Vijay Menon is an Indian actor, editor, director and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles. He has won Kerala State Film Awards thrice.
Vijay Menon made his debut in Malayalam cinema with BharathanâÂÂs Nidra (1981) and has since appeared in over 100 films, mostly in supporting roles. In 1983, he appeared in the Tamil film Kan Sivanthal Man Sivakkum and the Malayalam film Rachana.
Menon is a graduate in filmmaking from a film institute in Pune. In 1986, he made his directorial debut with Nilavinte Nattil, for which he also served as writer and editor. In 2017, he returned to filmmaking as the writer and director of Vilakkumaram.
He writes articles in The Indian Express about international politics. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing artist in 2011 and 2017 for the movies Melvilasom and Oppam respectively.
He is married to Kala Menon, and he has a daughter Leela Malavika Menon and a son Nikhil Menon. His son Nikhil Menon is a screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for the Vilakkumaram.