Adithya Menon (born 6 April 1974) is an Indian actor who appears in

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, Tamil,

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and

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films.

Early life

Adithya Menon was born in

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into a

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family hailing from

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. His family emigrated to

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, UAE and he spent his childhood in Dubai till the age of 18. He finished his schooling from the Our Own English High School Dubai and then migrated back to India. He earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in

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. While in college, he auditioned for a slot at being a radio host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into amateur theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by an actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a

television serial he was to direct for the then launching ETV Kannada. Adithya first faced a camera for this serial, ''Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga''. Subsequently, he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called ''Soorya Shikari'' on the same channel directed by comedian

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. He moved to

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in 2001 and scouted for work as an actor. He first appeared in a television serial on Sun TV called ''Thanthira Bhoomi'' directed by C. Jerrold and produced by Media Dreams. He then won a role in the TV serial ''Anni'' directed by K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a newcomer. He was cast in ''

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'' and ''

Jay Jay ''Jay Jay'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Saran. The film stars R. Madhavan, Amogha and Pooja, while Kalabhavan Mani, Charle, Dhamu and Malavika Avinash also play key supporting roles. Produced by ...

'' at the same time. In 2014, he garnered attention for playing the lead role in '' Main Hoon Part-Time Killer'', which garnered controversy for its previous title of ''Main Hoon Rajinikanth''.

Filmography

;Actor ;Dubbing artist

References

External links

* *Official Blog
The Big Bang
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