Anjali Menon
{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anjali Menon
| image = അജ്ഞലി മേനോൻ (cropped).jpg
| caption = 2016
| native_name =
| birth_place = Kozhikode, Kerala, India{{Cite web|date=2014-06-09|title=Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' creates history |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anjali-menons-bangalore-days-creates-history-1562751.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Firstpost|archive-date=14 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014014522/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anjali-menons-bangalore-days-creates-history-1562751.html|url-status=live}}
| occupation = Film director
| other_names =
| education =
| alma_mater = Providence Women's College
Pune University
London Film School
| years_active = 2009–present
| spouse = Vinod Menon
| parents = T. Madhavan Nair
Sarada Nair
| website = {{URL|anjalimenon.in}}
}}
Anjali Menon is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.{{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|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222125506/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/what-makes-bangalore-days-director-anjali-menon-a-rarity-in-indian-cinema/articleshow/64990470.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}} Anjali has won international, national and state awards for her work and is best known for her feature films Manjadikuru,{{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|date=23 June 2012|first=Arun|last=Janardhanan|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201162549/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/manjadikuru-girl-lives-a-sad-life-off-the-screen-too/articleshow/14348089.cms|url-status=live}} Kerala Cafe (Happy Journey), Ustad Hotel, Bangalore Days, Koode and Wonder Women. She is counted among the change agents in Indian cinema whose work gets attention from the audience and the critics.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-a-wave-of-women-filmmakers-is-changing-indian-cinema/articleshow/66297171.cms?from=mdr|title=How women film-makers like Meghna Gulzar, Rima Das, Anjali Menon & Nandita Das are changing the face of Indian cinema|last=Harikrishnan|first=Charmy|date=2018-10-21|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2021-08-10|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904163528/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-a-wave-of-women-filmmakers-is-changing-indian-cinema/articleshow/66297171.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}
Anjali is the founder of Little Films{{Cite web |url=https://littlefilmsindia.com/ |title=Little Films India |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404221051/https://www.littlefilmsindia.com/ |url-status=live }} a film company based in Mumbai and Kerala that produces fiction and non-fiction works. Anjali is one of the founders of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), an organization that focuses on gender equality in the Malayalam film industry.{{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 |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424192632/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/women-in-cinema-collective-condemns-ammas-decision-to-reinstate-actor-dileep/article24252575.ece |url-status=live }}{{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|archive-date=18 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218040006/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/parvathy-menon-manju-warrier-bhavana-and-others-form-women-in-cinema-collective-4686196/|url-status=live}} She is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.{{cite web |title=Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - Trustees Site |url=https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/festival/trustees |website=www.mumbaifilmfestival.com |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120104803/https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/festival/trustees |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Anjali Menon was born in Kozhikode to T M Nair and Sarada Nair. She spent her childhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{cite web | url=http://www.smartdriveonline.in/the-wheel-of-life-by-anjali-menon/ | title=Smartdriveonline.in | access-date=9 July 2023 | archive-date=27 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127075245/http://www.smartdriveonline.in/the-wheel-of-life-by-anjali-menon/ | url-status=dead }}
Alumna of London Film School, Anjali postgraduated with Honors in Film Direction, Film Producing and Film Editing in 2003. Prior to her film education, Anjali graduated from Providence Women's College, Kozhikode and received her Masters in Communication Studies from Pune University. Anjali has trained in Indian classical dance and music.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/anjali-menons-bharatanatyam-photos-are-a-real-vijayadashami-treat/articleshow/78876932.cms|title=Anjali Menon's bharatanatyam photos are a real Vijayadashami treat|last=Mathews|first=Anna|date=2020-10-26|work=Times of India|access-date=2021-08-10|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201162545/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/anjali-menons-bharatanatyam-photos-are-a-real-vijayadashami-treat/articleshow/78876932.cms|url-status=live}}{{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|archive-date=19 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319073101/https://anjalimenon.wordpress.com/about-am/|url-status=dead}}{{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}}
Personal life
Career
= 2000-2009 =
