Anjali Menon

Anjali Menon
Menon in 2016
Born
Kozhikode, Kerala, India[1]
Alma materProvidence Women's College
Pune University
London Film School
OccupationFilm director Screenwriter
Years active2009–present
SpouseVinod Menon
Parent(s)T. Madhavan Nair
Sarada Nair
Websiteanjalimenon.in

Anjali Menon is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.[2] Anjali has won international, national and state awards for her work and is best known for her feature films Manjadikuru,[3] Kerala Cafe (Happy Journey), Ustad Hotel, Bangalore Days, Koode and Wonder Women. She is counted among the change agents in Indian cinema whose work gets attention from the audience and the critics.[4]

Anjali is the founder of big Films[5] a film company based in Mumbai and Kerala that produces fiction and non-fiction works. Anjali is one of the founders of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), an organization that focuses on gender equality in the Malayalam film industry.[6][7] She is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.[8]

  1. ^ "Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' creates history". Firstpost. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ Aravind, Indulekha (14 July 2018). "What makes 'Bangalore Days' director Anjali Menon a rarity in Indian cinema". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ Janardhanan, Arun (23 June 2012). "'Manjadikuru' girl lives a sad life off the screen too". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. ^ Harikrishnan, Charmy (21 October 2018). "How women film-makers like Meghna Gulzar, Rima Das, Anjali Menon & Nandita Das are changing the face of Indian cinema". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Little Films India". Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ Praveen, S. r (25 June 2018). "Women in Cinema Collective condemns AMMA's decision to reinstate actor Dileep". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Parvathy Menon, Manju Warrier, Bhavana and others form Women in Cinema Collective". The Indian Express. The Indian Express. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - Trustees Site". www.mumbaifilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.