Lakshmi U. Menon – Malayalam TV anchor and Stage host of ‘Tamaar Padaar’ fame

Lakshmi U. Menon, also credited as Lakshmi Menon or RJ Lakshmi is a radio jockey turned RJ and TV anchor from Thrissur. She is associated with the field since 2007 and now one of the most sought stage hosts for live shows and anchors for Malayalam TV programs. Her name is synchronous with game show, Tamaar Padaar on Flowers TV. Started her career as an RJ in Red FM in 2007, and later moved to local cable network of Thrissur the same year, she started her career as a TV anchor in 2008 with Jeevan TV. Phone-in program “Dew drops” in WE TV in year 2009 was the major turning point of her anchoring career.

Lakshmi Menon was born in Thrissur in 1991. While schooling at IES Chittilapilly, she has been active in cultural events. After completing MBA in HR, she started her professional career as an RJ before moving to television. Apart from anchoring shows for different channel networks like Asianet, Flowers and Kairali TV, she has also interviewed film personalities at different occasions. She gained popularity with talent hunt shows and phone-in programs and became a household name with “Tamaar Padaar” in 2018. “Dew drops”, “Chit chat”, “Mylanchi”, “Patturumal”, “Asianet Super Voice”, “Star Magic” etc are some other popular shows she anchored till now.

Lakshmi U. Menon – Some interesting and less-known facts

1. Her nickname is Chinnu and she is famously known as ‘Chinnu kutty’ of Malayalam TV.

2. She owns a fan group called All Kerala Lakshmi Nakshathra fans association.

3. School time and Really Tasty, both for Jeevan TV are her early shows as a TV anchor.

4. She got a huge fan following crowd after she started anchoring the show, “Dew drops” in 2009. It was one of the top-rated song-on-demand shows on Malayalam television almost a decade back.

5. Tharolsavam and Super Voice are the early talent hunt shows she hosted on television.