Sanjeev Venkat

Sanjeev (born 28 September 1975) is an Indian film and television actor. He is most known for his role as Selvam in the Tamil drama serial on Sun TV titled Thirumathi Selvam (2007-2013) in which he starred opposite Abitha. The serial telecasted for almost 6 years with Sanjeev gaining huge recognition and appreciation. He has acted in many other serials, notably Metti Oli, Anandham, Annamalai, Aval, Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Kanmani; he has played the role of both protagonist and antagonists spanning a career for over 17 years.

Sanjeev Venkat
Born
Sanjeev Venkatasubramanian

(1975-09-28) 28 September 1975
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Occupation(s)Actor, TV host
Years active1989 – present
Spouse
Preethi Srinivasan
(m. 2009)
Children2
RelativesSindhu (sister)
Manjula Vijayakumar (aunt)

Personal life

Sanjeev is a close friend of Tamil actor Vijay.[1][2] Both of them studied visual communications at Loyola College. He is the nephew of late actress Manjula Vijayakumar. Sanjeev married leading television actress Preethi Srinivasan in 2009. His only sister Sindhu has done few films as a heroine and later acted in many successful serials like Metti Oli, Penn, Anandham and so on. His sister Sindhu died in 2005 and Sanjeev took full responsibility for his sister's daughter (who was only 9 years old at the time of her mother's death). Sanjeev and his wife Preethi had conducted her wedding in 2017, as her parents. His close friends in the television industry are Deepak Dinkar and Shreekumar and Vijay. Sanjeev has two children: Laya, who was born in May 2010, and Adhav, who was born in April 2014.[3]

Career

Sanjeev started his career doing supporting roles playing Vijay's friend in most of the movies. He entered the television industry with the serial Metti Oli in which he played a negative role in 2002. After doing a number of negative and supporting characters, he got his break with Thirumathi Selvam (2007-2013) in which he played the main lead for the first time. The serial led to his popularity among the Tamil audience, and his performance in the show was well appreciated and received. Sanjeev is known to Tamil families as Selvam, the character he portrayed in the serial. Awards he received for this include a Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Television Actor in 2008 and Sun Kudumbam Award for Best Actor 2010.

Filmography

Television soaps

Year TitleRoleReferencesChannel
2002-2003 Metti OliIlangoDebut series[4]Sun TV
2002-2003 NambikkaiSanjaySun TV
2003 PanamSundarDD Podhigai[5][6]
2003-2005 AnnamalaiVinayagam "Vinay"Sun TV
2003-2007 AvargalRavindranSun TV
2003-2007 Tharkappu Kalai TheerathaGokula KrishnanSun TV
2003-2009 AnandhamArjunSun TV
2004-2006 AhalyaSiddharthSun TV
2004-2006 ManaiviMadhan/NandhakumarSun TV
2005-2007 VeppilaikkariMuthu Raghupathy "Raghupathy"Sun TV
2004 - 2007 My Dear BoothamVijaySun TV
2006 Super Boy[7]Telugu
2006-2007 KasthuriRaghavSun TV
2006-2007 SaradhaSuriyaRaj TV
2006 PennSolaiyappan "Solai"Sun TV
2007-2013 Thirumathi SelvamSelvamSun TV
2008-2009 Naalavathu Mudichu[8]ChiranjeeviJaya TV
2008-2010 Rekha IPSPrasannaKalaignar
2008 ManikoonduSivaSun TV
2008 KalasamSuriyaSun TV
2009 SivasakthiSevvazhaiSun TV
2009 NaanalKumaran/Ganesh (Doctor and Police Officer)Dual role revealed in climax of that seriesKalaignar
2009-2010 MegalaPrathap/KannanSun TV
2009-2011 Vilakku Vacha NerathulaPrathapKalaignar
2010-2012 IdhayamValmikiSun TV
2011 ThendralSelvamCrossover episode Thirumathi Selvam Thendral Kudumbam in 2011Sun TV
2011-2013 AvalMaheshSTAR Vijay
2011-2013 ThulasiPrasannaZee Thamizh
May 2014 KaraiRaghavanSun TV
2017-2018 Yaradi Nee MohiniMutharasan "Muthu"Zee Thamizh
2018–2020 KanmaniKannan/KaliSun TV
2021 Chithi 2ThirunavukkarasuSun TV
2022 Kanda Naal MudhalKuttypuliColors Tamil
2022 Kolangal 2NithinSun TV

Films

  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989 Ponmana Selvan Hong Kong Annamalai (Nattamai)'s son credited as Master Sanjay
1995 Chandralekha Rahim's friend Uncredited Role
1998 Nilaave Vaa Baasha
1999 Pooparika Varugirom Vasanth
1999 Iraniyan Iraniyan's brother
2001 Badri Joot
2002 Kamarasu Rogue
2002 En Mana Vaanil Velu
2003 Pudhiya Geethai Lawrence
2005 Selvam Senthil
2006 Nenjirukkum Varai Sanjeev
2009 Palaivana Solai Ramana
2018 Saamy 2 Santhosh
2019 Agni Devi Deepak
2021 Master JD's friend
2022 Anbarivu DSP Naresh Pandian
Yaanai Jayachandran [9]

Reality shows/live shows

Year TitleRoleChannel Note
2007–2013 Maanada MayiladaAnchorKalaignar
2007–2013 Maanada Mayilada Grand FinaleAnchorKalaignar
2012 Kaiyil Oru Kodi Are You Ready?Himself (guest, episode: 29)Sun TV
2013 Namma Veetu KalyanamHimself (guest, episode: 222)Vijay TV
2017 Zee Dance LeagueContestantZee Thamizh
2017 Zee Super TalentsAnchorZee Thamizh
2017 Mersal Audio LaunchAnchorSun TV
2021–2022 Bigg Boss Tamil 5ContestantStar Vijay Entered on Day 53 as Wild card Contestant but evicted on Day 91

Dubbing artist

Year Title Actor Description Language
2002 Pathikichi Devaguru Tamil
2003 Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu Mithun Tejaswi Tamil
2004 Ramakrishna Jai Akash Tamil
2011 Uyarthiru 420 Snehan Tamil
2022 Sita Ramam Tharun Bhascker Tamil dubbed

Awards and honours

Year Award Category Series Role Result Notes
2008 Vivel Chinnathirai Award[10] Best Actor Thirumathi Selvam Selvam Won
Tamil Nadu State Television Awards Best Actor Thirumathi Selvam Selvam Won
2010 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actor Thirumathi Selvam Selvam Won
2011 Reliance Big Tamil Entertainment Awards[11] Most Entertaining Actor of the Year Thirumathi Selvam Selvam Won
2012 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Jodi Thirumathi Selvam Selvam & Archana Nominated Nominated with Abitha
2018 Galatta Nakshathra TV & Film Awards Best Actor Yaradi Nee Mohini Mutharasan Won
2019 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actor Kanmani Kannan Won
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal[12] Best Jodi Kanmani Kannan & Soundarya Won Won with Leesha Eclairs

References

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