Published 19:47 IST, September 27th 2020

Did you know Nithya Menen aspired to be a war journalist and not an actor?

Actor Nithya Menen who won several accolades for her performances wanted to be a journalist and not an actor. Read her entire interview below.

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Filmfare award winner Nithya Menen has worked in several Telugu, Tamil, Malayam and Hindi films. She first appeared on screen as a child actor and me her debut in film industry with a Kanna film Seven O’Clock. So far, actor has been a part of several movies and has also received several accoles for performances. However, Nithya Menen never dreamed of becoming an actor. In fact, she aspired to be a war journalist during her early college days. 

Nithya Menen wanted to be a journalist?

According to Asiaville News, Nithya Menen is a gruate in Journalism and she h dreamed of becoming a war journalist in her early days. She actively started her career in movie industry in 2009. actor said that she wanted to be behind camera and dreamt of becoming a cinematographer, but camera literally pushed her to be in front.

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Nithya Menen has w become a pan-India star, moving beyond South and she considers recognition as an award and t physical statue which is given as an award. actor also mentioned that she found journalism unappealing and thus opted for filmmaking. While she was signing up for a filmmaking course, director Nandini Reddy approached her and convinced her to take up acting.

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Nithya Menen is most popular for her role in movies Ok Kanmani, Ala Modalaindi, Urumi, 24, Awe and Praana. Her mor tongue is Malayali but she can speak several langus. actor me her debut in Bollywood with Akshay Kumar's film Mission Mangal. film also starred actors Taapsee Pannu, Vidya Balan, Sharma Joshi, Sonakshi Sinha and Kirti Kulhari. 

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Professionally, Nithya Menen was last seen in Tamil film Psycho in which she essayed role of an IPS officer. She was also seen in crime drama thriller web series Brea:Into Shows which released on Amazon prime video in July. series starred Abhishek Bachchan and Amit Sh along with Nithya Menen. Next, actor will be seen in a multilingual film Gamanam. actor will be portraying role of Shailaputri Devi in film. 

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19:47 IST, September 27th 2020