
Kay Kay Menon is an Indian actor, raised in Ambarnath & Pune, Maharashtra. Kay Kay Menon spent his early life in "H" type Rangehills, Khadki, known as factory quarters for those working in the Ammunition and High Explosives factories. His father was popularly known as "Cashier Menon". Kay Kay Menon was popular as Kitchu and studied at the St Joseph`s Boys high school in Khadki. Kay Kay Menon passed his 10th grade in 1981 and did his MBA from the Department of management Science - University of Pune. Kay Kay Menon completed his graduation in 1988 with a major in Marketing. Kay Kay Menon was best known for his melodious Ghazals in the class.
Kay Kay Menon`s initial goal was working in the advertising industry, but eventually he started his career in theatre productions, which gradually moved to television acting and finally in the bigger ground of film acting. Kay Kay Menon made his film debut with Naseem (1995), followed by Bhopal Express, sharing the screen with the glamorous actress
Zeenat Aman.
Kay Kay Menon worked in TV serials such as Pradhan Mantri and telefilms like Zebra 2 and Last Train To Mahakali during his initial years of career. Due to the experience of theater, Kay Kay Menon had the choice to do more of parallel films than the commercial ones. However, the real turning point in Kay Kay Menon`s career was with the
Sudhir Mishra film
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi where he was greatly appreciated with his co stars
Shiney Ahuja and
Chitrangada Singh. Kay Kay Menon also starred in Deewaar (2004) with
Amitabh Bachchan. The film did not do much good in the box office but his performance was appreciated. He became a known name after he was featured as Bachchan`s son in Sarkar (2005). The film was a box office hit and his character as a hot-tempered son proved to be credible to the audience.

In 2006, Kay Kay Menon starred in the well-known film
Corporate by
Madhur Bhandarkar. The film brought him much acclaim for the performance alongside the established actress
Bipasha Basu Kay Kay Menon`s performance as the tormented DCP Rakesh Maria in the movie Black Friday has been widely appreciated and acclaimed. The movie was based on the book by journalist S Hussain Zaidi on the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts and was released on 9th February 2007. Black Friday was featured at the Locarno film festival and thus received widespread praise. He also appeared in Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., opposite
Raima Sen and acted out the character of an orthodox and conservative husband at its best. In 2007, Kay Kay Menon acted in the commercially and critically successful film Life in a... Metro; as the husband of
Shilpa Shetty and the film was based on different kinds of relationships. In 2008, Kay Kay Menon was highly prized for his performance in the film Shaurya. The latest film of Kay Kay Menon is Drona also starring
Abhishek Bachchan. Kay Kay Menon plays a negative role in this film. Kay Kay Menon married TV actress
Nivedita Bhattacharya whom he met during his theatre days.
Filmography of Kay Kay Menon
| Year |
Film |
Year |
Film |
| 2008 |
Drona |
2005 |
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena |
| 2008 |
Sirf |
2005 |
Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh |
| 2008 |
Shaurya |
2005 |
Dansh Mathew |
| 2008 |
Stoneman |
2005 |
Sarkar |
| 2008 |
Via Darjeeling |
2004 |
Silsiilay |
| 2008 |
Mumbai Meri Jaan |
2004 |
Deewaar |
| 2008 |
Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam |
2004 |
Black Friday |
| 2008 |
Highway 203 |
2003 |
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi |
| 2007 |
Life in a... Metro |
2003 |
Paanch |
| 2007 |
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. |
2002 |
Chhal |
| 2007 |
Strangers |
1999 |
Bhopal Express |
| 2006 |
Shoonya |
1995 |
Naseem (film) |
| 2006 |
Corporate |
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