Shwetha recounts being Aishwarya’s roommate amidst Miss India 1994

Shwetha recounts being Aishwarya’s roommate amidst
Miss India 1994

Following her appointment as the first woman President of AMMA, Shwetha Menon took part in a conclave where she opened up on her career.

Malayalam Cinema’s most popular face actress Shwetha Menon might be known as the first woman president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) now, but she had a long and illustrious career that led to this. Speaking at the India Today Conclave, Shwetha recounted competing in the
Miss India pageant and being Aishwarya Rai’s roommate. .

Shwetha Menon on sharing room with Aishwarya Rai amidst Miss India. She went down memory lane to recollect rooming with Aishwarya Rai in 1994
which was an important year for India, with Sushmita Sen winning the title and emerging as the first Indian to win Miss Universe. Aishwarya, who was the runner-up, was crowned Miss World. As for Shwetha, she emerged Miss India Asia Pacific the same year, though she didn’t win the pageant.

Recollecting those memories at the conclave, she said, she was a roommate of Aishwarya Rai, and Sushmita Sen won it. She contested fornMiss India Asia Pacific, but managed to get third runner-up without any backing or monetary backing. The excitement that they had, she can see it in everyone now and in her daughter (Sabaina) too. Today, Shwetha thinks everyone is a
model.
On fighting a case during AMMA elections
In the midst of the AMMA elections, Shwetha also had to battle a legal case when activist Martin Menachery filed an FIR about ‘obscenity’ in some of her old films. Talking about it at the conclave, she said, “More the enemies, the more she excels. The case was shattering as a person. The films, which were mentioned, fetched her a state award. No one has ever been exposed to such a case. She was confused if she should back out of the election and fight the case. It’s her family’s support that made her to go ahead. Then she became a fiery tigress.
Through her career, Shwetha has acted mostly in Malayalam and Hindi, besides a few Telugu and Tamil projects. She also ventured into television in both Malayalam and Hindi, taking part in Season 1 of Bigg Boss Malayalam, apart from a few other reality shows. She was most recently seen in Jangar, apart from the JioHotstar series Nagendran’s Honeymoons.

News Edit KV Raman