Valsala Menon

Valsala Menon
Born 1945
Thrissur
Residence Ernakulam
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 1985–present
Spouse(s) Kalappurakal Haridasan Nair
Children Prakash, Prem, Priyan [1]
Parent(s) Raman Menon, Devakiyamma

Valsala Menon is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She has acted in about 150 films.

Early life

Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in Thrissur District. She has three elder brothers.[2] Since early childhood she has learned classical dancing and has performed on various stages in the august audience of leaders and rulers of the time. She came into industry as a child artist Baby Valsala in Malayalam movie Thiramala in 1953. She got married at the age of 16 and settled at Mumbai. She became Miss Thrissur in 1970 after giving birth to three children. Although there was innumerable offers for her to act in films post her marriage, she made a comeback to films in Kiratham released in 1985 once her children had finished their schooling and was on their own. She became noted through Parinayam 1994. Since then she is acting in movies in supporting characters .[3] as well as in a number of tele serials in character roles.She has appeared in advertisements also.

Personal life

She was married to Late Kalappurakal Haridas in 1961. Haridas was working as an engineer at Mumbai. The couple have three sons Prakash,Prem and Priyan.Prakash Menon is working in Australia,Prem Menon in Singapore & Priyan Menon in Kochi.[4]

Partial filmography

Serials

Dramas

Reality show

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mangalam.com/cinema/mini-screen/16456
  2. ↑ "കലയെ കൈവിടാതെ ജീവിതം പടുത്തുയര്‍ത്തി വത്സലാ മേനോന്‍". mathrubhuminews.in. Retrieved 2 May 2015. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 32 (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/155828
  4. ↑ "Mangalam Varika 19 Nov 2012". mangalamvarika.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

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