1999Nominee
Best Performance
Kadhalar Dhinam
Unni Menon
Actor · Writer
Palakkad, Kerala, India
December 2, 1957
Biography
Unni Menon is an Indian film playback singer. He has sung over 3000 songs in South Indian languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. In the early part of his career, he spent many years as a low-profile playback singer. The turning point in his career came when he sang the song "Pudhu Vellai Mazhai" from Mani Ratnam's award-winning 1992 Tamil film Roja, composed by A. R. Rahman. He has frequently associated with A. R. Rahman, lending his voice to nearly 25 popular songs from films like Karuththamma (1994) and Minsaara Kanavu (1997).
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Critical Favorites
1983Nominee
Best Writing
Kolakkomaban
2010Nominee
Best Performance
Thenmerku Paruvakatru
Career Highlights
1998Highlight
Best Performance
Dil Se..
1993Highlight
Best Performance
Pudhiya Mugam