Anjali started her career by editing and assisting producers in the making of educational documentaries. She took up event photography and feature writing for journals.Black Nor White,{{Cite web |title=British Council Film: Black Nor White |url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/black-nor-white |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143514/http://film.britishcouncil.org/black-nor-white |archive-date=27 April 2015 |access-date=2019-07-31 |website=film.britishcouncil.org}}{{Cite web |title=Black Nor White (2002) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88c3259e |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201163111/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88c3259e |archive-date=1 December 2021 |access-date=2021-08-11 |website=www2.bfi.org.uk}} was Anjali Menon's graduation film produced by Asif Kapadia at London Film School starring Rez Kempton and Archie Panjabi, was premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and won the British Film Institute Imagine Asia award.{{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}}
Anjali's feature film debut Manjadikuru (2008), a coming of age drama set in early 80's. It won the FIPRESCI award{{Cite news|url=https://fipresci.org/report/lucky-red-seeds-the-double-look-by-chris-fujiwara/|title="Lucky Red Seeds": The Double Look By Chris Fujiwara|last=Fujiwara|first=Chris|work=fipresci The international federation of film critics|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=15 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215082047/https://fipresci.org/report/lucky-red-seeds-the-double-look-by-chris-fujiwara/|url-status=live}} for the Best Malayalam film and Hassankutty Award for Best Indian Debut Director at International Film Festival of Kerala. Manjadikuru aka Lucky Red Seeds swept the Grand Jury awards at the South Asian International Film festival with Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Upcoming talent.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam-film-wins-big-at-new-york-festival-news-malayalam-kkfrqdcffhjsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070653/https://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam-film-wins-big-at-new-york-festival-news-malayalam-kkfrqdcffhjsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2021|title=Malayalam film wins big at New York festival|date=2009-11-12|work=Sify.com|access-date=2021-08-11}} Anjali also received Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay for the movie. SAIFF reviewer Dustin Chang{{Cite news|url=http://www.dustinchang.com/2009/10/saiff-2009-manjadikurulucky-little.html|title=SAIFF 2009: Manjadikuru/Lucky Little Seeds|last=Chang|first=Dustin|date=2009-10-30|work=Dustinchang.com|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401202933/http://www.dustinchang.com/2009/10/saiff-2009-manjadikurulucky-little.html|url-status=live}} described it as “The film is all about the colors, sounds and wonders of childhood. It feels similar to reading an Arundhati Roy story. The imagery is so striking you could almost smell it.”
Manjadikuru's postproduction was put on hold{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-statement-with-simplicity/article3639723.ece|title=A statement with simplicity|last=Kamath|first=Sudhish|date=2016-07-04|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070658/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-statement-with-simplicity/article3639723.ece|url-status=live}} for 4 years due to producer related issues. Anjali's company Little Films India took over the project, completed the film and had a release in 2012 to excellent reviews but the film had a limited box office run.{{Cite web|url=https://www.littlefilmsindia.com/mkuru/|title=Lucky Red Seeds : A film by Anjali Menon|access-date=9 July 2023|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606122359/http://www.littlefilmsindia.com/mkuru/|url-status=live}}
While Manjadikuru was on hold Anjali worked on her first theatre release - Kerala Cafe (2009), then first-ever Malayalam anthology film produced by Ranjith Balakrishnan, Capitol Theatre for which she directed the humorous segment Happy Journey, centered around gender politics.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/blogs/anjali-menon-module/|title=Preparing to Improvise Anjali Menon in conversation with Smriti Kiran|work=Mumbai Film Festival|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=2 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202122755/https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/blogs/anjali-menon-module/|url-status=live}} Happy Journey featuring Jagathy Sreekumar & Nithya Menen was premiered at the Abu Dhabi International Film festival{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/kerala-cafe-to-premiere-at-abu-dhabi-international-film-fest-27667.html|title=Kerala Cafe to premiere at Abu Dhabi International Film Fest|date=2009-10-09|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811072211/https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/kerala-cafe-to-premiere-at-abu-dhabi-international-film-fest-27667.html|url-status=live}} and won the NETPAC award at IFFK 2009.{{Cite news|url=https://netpacasia.org/item228-Kerala-Cafe|title=Kerala Cafe|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709182100/https://netpacasia.org/item228-Kerala-Cafe|url-status=live}} Happy Journey was recognised as a fresh new voice in the industry.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/anjali-menon039s-ihappy-journeyi-imagegallery-2-malayalam-jk1qAUgfjjbsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070649/https://www.sify.com/movies/anjali-menon039s-ihappy-journeyi-imagegallery-2-malayalam-jk1qAUgfjjbsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2021|title=Anjali Menon's Happy Journey|last=Ravindranath|first=Sarita|work=Sify.com|access-date=2021-08-11}}
= 2012-2022 =
Anjali wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues of the critically and commercially acclaimed Ustad Hotel (2012), directed by Anwar Rasheed. Ustad Hotel is a relationship drama of an NRI youngster and his grandfather who runs a seaside restaurant. Lauded for its local flavour and cross generational appeal Ustad Hotel was a huge commercial success and Anjali won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Dialogues) at the 60th National Film Awards while the film won the National Awards for Most Popular Film. Anjali won the Best Writer awards at Asianet Film Awards and Vanitha Film Awards.
