# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rajiv-menon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:57:26.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rajiv-menon"
name: "Rajiv Menon"
slug: "rajiv-menon"
description: "Rajiv Menon, is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a director and cinematographer in several Indian regional film industries. After making his breakthrough as a film cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's Tamil drama Bombay (1995), Menon has continued to collaborate with Ratnam on other projects including Guru (2007) and Kadal (2013). He has also directed two critically acclaimed Tamil films, Minsara Kanavu (1997) and Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), winning a Filmfare Award for the latter. After a sabbatical, Menon returned to directing with Sarvam Thaala Mayam."
tagline: "Indian director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rajiv_Menon_at_Kanika_Dhillon's_The_Dance_of_Durga_Book_Launch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.345478666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579766/"
    handle:    "nm0579766"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump