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{{short description|Indian film director}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anjali Menon
| image = അജ്ഞലി മേനോൻ.jpg
| caption = Menon in 2016
| native_name =
| birth_place = [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-06-09|title=Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' creates history - Entertainment News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anjali-menons-bangalore-days-creates-history-1562751.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Firstpost}}</ref>
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter}}
| other_names =
| education =
| alma_mater = [[London Film School]]
| years_active = 2006–present
| spouse = Vinod Menon
| children = 1
| website = {{url|https://anjalimenon.wordpress.com}}
}}

'''Anjali Menon''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref name="Aravind">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/what-makes-bangalore-days-director-anjali-menon-a-rarity-in-indian-cinema/articleshow/64990470.cms?from=mdr|title=What makes 'Bangalore Days' director Anjali Menon a rarity in Indian cinema|last=Aravind|first=Indulekha|date=2018-07-14|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref> She made her directorial debut with the film ''[[Manjadikuru]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Manjadikuru-girl-lives-a-sad-life-off-the-screen-too/articleshow/14348089.cms|title='Manjadikuru' girl lives a sad life off the screen too|last1=23 Jun|first1=Arun Janardhanan {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2012|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31|last3=Ist|first3=2:28}}</ref> She won the [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] (Dialogues) for ''[[Ustad Hotel]]'' at the [[60th National Film Awards]].<ref name="60thnfacallzee">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/nat-film-awards-ceremony-to-be-heldmay-3-every-year-soni/4460/|title=Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year: Soni|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]|location=[[New Delhi]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=3 May 2012|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-date=3 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903185826/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nat-film-awards-ceremony-to-be-held-on-may-3-every-year-soni-112050300505_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="60thaward">{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013|archive-date=17 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417215938/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> She was one of the founding members of the [[Women in Cinema Collective]] (WCC), an organization that focuses on gender equality in the Malayalam film industry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Praveen |first1=S. r |title=Women in Cinema Collective condemns AMMA's decision to reinstate actor Dileep |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/women-in-cinema-collective-condemns-ammas-decision-to-reinstate-actor-dileep/article24252575.ece |work=The Hindu |date=25 June 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Parvathy Menon, Manju Warrier, Bhavana and others form Women in Cinema Collective|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/parvathy-menon-manju-warrier-bhavana-and-others-form-women-in-cinema-collective-4686196/|access-date=27 December 2017|work=The Indian Express|agency=The Indian Express|date=4 June 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Anjali Menon was born in [[Kozhikode]] to T. Madhavan Nair and Sarada Nair.<ref>http://www.smartdriveonline.in/the-wheel-of-life-by-anjali-menon/</ref> She grew up in [[The United Arab Emirates]] and graduated from [[Providence Women's College]], [[Kozhikode]]. She then completed a master's degree in Communication Studies at [[Pune University]], during which she made documentaries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About AM|url=https://anjalimenon.wordpress.com/about-am/|date=2011-11-26|website=Anjali Menon|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cut to Anjali |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/09/12/stories/2009091252510600.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923205209/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/09/12/stories/2009091252510600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2009 |date=12 September 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 December 2009}}</ref> She then pursued a master's degree in Filmmaking at [[London Film School]], graduating in 2003.<ref name="nf">[http://www.nfdcindia.com/lucky_red_seeds.php Lucky Red Seeds and Profile] [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Anjali Menon's First Feature Wins Awards |url=http://www.lfs.org.uk/ffblog/2009/05/anjali-menons-first-feature-wins-awards.html |date=28 May 2009 |publisher=[[London Film School]] News |access-date=17 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619094059/http://www.lfs.org.uk/ffblog/2009/05/anjali-menons-first-feature-wins-awards.html |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}</ref>

She lives in Mumbai with her husband and son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/930775/how-anjali-menon-went-from-successful-writer-to-director-of-one-of-malayalam-cinemas-biggest-hits|title=How Anjali Menon went from successful writer to director of one of Malayalam cinema's biggest hits|last=Dutta|first=Nandita|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Press conference by Directors, Ashim Paul, Anjali Menon, Nandan Saxena & Kavita Bhal, at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2012), in Panaji, Goa on November 24, 2012.jpg|thumb|Menon (second from left) in a Press conference at the [[43rd International Film Festival of India]], 2012.]]
Anjali's graduation film Black Nor White,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/black-nor-white|title=British Council Film: Black Nor White|website=film.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref> produced by [[Asif Kapadia]] and featuring Rez Kempton and [[Archie Panjabi]], was premiered at the [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]] and won the BFI award for Best Short film.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blacknorwhite.com/|title=Black Nor White website|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626000903/http://www.blacknorwhite.com/|archive-date=26 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> She made her feature debut with ''[[Manjadikuru]]'' (2008), a [[Coming-of-age story|coming of age drama]] set in 1979. It won the [[FIPRESCI]] award for the Best Malayalam film and Best Indian Debut.<ref name="Aravind"/> She also received [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay]] for the movie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/row-over-film-unfounded-says-anjali-menon/article4466420.ece|title=Row over film unfounded, says Anjali Menon|author=Staff Reporter|date=2013-03-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> However, her first release was ''[[Kerala Cafe]]'' (2009), an [[anthology film]] for which she contributed the segment 'Happy Journey', centered around gender politics. She then wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues of the critically and commercially acclaimed ''[[Ustad Hotel]]'' (2012), directed by [[Anwar Rasheed]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/savouring-the-success/article4533913.ece|title=Savouring the success|last=Nagarajan|first=Saraswathy|date=2013-03-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She received the [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] - Dialogues for the film, which also won the National Awards for Most Popular Film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/entertainment/60th-national-film-awards-list-of-some-winners/slideshow/19040904.cms|title=60th National Film Awards: List of some winners|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref> The film also won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2018/10/20/scene-change.html|title=Scene change|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com//news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html|title=Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South|website=filmfare.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref> She then directed ''[[Bangalore Days]]'' (2014), revolving around the life of three Malayali cousins in [[Bangalore]], which became a huge commercial success.<ref name=":0" /> Her next film was the commercially and critically acclaimed ''[[Koode]]'' (2018), which showcased issues of [[caste]], migration and child [[sexual harassment]] as it dealt with themes of loss and solace.

