Kay Kay Menon

He also appeared in Telefilms of Zee TV Rishtey (Ward no. 6) and Saturday Suspense episodes. He was praised for his role as a young Prime Minister in the Zee TV series Pradhan Mantri (2001), directed by Ketan Mehta . In The Hindu , Sevanti Ninan wrote, "an actor to watch: Kay Kay Menon ...

this unusually tall actor who plays the pradhan mantri is a major saving grace" while in The Tribune , Amita Malik commented, "excellent acting by Menon, who skilfully conveys the physical as well as mental image of the honest politician". Menon made his big screen debut with a small role in Naseem (1995), followed in 1999 by the lead role in Bhopal Express , a movie that went mostly unnoticed. This was the first in a series of initial setbacks in Menon's film career.

In the early 2000s, he starred as a wicked rock musician in Anurag Kashyap's debut movie, Paanch , which struggled with censorship and has remained unreleased. Two other movies, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Black Friday , had to wait many years for a release date. Meanwhile, his commercial films Deewar (starring Amitabh Bachchan ) and Silsiilay (with Shahrukh Khan ) flopped at the box office.

It was only in 2005, with the eventual release of the critically acclaimed Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , but with Ram Gopal Varma 's Sarkar , Menon had his break. Sarkar earned him a nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role at the Filmfare Awards . In The Tribune , Saibal Chatterjee called him "one of Bollywood's finest actors".