Iswarya Menon’s family hails from Kerala, but she was born and brought up in Erode, Tamil Nadu. She completed her higher secondary education from Bharathi Vidhya Bhavan matriculation higher secondary school, Erode [3] She completed her B.Tech Engineering course from SRM University, Chennai. Iswarya menon debuted in Tamil cinema in Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru.[5] She debuted as Akshara in the Kannada industry with Dasavala which was directed by M S Ramesh. She was cast opposite Prem, of Jogi fame.[6] The film released on 11 October 2013 and her performance as a mentally challenged girl was generally well received. Oneindia, however, wrote “Akshara, though looks cute, doesn’t have good on-screen chemistry with the lead actor. She has given [a] poor performance as a mentally challenged girl”