Special OPS Kay Kay Menon is the lead actor in the Hindi-language espionage thriller series Special OPS, where he plays the role of Himmat Singh, a senior officer in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). He is central to the entire franchise, appearing in the main series and the prequel, Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story.
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The Railway Men In the 2023 Netflix series The Railway Men, Kay Kay Menon plays the lead role of Iftekaar Siddiqui, the principled and dutiful station master at the Bhopal Junction railway station.The four-episode series is based on the real events of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and honors the unsung railway workers who risked their lives to save others on the night of the disaster.
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Life in a... Metro Directed by Anurag Basu, Life In A Metro (2007) is about relationships in a metropolitan city. Kay Kay Menon plays a husband who is in an extramarital affair with one of his colleagues. However, when he gets to know about his wife's closeness with another man, he cannot tolerate. It’s a classic portrayal of a chauvinistic man and Kay Kay Menon performed it aptly.
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The Ghazi Attack In the 2017 war film The Ghazi Attack, Kay Kay Menon played the role of Captain Rann Vijay Singh. His character is portrayed as a hot-headed naval officer on the Indian submarine S21, which is on a secret mission in the Bay of Bengal during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Captain Singh's aggressive tactics often put him in conflict with the more cautious Lieutenant Commander Arjun Varma, played by Rana Daggubati.
Haider In the 2014 film Haider, Kay Kay Menon played the role of Khurram Meer, the treacherous and power-hungry uncle of the protagonist, Haider. The character is a modern-day adaptation of Claudius from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, which the film is based on.
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Gulaal Kay Kay Menon played the role of Dukey Banna in Anurag Kashyap’s Gulaal (2009). The actor perfectly portrayed the ruthlessness and cunningness of a politician. He treats people like the pawns in a game of chess. With his acting abilities, Kay Kay yet again proved that he is able to express any emotion with an ease on the screen.
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Shaurya Among the various reasons for which people remember Shaurya (2008) Kay Kay Menon's performance tops the list. The actor played the role of Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh. Based on A Few Good Men, Shaurya is directed by Samar Khan. The film is a courtroom drama where a Muslim army man is accused of killing his Hindu superior.
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Black Friday In Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday, Kay Kay Menon played the role of Mumabi Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria. The film narrates the story of the Bombay bomb blasts of 1993. It is based on Hussain Zaidi's book, Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) tells the story of three individuals Siddharth, Geeta, and Vikram, who struggle to make their lives better in the troubled time of 70s. Directed by Sudhir Mishra, the film is the story of changing ideologies under adverse situations.
