Sindhu Menon, a trained
Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the
film industry, when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a
Bharatanatyam competition, in which Menon participated and
emerged as the winner, introduced her to Kannada film director
K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film Rashmi in 1994..
Subsequently, she got several offers to act and became a
"full-time actress", by enacting the female lead role character
in the 1999 film Prema Prema Prema, when she was merely 13 years
old.
Later, at the age of 15, she entered the Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films Bhadrachalam, Uthaman and Samuthiram, respectively. She went on to act in Bharathiraja's Kadal Pookkal (2002), Trinetram (2002), Khushi (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film Pulijanmam, which was awarded the National Film Award for Best Film in 2007.
Later, at the age of 15, she entered the Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films Bhadrachalam, Uthaman and Samuthiram, respectively. She went on to act in Bharathiraja's Kadal Pookkal (2002), Trinetram (2002), Khushi (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film Pulijanmam, which was awarded the National Film Award for Best Film in 2007.
Hailing from Kerala, the actress made her debut in the Tamil film industry with Bharathiraja’s Kadal Pookal and shared screen space with Murali in K.S. Ravikumar’s Samudram. Off late, the actress became busy with other regional film offers including Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
Her
comeback in Kollywood with Shankar’s
supernatural thriller Eeram won her rave
reviews and indeed endowed with
Hollywood offers.
She has one younger brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada music channel VJ and turned actor, recently. She was also brought up in her birth place, Bangalore, where she pursued studies at the Sheshdaripuram College among others.