19 Facts About Kay Kay Menon, The Actor Who Never Failed To Mesmerise

Indian cinema is very diverse, and yes, there are a lot of people involved in the making. Some of them get immediate attention and are loved by the audience. Today we will be talking about one of the best actors in Bollywood and on stage. We are talking about none other than Kay Kay Menon, who is also a star in Indian television.

With his talent, he has claimed so many awards that prove his amazing acting skills. Kay Kay works mostly in Hindi cinema but is also associated with Gujarati, Tamil, and Telugu cinema.

Here we have listed some of the unknown facts about the versatile actor Kay Kay Menon:

1. The real name of Kay Kay Menon is Krishna Kumar Menon

He was born on October 2, 1966, in Kerala, India. Kay Kay Menon age is 55 years old as of 2022. His height is 1.86m.

2. He was brought up in Ambarnath and Pune, in Maharashtra

His father is Cashier Menon and his mother is Radha Menon.

3. His father worked as a superintendent, for an ordnance factory

This is actually a branch of the government that looks for military stores and materials.

4. Kay Kay Menon education

He finished his 10^th grade in 1981. He studied at St. Josephs Boy’s High School, which is in Khadki, in Pune. He then pursued Bachelor in Science with Physics, from Mumbai University.

5. Krishna Menon is also a postgraduate with an MBA degree

After finishing his master’s degree in Business Administration from the Department of Management Science (PUMBA), University of Pune, with his major being Marketing.

6. He was actually focusing on working in an advertising company, like Marlboro cigarette and Kinetic Honda cigarette advertisements

7. His first theatre break opposite Naseeruddin Shah

After he met Nivedita Bhattacharya, he got his first ever theatre break, in which he was cast opposite Naseeruddin Shah, in Mahatma vs Gandhi which was a project of Feroz Abbas Khan.

8. Kay Kay Menon wife is Nivedita Bhattacharya

She is also an actress and is a part of successful shows like Kundali, SaatPhere, Kya Baat Hai, etc.

9. Appearance in TV shows

He appeared in the TV movies like Zebra 2 and Last Train To Mahakali. He worked on these projects in the early days of his career. He received appreciation for his role as a young Prime Minister in a television show by Zee TV called Pradhan Mantri, from many journalists and critics.

10. His first film was Naseem in 1995

It was followed by Bhopal Express in 1999, in which he plays the lead role, which went unnoticed. This brought him down in his career. Not just this, a movie called Paanch in which he played a wicked rock musician caught up in the censor board and is still unreleased.

11. Kay Kay Menon best movies

In 2005, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi was finally released, and he received his big break. Movies in which Menon worked, like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Black Friday, were released very late, and thus, the movie could not make a proper profit, whereas the movies like Deewar and Silsiilay made an excellent profit at the box office.

In The Stoneman Murders, he played a police officer on the hunt for a prehistoric man who is a killer. In Gulaal, he portrayed the role of Dukki Bana.

His acting in Life in a… Metro as a philandering husband, in 2007, and Shaurya in 2008, earned him a lot of respect and compliments.

 

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12. According to critics, the best role done by him is in Haider where he plays the role of Khurram Mir

13. Krishna Menon really looks up to Aamir Khan, the perfectionist, as his inspiration

He believes that his movies like Delhi Belly and Peepli Live would not have made that much money if Aamir was not associated with them.

14. Shoojit Sircar and Rajkumar Hirani happen to be his two favorite filmmakers

Menon said that he loves the quality of the content produced by these two filmmakers. He said he would accept a role from either of them without even reading the script.

15. Kay Kay Menon’s Awards and Recognitions

For the movie Haider, in 2014, Menon won an International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role and a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Moreover, he also got a nomination for BIG Star Entertainment Awards for Most Entertaining Actor in a thriller film in the Male category.

For the movie Corporate in 2006, Menon got his nomination for GIFA Best Supporting Actor. K K Menon received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for the movie Sarkar, a project by Vishnu Nagare. His performance in The Ghazi Attack was also applauded.

16. He was also honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the International Film Festival Awards 2021

17. Web series Kay Kay Menon has been part of

He gained popularity by playing the role of Himmat Singh in the 2020 Hotstar web series Special Ops. His recent projects are Phamous, Baa Baaa Black Sheep, Vodka Diaries, Special Ops 1.5, etc.

18. K K likes to eat cotton candies and also eat in roadside Dhabas

19. Kay Kay Menon net worth is approximately $5 million as of 2022

 

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