Suresh Chandra Menon


Suresh Chandra Menon is an Indian actor, cinematographer and film director who works predominantly in Tamil films.

Personal life

After meeting Revathi during a film shoot of Marumagal, they fell in love and married in 1986 with the blessings of their parents. They did not have any children. Though they looked like an ideal couple, differences arose between the two and they decided to amicably separate in 2002. Revathi and Suresh Menon then filed separate petitions, seeking mutual split, before the court. On 22 April 2013 a family court in Chennai granted them mutual divorce considering the fact that they had been living separately for the past 10 years. Revathi said in an interview that they would remain good friends even after the divorce.

Career

Suresh is known for directing many documentaries and advertisements. Having started his career as cinematographer for the films produced by Sujatha Cine Arts, he directed, produced and played the lead role in the Tamil film Pudhiya Mugam which was released in 1993. His then wife Revathi was the lead heroine in the film. It was both a critical and commercial success. He went on to direct another film Paasamalargal which was released in 1994. This film also featured Revathi in the lead along with Arvind Swami.
After nearly two decades, Suresh made his acting comeback with Solo. He was seen as a CBI officer in Thaanaa Serndha Koottam. He was later co-starred with Vijay Sethupathi in Junga, Annabelle Sethupathi as well as with Prabhu Deva in Pon Manickavel and My Dear Bootham. He started in horror films such as Ghosty, Chandramukhi 2 and Guardian.

Filmography

As actor

;Tamil films
YearFilmRoleNotes
1993Pudhiya MugamMajor ShivaAlso director
2017SoloBrig. Sundharajan
2018Thaanaa Serndha KoottamUthaman
2018JungaKumarasamy Chettiyaar
2019KaalidasGeorge
2021Annabelle SethupathiKadhiresan's Grandson
2021Pon ManickavelArjun K. Maran
2022Koogle KuttappaHumanoid Dynamics CEO
2022Achcham Madam Naanam PayirppuBaradwaj
2022My Dear BoothamDoctor
2022CobraNawab
2022CaptainS. Rajiv Chakravarthy
2023GhostyPolice Inspector
2023Thudikkum KarangalDevaraj
2023Chandramukhi 2Ranganayaki's brother
2023SooraganDevaraj
2024Singapore SaloonAnoop Menon's customer
2024GuardianGowtham
2024HaraaNeeram
2024The Smile ManVenkatesh
2025Niram Marum UlagilLal Bhai
2025Red Flower

;Other language films
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2017SoloBrig.SundharajanMalayalam
2019LuciferAbdulMalayalam
2019AkhandaBusinessmanTelugu
2024ZebraMilitaryTelugu

As director and producer

Cinematographer