Lenaa marks comeback with Jeethu Joseph’s ‘Valathu Vashathe Kallan’ and next book, ‘Womenopause’

Lenaa returns to acting with Jeethu Joseph's 'Valathu Vashathe Kallan' and her book 'Womenopause', exploring menopause and personal growth.

Lenaa calls Jeethu Joseph’s Valathu Vashathe Kallan her ‘comeback’ film. The actor was on the ‘second longest’ break (one-and-a-half years) of her career after her marriage to Group Captain Prashant Nair in January 2024. The couple travelled to the US where Nair was training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He was the backup astronaut for Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as part of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Center in 2025. 

“Now I am back and looking forward to getting busy with work,” says the actor over phone from Bengaluru.   

She says of her role in the film, “I have a nice and interesting part to play in the crime drama, I am really enjoying the genre the film falls under. They have hit a sweet spot between crime thrillers and the emotional aspect; usually crime thrillers don’t delve into the emotions of people in that environment. This is quite a fresh take on that and it is always fun to work with Jeethu Joseph sir.” She essays the role of Theresa Samuel, Joju George’s character Samuel Joseph’s wife.       

Lenaa confesses she missed work, being on the set, acting… “it has been my whole life; so I have missed being at work.” Not for her the FOMO that one associates with the film industry and the compulsion to be constantly seen or heard. “I have done this three-four times before, it has become a cyclical thing now. The longest was when I took two years away to complete my Master’s.” Lenaa is a post graduate in Clinical Psychology.  

She sounds very calm, the kind that comes with finding one’s space. She agrees, “There has been a settling that has happened to me. I guess it has to do with the female transition that is happening to me which I write about in my book, Womenopause. I think it is a level of maturity that has come in.” 

Malayalam actor Lenaa  | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT