Key Key Menon was raised in Ambarnath and Pune, Maharashtra. His early life was in “H” type Rangehills, Khadki which were factory quarters for those working in the ammunition and high explosives factories. His father was popularly known as “Cashier Menon”. His parents moved from Kerala to Mumbai at a young age.
Kichu, as Menon was known among friends, studied at the St Joseph’s Boys High School in Khadki. He passed his 10th grade in 1981. He did his Bachelors (Physics) from Mumbai University and his MBA from the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Pune, graduating in 1988 with a major in marketing. He was popular in his class as a singer of ghazals.
Menon’s initial focus was working in the advertising industry. He was involved in the first Kinetic Honda and Marlboro cigarette advertisements in India. He started his career in theatre productions where he met his wife, Nivedita Bhattacharya. He gradually moved to television acting and finally film acting. He made his film debut with Naseem (1995), followed by Bhopal Express.
During his struggling days, he was a regular feature at the Lunar Cafe, a small restaurant near the Santa-Cruz (East) bus stand.

In the early years of his career, Menon worked in TV shows such as Pradhan Mantri and TV movies like Zebra 2 and Last Train To Mahakali. Menon was first noticed in Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, where he was greatly appreciated with fellow newcomer Shiney Ahuja, and received much acclaim for his performance. His performance as the anguished DCP Rakesh Maria in the movie Black Friday has been widely appreciated and acclaimed. The movie, based on the book by journalist S. Hussain Zaidi on the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts, awaited an Indian release for almost 2 years before its final release on 9 February 2007. It was featured at the Locarno International Film Festival and received widespread praise. Kay Kay Menon’s portrayal of an honest, but human cop (when checking the house of the accused, he spots bananas in the refrigerator and picks one up to eat, since he hadn’t eaten well that day. Seeing the look of the accompanying constable, he says to him, “you can take some too.. there’s more in the fridge”). The Sunday Edition of the Indian Express described his performance, “Excellent as always”.In 2007, he acted in the commercially and critically successful Life in a… Metro, as the adulterous husband of Shilpa Shetty’s character. In 2008, he was highly appreciated for his performance in the film Shaurya. He played the role of a protagonist in the critical and commercial failure, Drona, starring alongside Abhishek Bachchan. In 2009, he starred in The Stoneman Murders where he played a police officer on the hunt for the Stoneman serial killer. Kay Kay will now be seen in ‘Drream Man’, a new film by Makrand Deshpande. The film is a spoof on Bollywood. The versatile actor will be seen in 14 roles against Cast: Bollywood Actors Afzaal khan, Kay Kay Menon,Vasudha of (Aasma band) and Amit Mistry

Films Done By Kay Kay Menon

2019 Penalty Vikram Singh Netflix
2019 San’ 75 Pachattar Govind
2018 Ek Sangaychay Marathi film
2018 Phamous Kadak Singh
2018 Baa Baaa Black Sheep ACP Shivraj Naik
2018 Vodka Diaries ACP Ashwini Dixit
2018 Dhaad Ghelo Gujarati; released 17 years after being shot
2017 The Ghazi Attack Captain Ranvijay Singh Telugu / Hindi
2016 Saat Uchakkey Tejpal
2016 A Flying Jatt Mr. Rakesh Malhotra
2015 Singh Is Bliing Mark
2015 Bombay Velvet Investigative Officer Vishwas Kulkarni
2015 Rahasya CBI Officer Sunil Paraskar
2015 Baby Bilal Khan
2014 Haider Khurram Meer International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Performance in a Negative Role
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014 Nominated—BIG Star Entertainment Awards for Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Male
2014 Nominated—International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor
2014 Nominated—Screen Awards for Best Supporting Actor
2014 Nominated—Screen Awards for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2014 Nominated—Star Guild Awards for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2014 Nominated— Stardust Awards for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2014 Raja Natwarlal Vardha Yadav
2013 Ankur Arora Murder Case Dr. Asthana
2013 Udhayam NH4 Manoj Menon Tamil film
2013 ABCD: Any Body Can Dance Jehangir
2013 Enemmy Naeem Shaikh
2012 Shahid War saab
2012 Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi Salman
2012 Chaalis Chouraasi Albert Pinto
2011 Bhindi Baazaar Shroff
2011 Bheja Fry 2 Ajit Talwar
2010 Benny And Babloo Benny
2010 Lafangey Parindey Anna
2010 Tera Kya Hoga Johnny Inspector Shashikant Chiple
2009 Sankat City Guru
2009 Aage se right Janubhai/Baima Rashidul Kairi
2009 Gulaal Dukey Bana
2009 The Stoneman Murders Sanjay Shelar
2008 Drona Riz Razaida
2008 Sirf Gaurav
2008 Shaurya Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh
2008 Via Darjeeling Ankur Sharma
2008 Mumbai Meri Jaan Suresh
2008 Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam Haldi Hasan
2008 Highway 203 Writer Unreleased
2008 Sarkar Raj Vishnu Nagare
2007 Go Nagesh Rao
2007 Life in a… Metro Ranjeet Nominated—International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Partho Sen
2007 Strangers Mr Rai
2006 Shoonya Mahendra Naik
2006 Corporate Ritesh Sahani Nominated—GIFA Best Supporting Actor
2005 Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Kaif
2005 Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh Akash
2005 Dansh Mathew
2005 Sarkar Vishnu Nagare Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2004 Silsiilay Anwar
2004 Deewaar Sohail
2004 Black Friday DCP Rakesh Maria Released in theaters in 2007
2003 Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Siddharth Tyabji Released in theaters in 2005
2003 Paanch Luke Unreleased
2002 Chhal Karan Menon
1999 Bhopal Express Verma
1995 Naseem Religious fundamentalist Debut film

Television Done By Kay Kay Menon

1995-96 Darr Inspector Avinash Star Plus
1999 Star Bestsellers – Zebra 2 Captain Rajeev Star Plus
1999 Star Bestsellers – Last Train to Mahakali Sir Star Plus
2000 Rishtey – Ward No. 6 Rajat Zee TV
2001 Pradhan Mantri PM Anirudh Prakash Zee TV
2014 Yudh Municipal Commissioner Sony TV

Webseries Done By Kay Kay Menon

2018 The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family Vikram Ranaut ALTBalaji
2020 Special OPS Himmat Singh Hotstar