Menaka is an Indian film actress and producer. She is a native of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu.In her short film career 1980–86, Menaka acted in 116 films, mostly in Malayalam. She did a few films in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.Menaka was born in a conservative family.Her father Rajagopal is from Tenkasi and mother Saroja is from Thickurichy.Her first movie was 'Oli Pirandhathu' in 1980. She has worked with many leading actors of the time, including Prem Nazir, Soman and Sukumaran,and opposite top actors of the 1980s like Shankar and Nedumudi Venu.[3] She has acted opposite current superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal and Rajinikanth. After 19 years, she made a comeback through the teleserial Kaliveedu directed by Purusothaman and produced by A. Radhakrishnan. Again after six years, she made a comeback on the big screen through Fazil's 2011 film Living Together.