over 25 Malayalam films. Her 'Rathi Nirvedham', a remake of a Malayalam movie in the 1970s, was released in Kerala a couple of days ago. Swetha, a model earlier, had bagged the Kerala State Award for best actress for her role in Malayalam superhit film 'Paleri Manickam', directed by Renjith, in which Mammotty was the hero. Actress Geethu Mohandas was among the few film personalities who attended the wedding.
Shweta Menon (Malayalam: ശ്വേത മേനോന്) is a renowned Indian model, television anchor and an award winning actress who has won several beauty pageants, and over 50 films across multiple languages to her credit.
Early life
Menon hails from Tirur in Kerala, but currently lives in Mumbai. Her father served the Indian Air Force while her mother remained a housewife.She studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, East Hill, Kozhikode.She competed in the Miss India contest in 1994 and finished second runner up behind Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai.She became the first Gladrags female super model in 1994 (Kelly Dorjee was the male super model) and then, Miss Asia Pacific runner up in 1994 in Manila Cebu Island, Philippines.She is 5 feet, 7 inches tall. Shweta Menon tied the knot with Mumbai-based finance professional Sreevalsan Menon on June 18 in 2.30
Television
Besides working in films, she has anchored several TV, stage and film awards shows. Her stunning looks, style and panache made her one of Kerala's popular TV anchors through the musical programme - Star Wars on Kairali TV in 2008. She won Asian Television's Best Anchor award for the same program. In Hindi, she was a host of a Group Dance based show named Razzmatazz on Zee TV along with actor Arshad Warsi. The next television show which she did was Dancing Queen in 2008 on Colors and later in 2010, she anchored the Malayalam reality show, Honeymoon Travels on Surya TV. The show became an instant hit for Shwetha's accented Malayalam and her attempts to read from the original script without a formal learning in the language. Recently, she appeared as a contestant with her father in game show, Deal or No Deal on Surya TV.
Awards & Accolades
2011 - Ramu Karyat Abhinaya Pratibha (for Kayam and TD Dasan)'
2010 - Srividya Puraskaram for outstanding performance in Malayalam movies
2010 - Kerala Film Producers Association-Surya TV - Most Popular Actress & Second Best Actress in Malayalam
2010 - Filmfare - Best Actress - Malayalam - Paleri Manikyam
2010 - Jai Hind TV - Best Actress Paleri Manikyam
2010 - World Malayali Association-Kairali TV Best Supporting Actress Paleri Manikyam
2010 - Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actress[4][5]Paleri Manikyam
2010 - Vanitha-Nippon Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
2010 - Kerala Film Critics Award for Second Best Actress -For Madhyavenal and Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
2010 - Ujala-Asianet Film Awards for Best Character Actress for Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
2010 - Amrita TV - Mathrubhumi Special Jury Award for Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
2009 - Special mention at International Film Festival of Kerala by Jury Chairman, renowned film maker, Bahman Ghobadi about performance in Madhyavenal
2009 - Asian Television award for Best TV Anchor
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