Anjali's movies have depicted themes of the migrant experience and cross cultural interactions.<ref name=":0" /> Her film company Little Films India is based in Mumbai and Kochi.<ref name=":0" />

Anjali was one of the founders of the [[Women in Cinema Collective]] (WCC), an organization of women in Malayalam cinema, formed at the wake of the sexual assault of a prominent actress.<ref>{{Cite web|last=thomas|first=elizabeth|date=2019-04-28|title=Celebrating sisterhood|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/280419/celebrating-sisterhood.html|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

Anjali has also written short stories, including ''<nowiki/>'Tea and Toast''' which was published in the Malayala Manorama Onam Special, and as part of the collection ''Monsoon Feast.'' She blogs about her filmmaking experiences at [https://anjalimenon.wordpress.com anjalimenon.wordpress.com].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! Director
! Screenwriter
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 2000
| ''Black Nor White''
| {{Ya}}
| {{Ya}}
| Short film
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Kerala Cafe]]''
| {{Ya}}
| {{Ya}}
|Happy Journey segment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kerala-caf-review-malayalam-pclxtkiedhaca.html|title=Review: Kerala Cafe|work=[[Sify]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Manjadikuru]]''
| {{Ya}}
| {{Ya}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Seeds of a success story|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article1436833.ece|date=26 December 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Ustad Hotel]]''
| {{Na}}
| {{Ya}}
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3554610.ece|title=Beachside hotel|first=Saraswathy|last=Nagarajan|date=21 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=29 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727220320/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3554610.ece|archive-date=27 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Bangalore Days]]''
| {{Ya}}
| {{Ya}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/Anjali-Menons-movie-is-Bangalore-Days/articleshow/29295005.cms |title=Anjali Menon's movie is Bangalore Days |date=24 January 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Koode]]''
| {{Ya}}
| {{Ya}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/anjali-menons-film-with-prithviraj-parvathy-and-nazriya-titled-koode/articleshow/64543137.cms|title=Anjali Menon's movie is Koode |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Rasa (film)|Rasa]]''
| {{Ya}}
| {{Ya}}
| NDFC Film Bazaar
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
!Award
!Year
!Film
|-
|Hassankutty Award for Best Debut Director<ref>{{cite web|title=:: IFFK 2008|url=http://www.iffk.keralafilm.com/hassankutti.htm|publisher=Iffk.keralafilm.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217002125/http://www.iffk.keralafilm.com/hassankutti.htm|archive-date=17 February 2015|access-date=2014-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2008-12-20|title=Parque Via wins best film award|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Parque-Via-wins-best-film-award/article15364448.ece|access-date=2018-05-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | 2008
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Manjadikuru]]''
|-
|[[FIPRESCI]] Prize for Best Malayalam Film<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards - Festival Awards 2008|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2008.htm|publisher=Fipresci|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008115307/http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2008.htm|archive-date=8 October 2014|access-date=2014-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Festival Reports - Kerala 2008 - "Lucky Red Seeds"|url=http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2008/kerala/lucky_red_seeds_chfujiwara.htm|publisher=Fipresci|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016182426/http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2008/kerala/lucky_red_seeds_chfujiwara.htm|archive-date=16 October 2013|access-date=2014-12-30}}</ref>
|-
|60th National Film Awards for Best Dialogues<ref>{{cite web|title=:: National Film Award 2012|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=India Government|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | 2012
|rowspan="3" | ''[[Ustad Hotel]]''
|-
|[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala State Awards 2014: The complete list|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/kerala-state-film-awards-2014-the-complete-list-of-winners.html|website=OnManorama|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>
|-
|[[Asianet Film Awards]] - Best Screenplay<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/folk-artist-raghu-dixit-compose-songs-anjali-menon-s-next-flick-74887?amp|website=thenewsminute.com|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>
|2013
|-
|[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay]] (Original)
|2014
|rowspan="5" | ''[[Bangalore Days]]''
|-
|[[Filmfare Awards South]] - [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam|Best Director]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Filmfare Awards South|url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129092825/http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html|archive-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
|rowspan="4" | 2015
|-
|[[Asianet Film Awards]] - Best Director and Best Popular Film<ref>{{cite web|title=Asianet Film Awards|date=12 January 2015|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/17th-asianet-film-awards-mammootty-manju-warrier-win-best-actor-awards-photoswinners-list-620099}}</ref>
|-
|[[Vanitha Film Awards]] - Best Director and Best Popular Film<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanitha Film Awards 2015|url=http://news.keralaevents.in/kerala-news/vanitha-film-awards-2015-declared-telecast-on-mazhavil-manorama/}}</ref>
|-
|[[South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA Film Awards]] - Best Director and Best Film<ref>{{cite web|title=SIIMA awards 2015|url=http://siima.in/siima-awards.php?year=2015&action=winners}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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