Today is the birthday of the super gorgeous and highly talented Nithya Menen.

Some actresses get to the top of the heroine ladder with their debut film or first few films while some other will have to survive initial failures and years of struggle before making a big impact. Nithya belongs to the second category.

Nithya Menen made her acting debut as a child artist in an Indian English film and her first film as a heroine was the Kannada flick '7 O Clock' which released in 2006. She got to pair up with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the critically acclaimed film 'Aakasha Gopuram' which did not do well commercially. She then made her Telugu debut 'Ala Modalandi' which turned out to be a sleeper hit and her first film in Tamil was '180' in which she played one of the two heroines. With a mixture of hits and flops and a flurry of critical acclaims for her performance and charming looks in many films, Nithya is not a popular heroine in all the four South Indian languages.

In Kollywood it has been a long struggle for the pretty actress to establish herself. Her first three films '180', 'Veppam' and 'Malini 22 Palayam Kottai' ended up as commercial duds. She acted as the heroine in director Cheran;s 'JK Enum Nanbanin Vazhkai' which was released through the 'Cinema 2 Home' platform

But last year turned out to be the most crucial for her. Two films she acted released on the same day and both turned out to be blockbusters. One is 'O Kadhal Kanmani' the romance flick directed by veteran Mani Ratnam and the other one is 'Kanchana 2' the horror-comedy directed by Raghava Lawrence. Nithya's dazzling looks in ultra modern costumes and nuanced performance as a chirpy young and independent girl getting into a live in relationship with Dulquer Salman won over the hearts of Tamil movie buffs and made her close to the youngster's hearts. Her performance as a physically challenged girl in 'Kanchana 2' also won critical acclaims.

The phenomenal success of these two films has landed two big projects with leading superstars in her kitty. Nithya Menen is one of the heroines in Suriya's mega-budget sci-fi thriller '24' directed by Vikram Kumar which will be hitting the screens in Summer this year. She is also acting alongside Vikram as one of the female leads in 'Iru Mugan' directed by Anand Shankar.

We hope this charming and highly talented actress gets more and more such big offers and promising roles in Kollywood as well as other film industries and she wins more and more awards and rewards in the coming years. .

Indiaglitz wishes Nithya Menen a Happy Birthday.