Menaka Suresh

Acting

Menaka Suresh

Born August 27, 1963 · Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India (age 62)

Menaka is an Indian film actress and producer. She is a native of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. In her short film career from 1980–86, Menaka acted in 116 films, mostly in Malayalam. She did a few films in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. After 19 years, she made a comeback through the television serial Kaliveedu. Again after six years, she made a comeback on the big screen through Fazil's 2011 film Living Tog…

Known For

Ponnum PoovumPonnum Poovum · 1982
Ponnum Poovum
10.01982
MovieDrama
Sesham KazhchayilSesham Kazhchayil · 1983
Sesham Kazhchayil
9.01983
MovieDrama
Sankar Mohan (Master Sujith) is a spoilt child of a wealthy widower Mr. Varma (Ummer). Fed up about having to change schools multiple times due to his behaviour, Mr. Varma appoints a teacher Lathika (Menaka) to homeschool Sankar. The duo get along well; but eventually the child starts getting possessive about Lathika. Meanwhile Lathika starts falling for Sankar's swimming coach (Mammootty) who is a playboy much to the chagrin of Shankar.
Paavam PoornimaPaavam Poornima · 1984
Paavam Poornima
10.01984
MovieCrime
Poornima is a popular woman who has many suitors. However, when she is found dead in a place she had visited the night before, Jayaraj, her admirer, gets arrested for the crime.
Prem Nazirine KanmanillaPrem Nazirine Kanmanilla · 1983
Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla
8.01983
Movie
A group of frustrated youngsters kidnap the famous Malayalam actor Prem Nazir from his film shooting set. Shockwaves are felt across Kerala and it soon becomes the one thing that everyone's talking about. The film is a satire that discusses how the society deals with this news and the events that follow.
Thirakil Alppam SamayamThirakil Alppam Samayam · 1984
Thirakil Alppam Samayam
10.01984
MovieDrama
Khadir Haji helps two lovers, Sarala and Antony, to unite. When Haji's daughter, Safia, faces a similar situation, he seeks the advice of Sarala and Antony. They help Safia to marry her lover.
KoottinilamkiliKoottinilamkili · 1984
Koottinilamkili
6.81984
MovieDrama
Odaruthammava AalariyamOdaruthammava Aalariyam · 1984
Odaruthammava Aalariyam
5.91984
MovieRomanceComedy
Gopan, Kora, and Bhakthavalsan are three college students who share same house along with Prem, another classmate. While the trio is more interested in loafing their time by flirting with girls, Prem is more serious in his attitude towards life. On a usual encounter, the trio meets Major Nair, a retired man in his fifties, who but loves romancing young girls. After a series of ego clashes, Nair learns that the trio is trying to woo his daughter Minu. Nair, enraged, challenges them to make his daughter fall for them.
Akkare Ninnoru MaranAkkare Ninnoru Maran · 1985
Akkare Ninnoru Maran
7.81985
MovieComedy
Sree Thankappan Nair (Nedumudi Venu) is a rich man, who has cheated his sister out of her property. Her son Achuthan (Maniyanpilla Raju) wants to reclaim the land forcibly taken by his uncle,as well as marry his daughter, Nandini (Menaka) with whom he was in love. He and his friends hatch a plan to hoodwink Thankappan Nair, pretending to have earned a fortune working in Dubai.

