Samyutha Menon made an impression making her debut with Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Rana's Bheemla Nayak. She scored another hit with Kalyan Ram's Bimbisara and is starring in Sai Dharam Tej's Viroopaksha. Her upcoming film Vaathi/Sir with Dhanush is set for a grand release on 17 February 2023.
Now much to the surprise of all, Smyuktha Menon decided to fight against the caste system. She asked everyone to do away with her surname Menon. When scribes started addressing her as Samyuktha Menon, she asked them to address her only Samyuktha and also asked her makers to display her name in the title cards as Samyuktha and not Samyuktha Menon.
Sharing more about her journey, Samyuktha said she planned to quit films after doing a good film but however she got offers in Tollywood. Speaking about Tollywood she said "I didn’t expect to make the transition to Telugu cinema so soon. But I guess that’s the beauty of life. Honestly, I’m not someone who is after the luxuries I get in other languages. In Telugu, I actually felt like a debutante because the working style is different. In Malayalam, my acting process is -- I’ll take time to think about my lines, do some basic makeup, and then deliver. But in Telugu, everything has to be on point; from hair to dressing, everything is cinematic. There are a lot of corrections and preps happening before a shot. Then they’ll immediately go for ‘take’. It was tough initially, but I’m gradually adapting to their working style."
Speaking about her roles in SIR and Virupaksha, she said "After Lilli and Theevandi, people thought I would be fit only for rural roles. I wanted to break that stereotype. I don’t want to be in a safe zone. For instance, in Vaathi, I play a saree-clad teacher who romances Dhanush SIR, and breaks into a dance when needed. In Sai Dharam Tej’s film, I play a rural woman in her early 20s. When I signed Bheemla Nayak, many asked me not to. I took the gamble because I loved how the role got adapted in Telugu. And as it turned out, that 20-minute screen time has fetched all the love from the Telugu audience. That’s how I like to do it. I love to give an image and break it."