Speaking Hindi and accent-free English is what sets her apart from other actresses born in the Southern states of India. The reason behind this is her dad, who is in the Indian Air Force, and has been re-located to Punjay, Hyderabad, & Bangalore. She lived a life of luxury as a child. She studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya High School in Calicut, was constantly distracted, compelling her 12th standard chemistry teacher to admonish her, and ask to seek a film career.Shweta was born on April 23 in the Menon family, and shot into limelight after being crowned Miss Bangalore. She then went to participate in Miss India contest in 1994, ended by being third in the pageant that was won by Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai.She has appeared in the Kamasutra condom ad. wearing a 2-piece bathing suite.She then appeared in several Bollywood flicks, starting from ‘Prithvi’ in 1997 through on to ‘Nehle Pe Dehla’ in 2007. She became an actress after being spurred on by Aamir Khan and Baba Azmi, and worked in an industry of which she had no knowledge nor understanding, nor did she have anyone to guide her. She has also appeared in Tamil and Malayalam movies.She is involved as an actress in the filming of ‘Akasha Gopuram’ and ‘Paradesi’ both in Malayalam, alongside Mohanlal.
Shweta Menon
Movies
Kisse Pyaar Karoon
Mumbai-based collegian-slackers Sid(Arshad Warsi), John(Ashish Chodhry) and Amit(Yash Tonk) do graduate after several years, are unable to find employment, and form a Punjabi Rock Band with the help of a gangster, Munnabhai(Ashish Vidhyarthi). When John’s attempts to woo fellow-collegian, Natasha (Arti Chabria), go in vain, his buddies assist him in…
Asoka
Prince Ashoke (Shahrukh Khan), heir to the Magadha Kingdom, bowing to his mother’s (Shilpa Mehta) demand forsakes his princely status and goes to live in the wild for awhile. There he meets and falls in love with Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor). He identifies himself as Pawan, not wanting to disclose his…
Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya
Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) are happily married to each other but sometimes can get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja’s imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja falls in love with…
Summer 2007
Believing in ‘beginner’s luck’, Rahul Sharma, encouraged by three other fellow-medical students of Mumbai’s Kasturba Medical College (Qateel, Shomindu, and Priyanka) decides to become the Students’ President, opposing Prakash Dubey. When mainstream political goons get involved, resulting in intimidation and violence, he and his motley crew, along with Vishaka, decide…
Morning Walk
Professor Joymohan stays alone in Kolkata. He is a heart patient and when he gets a severe heart attack on his birthday he realizes he needs to spend as much time with his family in Mumbai as possible. He then goes to Mumbai to his son Indra, daughter in law…