MALAYALA ACTRESS MENAKA BORN ON 1963 AUGUST 27

MALAYALA ACTRESS MENAKA

 BORN ON 1963 AUGUST 27

Menaka (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian film actress and producer. She is a native of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu.[1] In her short film career 1980–86, Menaka acted in 116 films, mostly in Malayalam. 

She did a few films in Tamil, 

Kannada and Telugu.[2] She has worked with many leading actors of the time, including Prem Nazir, Soman and Sukumaran,and opposite top actors of the 1980s like Shankar and Nedumudi Venu.[3]






She has acted opposite current superstars Mammootty,

 Mohanlal and Rajinikanth. After 19 years, she made a comeback through the teleserial Kaliveedu directed by Purusothaman and produced by A. Radhakrishnan.[4] Again after six years, she made a comeback on the big screen through Fazil's 2011 film Living Together.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Menaka was born as Padmavathi on 27 August 1963 and belongs to a conservative Nagercoil Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family.[6] Her father Rajagopal is from Tenkasi and mother Saroja is from Thickurichy.[7] She has three brothers: Govinda, Sundar, and Balaji.

Menaka married film producer Suresh Kumar at the Lord Krishna temple, at Guruvayur, on 27 October 1987.[6] She produces films under the banner Revathy Kalamandhir. 

She has two daughters: 
Revathi and Keerthi.[6]
 Keerthi as a child actress acted in

 Kuberan starring Dileep, Bijumenon starred Achaneyanenikkishtam and Pilots with Suresh Gopi.[8] She acted in Priyadarshan's movie Geethaanjali as heroine.[9]