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Indian actress

Menaka Suresh, (born Padmavathi Iyengar) known mononymously as Menaka, is an Indian actress and film producer.^[1] She made her debut in the 1980 Tamil filmRamayi Vayasukku Vanthutta.

In an acting career spanning from 1980 to 1987, Menaka appeared in over 125 films as a heroine, mostly in Malayalam. She also appeared in few Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She married Malayalam film producer G. Suresh Kumar.^{[citation needed]} After 19 years, she made a comeback through the television serial Kaliveedu.^[2] At 8th SIIMA, she received SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award.^[3]

Early life

Menaka, whose real name is Padmavathy, was born into a TamilIyengarBrahmin family in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, India.^[4] She was the only daughter among the four children of Rajagopal and Saroja.

Both her parents were school teachers. Her mother Saroja taught at the Lourdes Girls' Higher Secondary