Biography

Satheesh Menon was born to late Capt. T Balachandran and Choppulil Kumudam on 10 March 1950 at Irinjalakuda in Thrissur District of Kerala. He did his High Schooling at Govt. Model Boy's High School, Irinjalakuda and then took his degree from Christ College, Irinjalakuda.

During his school days he actively participated in all extra curricular activities and won many prizes and was a active NCC cadet at school.

In 1979 he moved to Dubai, UAE to work in Novotel (International group of hotels) and spend 35 years of career in the middle east. During this period he was active on the stage and some of the plays worth mentioning are Brahmanam with T.G.Ravi, Onnam Sakshi, Samathalangal, Ponnuvilayicha thampuram, Uthrarayanapakshi with Sabita Anand & Kunjali Marakkar to name a few. He has dubbed for various ads back in the early 90's, some of them are Lipton tea (voice), Rainbow Milk (voice and video).

His major roles on stage were noticed which paved way to the malayalam television industry. He attracted critics reviews for his performances in Manal Nagaram by Shyamaprasad with Ravi Vallathol and Tara Kalyan, Dream City with Asha Sarath, Devan, Madhupal by Ashok R Nath which was shot extensively in the middle east. He has won numerous stage awards for his performance recognised by Amol Palekar & Narendraprasad to name a few.

The turning point in his life came in the role of a pakistani supervisor in the malayalam super hit Arabikatha directed by Lal Jose. Later he played vital roles in Mizhikal Sakshi by Ashok R Nath, Diamond Necklace by Lal Jose again, role of Philip Koshy in the movie Red Wine directed by Salam Bappu and Persiakaran directed by Ashok R Nath. He is currently working on Rajeev Nath's Rasam featuring superstar Mohanlal in the lead role.

He later returned to Kerala in mid 2013 to actively contribute to the malayalam movie industry. He lives with his wife Sunanda (niece of late Panampilly Govinda Menon) in Irinjalakuda and got 2 daughters both married and settled in the UK & the UAE. His only son is working in Dubai.

Filmography

1) Dubai (2006) - Joshiy 2) Arabikatha (2007) - Lal Jose 3) Mizhikal Sakshi (2008) - Ashok R Nath 4) Diamond Necklace (2010) - Lal Jose 5) Red Wine (2012) - Salam Bappu 6) Persiakkaran (2014) - Ashok R Nath

Upcoming

1) Rasam - Rajeev Nath

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