Kay Kay Menon
Menon at the premiere ofSaat Uchakkey (2016)
Born	Krishna Kumar Menon (1966-10-02)2 October 1966 (age 59) Kozhikode,Kerala, India
Education	University of Pune
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Nivedita Bhattacharya

Krishna Kumar Menon (born 2 October 1966^[1]), known professionally asKay Kay Menon, is an Indian actor who works predominantly inHindi cinema, and occasionally inGujarati,Tamil,Marathi andTelugu films. He is best known for his roles in films such asBlack Friday (2004),Deewar (2004),Sarkar (2005),Shaurya (2008),Gulaal (2009),Haider (2014),Baby (2015). He has starred in web series such asSpecial Ops,Farzi,The Railway Men andCitadel: Honey Bunny.

Menon was born into aMalayali family inKozhikode,Kerala and raised inAmbarnath andPune,Maharashtra, India.^[1] He studied at theSt. Joseph High School inKhadki,Pune.^[2] He passed his 10th grade in 1981. He did his Bachelors (Physics) fromMumbai University^[1] and his MBA fromDepartment of Management Sciences (PUMBA) at theUniversity of Pune,^[1] graduating in 1988 with a major in Marketing. Menon's initial focus was working in the advertising industry,^[1] includingKinetic Honda andMarlboro cigarette advertisements in India.

He started his career in theatre productions where he metNivedita Bhattacharya, whom he married. His first theatre break was oppositeNaseeruddin Shah inFeroz Abbas Khan'sMahatma vs Gandhi.^[3]

In the early years of his career, Menon worked on television, with roles in the TV moviesZebra 2 andLast Train To Mahakali. He also appeared in Telefilms ofZee TV Rishtey (Ward no. 6) and Saturday Suspense episodes. He was praised for his role as a young Prime Minister in theZee TV seriesPradhan Mantri (2001), directed byKetan Mehta. InThe Hindu,Sevanti Ninan wrote, "an actor to watch: Kay Kay Menon ... this unusually tall actor who plays the pradhan mantri is a major saving grace"^[4] while inThe Tribune,Amita Malik commented, "excellent acting by Menon, who skilfully conveys the physical as well as mental image of the honest politician".^[5]

Menon made his big screen debut with a small role inNaseem (1995), followed in 1999 by the lead role inBhopal Express,^[3] a movie that went mostly unnoticed. This was the first in a series of initial setbacks in Menon's film career. In the early 2000s, he starred as a wicked rock musician in Anurag Kashyap's debut movie,Paanch, which struggled with censorship and has remained unreleased.^[6][7] Two other movies,Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi andBlack Friday, had to wait many years for a release date. Meanwhile, his commercial filmsDeewar (starringAmitabh Bachchan) andSilsiilay (withShahrukh Khan) flopped at the box office. It was only in 2005, with the eventual release of the critically acclaimedHazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, but withRam Gopal Varma'sSarkar, Menon had his break.^[6]Sarkar earned him a nomination for theBest Performance in a Negative Role at theFilmfare Awards.^[8] InThe Tribune,Saibal Chatterjee called him "one of Bollywood's finest actors".^[6]

In 2007, he acted inLife in a... Metro as an adulterous husband,Enemmy (2013), andRahasya (2015). In 2008, he appeared inShaurya^[9][10] based onA Few Good Men . His portrayal of a ruthless army brigadier is still talked of among cinema lovers.^[11][12] In 2009, he starred inThe Stoneman Murders where he played a police officer on the hunt for theStoneman serial killer.^[13] He played the role of Dukki Bana inGulaal^[14].

His role as Khurram Mir in 2014'sHaider bagged him a Filmfare andIIFA award for Best Supporting Actor^[15]. He played a very crucial role inThe Ghazi Attack as aNaval Captain based on an Indian Naval submarine, S21, intercepts a Pakistani submarine,PNS Ghazi, during routine surveillance and thwarts its mission of destroyingINS Vikrant in 1971^[16]. He played a role as Vikram Singh in 2019's Penalty with co-actor Mohit Nain^[17].

He impressed and gained more popularity with a role as Himmat Singh inSpecial Ops (2020), aHotstar web series. In 2021, he again played the young version of Himmat Singh (R&AW leading officer) inSpecial Ops 1.5, the prequel toSpecial Ops.

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