In 2014 Anjali wrote and directed Bangalore Days (2014), revolving around the life of three Malayali cousins who move to Bangalore, which became a huge commercial success and which identified her as a commercially successful filmmaker who made sensible cinema.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/bangalore-days-a-film-neednt-be-stupid-to-be-a-blockbuster-imagegallery-malayalam-oher6Viiedddi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705154122/http://www.sify.com/movies/bangalore-days-a-film-neednt-be-stupid-to-be-a-blockbuster-imagegallery-malayalam-oher6Viiedddi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2014|title=Bangalore Days: A film needn't be stupid to be a blockbuster|work=Sify.com|access-date=2021-08-11}} The ensemble cast consisted of Dulquer Salman, Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Fahadh Fazil, Parvathy Thiruvoth, Nithya Menen, Isha Talwar, Kalpana and it was the first film produced by Anwar Rasheed Entertainment in association with Weekend Blockbusters. As per the industry, Bangalore Days was instantly declared “super bumper mega hit” when it released{{Cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anjali-menons-bangalore-days-creates-history-1562751.html|title=Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' creates history|last=Pillai|first=Sreedhar|date=2014-06-09|work=The First Post|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=14 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014014522/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/anjali-menons-bangalore-days-creates-history-1562751.html|url-status=live}} and went on to become the entry point film for non-Malayalees into Malayalam cinema.{{Cite news|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/bollywood-interview/revisiting-bangalore-days-with-anjali-menon/|title=Revisiting Bangalore Days With Anjali Menon|last=Mehrotra|first=Suchin|date=2019-06-08|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129152615/https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/bollywood-interview/revisiting-bangalore-days-with-anjali-menon/|url-status=live}} Anjali won the Kerala State Award for Best Writer & Best Director at the Filmfare Awards & the Asianet Film Awards.
Anjali wrote and directed and co-produced the commercially and critically acclaimed Koode (2018), which showcased issues of migrant workers and child sexual harassment as it dealt with themes of loss and solace. Starring Prithviraj, Parvathy, Nazriya Nazim & Ranjith Balakrishnan, it was lauded for its performances and poetic storytelling.{{Cite news|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-column/how-anjali-menon-spread-her-charm-all-over-koode.html|title=Good Touch vs Bad Touch – Anjali Menon's Charm!|last=Anirudh|date=2018-07-14|work=BehindWoods|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306040921/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-column/how-anjali-menon-spread-her-charm-all-over-koode.html|url-status=live}} Koode was the official adaptation of Marathi film Happy Journey by Sachin Kundalkar but with many new layers that Anjali brought in.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/revisiting-koode-many-layers-anjali-menons-moving-film-128745|title=Revisiting 'Koode', the many layers in Anjali Menon's moving film|last=Rajendran|first=Soumya|date=2020-07-15|work=The News Minute|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704222923/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/revisiting-koode-many-layers-anjali-menons-moving-film-128745|url-status=live}}
Anjali Menon's OTT debut was Wonder Women, a film she wrote and directed in English. A slice of life drama that dealt with the prenatal experiences of six pregnant women who meet at a prenatal class. The film was released on Sony Liv and produced by RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment. The cast consisted of Nadiya Moidu, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Nithya Menen, Amruta Subhash, Padmapriya Janakiraman, Sayanora Philip and Archana Padmini.{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/wonder-women-review-parvathy-nithya-menen-s-film-is-a-heartwarming-drama-about-pregnancy-celebrating-sisterhood-101668749469913.html |title=Wonder Women review: Parvathy, Nithya Menen's film is a heartwarming drama about pregnancy and celebrating sisterhood |date=18 November 2022 |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208111632/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/wonder-women-review-parvathy-nithya-menen-s-film-is-a-heartwarming-drama-about-pregnancy-celebrating-sisterhood-101668749469913.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/wonder-women-movie-review-anjali-menon-charts-a-heartwarming-story-of-sisterhood/article66151951.ece |title='Wonder Women' movie review: Anjali Menon charts a heartwarming story of sisterhood |newspaper=The Hindu |date=18 November 2022 |last1=Anand |first1=Shilpa Nair |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120104804/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/wonder-women-movie-review-anjali-menon-charts-a-heartwarming-story-of-sisterhood/article66151951.ece |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Wonder Women Review: Strikingly Crafted and Disarmingly Simple |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/wonder-women-review-strikingly-crafted-and-disarmingly-simple-4-stars-3531469 |url-status=live |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511225717/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/wonder-women-review-strikingly-crafted-and-disarmingly-simple-4-stars-3531469 |archive-date=11 May 2023}}
= Other work =