Movies

Ponnum PoovumPonnum Poovum · 1982
Ponnum Poovum
10.01982
MovieDrama
Sesham KazhchayilSesham Kazhchayil · 1983
Sesham Kazhchayil
9.01983
MovieDrama
Sankar Mohan (Master Sujith) is a spoilt child of a wealthy widower Mr. Varma (Ummer). Fed up about having to change schools multiple times due to his behaviour, Mr. Varma appoints a teacher Lathika (Menaka) to homeschool Sankar. The duo get along well; but eventually the child starts getting possessive about Lathika. Meanwhile Lathika starts falling for Sankar's swimming coach (Mammootty) who is a playboy much to the chagrin of Shankar.
Paavam PoornimaPaavam Poornima · 1984
Paavam Poornima
10.01984
MovieCrime
Poornima is a popular woman who has many suitors. However, when she is found dead in a place she had visited the night before, Jayaraj, her admirer, gets arrested for the crime.
Prem Nazirine KanmanillaPrem Nazirine Kanmanilla · 1983
Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla
8.01983
Movie
A group of frustrated youngsters kidnap the famous Malayalam actor Prem Nazir from his film shooting set. Shockwaves are felt across Kerala and it soon becomes the one thing that everyone's talking about. The film is a satire that discusses how the society deals with this news and the events that follow.
Thirakil Alppam SamayamThirakil Alppam Samayam · 1984
Thirakil Alppam Samayam
10.01984
MovieDrama
Khadir Haji helps two lovers, Sarala and Antony, to unite. When Haji's daughter, Safia, faces a similar situation, he seeks the advice of Sarala and Antony. They help Safia to marry her lover.
KoottinilamkiliKoottinilamkili · 1984
Koottinilamkili
6.81984
MovieDrama
Odaruthammava AalariyamOdaruthammava Aalariyam · 1984
Odaruthammava Aalariyam
5.91984
MovieRomanceComedy
Gopan, Kora, and Bhakthavalsan are three college students who share same house along with Prem, another classmate. While the trio is more interested in loafing their time by flirting with girls, Prem is more serious in his attitude towards life. On a usual encounter, the trio meets Major Nair, a retired man in his fifties, who but loves romancing young girls. After a series of ego clashes, Nair learns that the trio is trying to woo his daughter Minu. Nair, enraged, challenges them to make his daughter fall for them.
Akkare Ninnoru MaranAkkare Ninnoru Maran · 1985
Akkare Ninnoru Maran
7.81985
MovieComedy
Sree Thankappan Nair (Nedumudi Venu) is a rich man, who has cheated his sister out of her property. Her son Achuthan (Maniyanpilla Raju) wants to reclaim the land forcibly taken by his uncle,as well as marry his daughter, Nandini (Menaka) with whom he was in love. He and his friends hatch a plan to hoodwink Thankappan Nair, pretending to have earned a fortune working in Dubai.
MunnettamMunnettam · 1981
Munnettam
8.01981
MovieDrama
Poochakkoru MookkuthiPoochakkoru Mookkuthi · 1984
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi
6.31984
MovieComedyRomance
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi movie tells Revathi (Menaka) who comes to the city from a small town in search of job and to have a good life and as it is with everyone her problem starts with finding a house. Shyam (Shankar) loves to become a popular singer. His parents are dead against his will. So he runs away from home and needs a shelter. Revathi accidentally meets Shyam who too is in search of a house through the common Milkboy, Chikku(Baiju). Chikku offers them both a house if they are ready to pose as husband and wife in front of the house owners.Supran (Poojapura Ravi), a lender, a miser who doesn
Engane Nee MarakkumEngane Nee Marakkum · 1983
Engane Nee Marakkum
8.01983
Movie
Friends Shambu and Premkumar fall in love with the same girl, Shobha, and are unaware about it. Matters become more complex when another person also begins to woo her.
AppunniAppunni · 1984
Appunni
8.01984
MovieRomance
Appunni and Ammukutty are lovers from childhood. Ammukutty's father Ayyappan Nair arranges her marriage with a rich school teacher, Menon Mash. Ammukutty is happy to break her relationship with Appunni and get married to the rich Menon Mash.
YuvajanotsavamYuvajanotsavam · 1986
Yuvajanotsavam
7.01986
MovieDrama
Three friends find themselves in a love triangle. Things get complicated with their friendship and they have to find a solution for their problem.
Revathikkoru PavakkuttyRevathikkoru Pavakkutty · 1986
Revathikkoru Pavakkutty
9.01986
MovieDrama
Revathi's parents separated when she was young, and she was raised by her mother who taught her that her father was a bad man. Years later , with her father sick, he send's a last wish to see his daughter. Revathi refuses to go , so her orphan friend goes in a her place without her knowing to fulfill his wish.
AchaneyanenikkishtamAchaneyanenikkishtam · 2001
Achaneyanenikkishtam
5.02001
MovieDrama
The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son Kunjunni (Ashwin Thampi), a good education by sending him to a very expensive school. The rest of the story revolves around the events Kunjunni goes through in his life.
ButterfliesButterflies · 1993
Butterflies
6.51993
MovieDrama
Prince (Mohanlal) is a race car driver and the son of industrialist Bharathan Menon(K. P. Ummer) and Sreedevi Menon (Sukumari). He lives a happy-go-lucky life style spending time racing cars, entertaining his nephews in his farm house and hanging out with his close friend Vettikkal Sadashivan (Jagadish). Sadasivan introduces Prince to his relative Pavithran(Nandhu) who seeks help in kidnapping his girl friend. In a comedy of errors, Prince and Sadasivan sedate and kidnap another girl with the same name(Aishwarya).
Oru Nokku KananOru Nokku Kanan · 1985
Oru Nokku Kanan
7.01985
MovieRomanceComedy
Maya, a labor officer, goes to a factory as part of her work. There she finds that the owner is her previous lover who had ditched her.
Dheem Tharikida ThomDheem Tharikida Thom · 1986
Dheem Tharikida Thom
6.71986
MovieComedy
Shivasubrahmaniam (Maniyan Pillai Raju), an innocent bank employee is in love with Rohini (Lizzy), but is afraid to express her his love. His grandmother but wants him to be a Brahmachari and become a priest at the nearby temple. Rohini is working as an artist at the Keerikkad ballet troupe run by Keerikkad Chellappan Nair (Nedumudi Venu). As per the advice of Shankaran Pillai (Jagathi Sreekumar), the assistant of Chellapan Nair, Subru joins the ballet troupe to woo Rohini.
Ente Mohangal PoovaninjuEnte Mohangal Poovaninju · 1982
Ente Mohangal Poovaninju
7.01982
MovieRomance
A wealthy man, Shankar falls in love with a girl from a middle class family. His father opposes the relationship and plots against the couple.
Abhiyum NjanumAbhiyum Njanum · 2013
Abhiyum Njanum
4.02013
Movie
The film is a travel movie which revolves around two characters, Abirami (Archana) and Rahul (Rohit) and plots the happenings in the life of the protagonists from morning to evening on that particular day.
KolakkomabanKolakkomaban · 1983
Kolakkomaban
6.81983
MovieAction
ThavalamThavalam · 1983
Thavalam
8.01983
Movie
Kutteem KolumKutteem Kolum · 2013
Kutteem Kolum
2013
MovieDrama
Vinayakan is well-respected and loved by the villagers. Along with his adopted brother Shakthi , he takes care of the village. However, their lives change after Indhu enters the scene.
Bharya Oru ManthriBharya Oru Manthri · 1986
Bharya Oru Manthri
9.01986
MovieDramaMusic
The film stars Menaka, Sukumaran, Anuradha and Balan K. Nair in the lead roles.