Raja Krishna Menon was born in Thrissur, Kerala and brought up in Bangalore as the son of Malayalam actor T. P. Madhavan. He spent a lot of his childhood days in Kerala. Raja Krishna Menon is an Indian film writer, director and producer. He started as an advertisement director and later moved to feature films. He has directed three Bollywood films. His most recent film Airlift was released on 22 January 2016 and has been a critical and box office success.