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Anoop Menon (born Anoop Gangadharan) is a Indian film actor, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before finding success as an actor in films. He won the 2009 Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor and also the 2009 Filmfare Awards for Thirakkatha.
Anoop was born in Karamana,Thiruvananthapuram, in the state of Kerala. He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994 to 1999). He was the first rank holder from Kerala university during his academic years. During this period, he used to do compering for Kairali TV and Surya TV. Recently, he has worked on Mani Ratnam's big-budget film with Vikram and Shreya in leading roles.
He began his acting career in Malayalam television serials. He became popular for his roles in two popular series on Asianet called Swapnam and Megham, the former one directed by K. K. Rajeev. Anoop made his debut as a screenwriter in Pakal Nakshatrangal with Mohanlal playing father and Anoop playing his son.
He also played main character in Thirakkatha by Ranjith, portraying different stages in the life of film star Ajay Chandran, loosely based on the personal life of Kamal Haasan. His co-stars were Priyamani and Prithviraj.