Anjali is a motivational speaker who addresses subjects related to filmmaking, community, gender empowerment, entrepreneurship and parenting at venues like TED,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/bsSQvG69NZY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070649/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsSQvG69NZY Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsSQvG69NZY| title = Are We Perpetuating Bias In Our Society {{!}} Anjali Menon {{!}} TEDxFCRIT | website=YouTube| date = 25 June 2019 }}{{cbignore}} TISS,{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/871929216327118/951366238383415 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/Tiss.ODCL/photos/golden-words-by-ms-anjali-menonthe-floods-of-kerela-devastated-many-lives-but-it/951366238383415/ |title = TISS ODCL on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} TIE Global,{{cite web |url=https://tgs2020.org/all-speakers.php |title=TGS2020 - Meet the Top Speakers & Entrepreneurs of the World |website=tgs2020.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128105836/https://www.tgs2020.org/all-speakers.php |archive-date=2020-11-28}} CII, KSUM, and IGCE. Anjali has been a jury member for IFFK, MAMI, IFP and Filmfare awards. Anjali works towards cultural conservation through documenting cultural performers{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kavalam-mahotsavam-from-sunday/articleshow/59224267.cms|title=Sopanam Institute to organize Kavalam Mohtsavam from Sunday|date=2017-06-20|work=Times of India|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070649/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kavalam-mahotsavam-from-sunday/articleshow/59224267.cms|url-status=live}} and gathering lore.{{Cite web |url=https://www.loretrails.com/ |title=Lore Trails – Kerala Stories |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605175505/https://loretrails.com/ |url-status=live }} Anjali has published short stories,{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/a-monsoon-feast|title=A Monsoon Feast|access-date=9 July 2023|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070652/https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/a-monsoon-feast|url-status=live}} screenplays and articles and she blogs about her worldviews [https://anjalimenon.in/category/am-blog/ AM Blog]. Anjali is on the Board of Trustees of MAMI - Mumbai Academy of Moving Images{{Cite web|url=https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/festival/trustees|title=Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - Trustees Site|access-date=9 July 2023|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120104803/https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/festival/trustees|url-status=live}}
= Themes & influences =
Anjali's movies have depicted themes of family, migrant experience, gender and cross-cultural interactions. She has mentioned Mira Nair, Padmarajan, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Robert Altman, Gulzar, and Marion Hansel as her inspirations, in pursuing film-making.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/filmmaker-anjali-menon-on-mira-nairs-monsoon-wedding/article31574599.ece|title='Every time I watch it, I become a member of the family': Filmmaker Anjali Menon on 'Monsoon Wedding'|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=2020-05-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=7 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907174727/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/filmmaker-anjali-menon-on-mira-nairs-monsoon-wedding/article31574599.ece|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/anjali-menon039s-ihappy-journeyi-imagegallery-malayalam-jk1qAUgfjjbsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811072211/https://www.sify.com/movies/anjali-menon039s-ihappy-journeyi-imagegallery-malayalam-jk1qAUgfjjbsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2021|title=Anjali Menon's Happy Journey|work=Sify.com|access-date=2021-08-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/economy/anjali-menon-on-sensitivity-in-cinema-and-why-a-womens-collective-is-the-need-of-the-hour-748231.htm|title=Anjali Menon on Sensitivity in Cinema and Why a Women's Collective Is the Need of the Hour|last=Kapoor|first=Aekta|date=2018-09-07|work=CNBC TV 18|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207201550/https://www.cnbctv18.com/economy/anjali-menon-on-sensitivity-in-cinema-and-why-a-womens-collective-is-the-need-of-the-hour-748231.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://readingroomco.com/2020/12/25/the-culture-has-normalized-perpetrators-abusing-their-power-in-conversation-with-anjali-menon/|title=Anjali Menon on Sensitivity in Cinema and Why a Women's Collective Is the Need of the Hour|date=2020-12-25|work=CNBC TV 18|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070651/https://readingroomco.com/2020/12/25/the-culture-has-normalized-perpetrators-abusing-their-power-in-conversation-with-anjali-menon/|url-status=live}}
She portrays stories of non-resident Indians in her work and referred to her reverse migrant identity and hybrid sensibility in her work as an advantage.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/7TBNIhJSchk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180728052551/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TBNIhJSchk Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TBNIhJSchk| title = I Have Never Strived To Be 101% "Malayali" {{!}} Anjali Menon | website=YouTube| date = 10 July 2018 }}{{cbignore}} Anjali is vocal about the need for gender equality in the workplace{{Cite news|url=https://readingroomco.com/2020/12/25/the-culture-has-normalized-perpetrators-abusing-their-power-in-conversation-with-anjali-menon/|title=Our Culture Has Normalized Perpetrators Abusing Their Power': In Conversation With Anjali Menon|last=Dileep|first=Shruthi|date=2020-12-25|work=CNBC TV 18|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811070651/https://readingroomco.com/2020/12/25/the-culture-has-normalized-perpetrators-abusing-their-power-in-conversation-with-anjali-menon/|url-status=live}} and sensitivity in on-screen portrayals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2018/10/20/scene-change.html|title=Scene change|last=Paul|first=Cithara|date=2018-10-19|work=The Week|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206001028/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2018/10/20/scene-change.html|url-status=live}}
Filmography
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