Senthil Kumar

Senthil Kumar (born 18 October 1978), popularly known as Mirchi Senthil [1][2] is an Indian film and television actor, television presenter, radio jockey and voice actor.[3] He began his career as a radio jockey [4] with the radio station Radio Mirchi. He performed in the lead character Saravanan in STAR Vijay's sensational serial Saravannan Meenatchi. Senthil and his co-star Sreeja Chandran had married on 2 July 2014 in a private function in Tirupathi.[5] He made his debut as a film actor in Thavamai Thavamirundhu and has continued acting in lead roles in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae, Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, Vennila Veedu and more.

Senthil Kumar
Senthil at Vennila Veedu Audio Release
Born (1978-10-18) 18 October 1978
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other namesMirchi Senthil
Alma materMadurai Kamaraj University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
  • radio jockey
Years active2003 – present
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
Children1

Personal life

Senthil was born in Chennai on 18 October 1978 to S. Govindan and Premavathy. He did his schooling in Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He has completed his Bachelors (BCom) at Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai and Masters (Master of Finance and Control) at Madurai Kamaraj University. He had a brief career stint in the banking industry before he moved on to the media.[6] He married his co-star of Madurai & Saravanan Meenatchi Tamil serials fame Malayalam-Tamil actress Sreeja Chandran. Senthil confirmed his marriage with Sreeja on his radio show Neenga Naan Raja Sir on 8 July 2014. His sudden marriage announcement created a buzz amongst their thousands of worldwide fans in joy of their marriage.[7]

Career

Radio

Senthil joined Radio Mirchi, Chennai as a Radio Jockey[8] in 2003 and has performed various roles such as Radio producer, EP and Programming Head. Later he moved to Coimbatore to head Coimbatore Radio Mirchi[4] for 4 years. He has hosted many shows like Mirchi Gold, Mirchi Bazaar, Pettai Raap and Love Talkies. He presented the program Neenga Naan Raja Sir[9] which is a special on Ilaiyaraaja's music that was aired between 9 PM and 11PM from Monday to Saturday. This was a very popular program and was acknowledged and endorsed by Ilaiyaraaja himself. In 2016 May, he finished that show and started a new show called "Sentilin Sutta Kadhai" (Senthil's stolen stories), which tell interesting short moral stories from around earth.

Television

Senthil played the lead character in the successful television serial named Madurai [10] in STAR Vijay telecasted from 2007 to 2009. Following the success of this serial, Senthil has played the lead character by the name Saravanan again in another sensational serial Saravanan Meenatchi[11][12][13][14] in STAR Vijay. Senthil rose to fame following his performances in these two serials and is very well known by his character name Saravanan.

Senthil has performed in a micro-serial 777[15] for Polimer TV which was directed by the movie director Manobala.

Apart from the serials, Senthil has hosted a number of shows for STAR Vijay. He has hosted a weekly movie review show Tamil Cinema Indha Vaaram in which he discusses about the movies along with the cast and crew of the movie. Senthil has conducted a game show for women by name Boxing for Polimer TV.

Film

Senthil made his Tamil film debut in the 2005 film Thavamai Thavamirundhu in which he played the elder brother of director Cheran. He was nominated for the Filmfare Awards for the Best Supporting Actor. He got his first lead role in the movie Sengathu Bhoomiyilae. He continued to act in lead roles in films like Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, Pappali, Vennila Veedu, Rombha Nallavan Da Nee, etc. These films didn’t fare well at the box office, however.

Filmography

As actor
Year Film Role Notes
2005Thavamai ThavamirundhuRamanathanNominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
2007Evano OruvanSridhar's Friend
Chennai 600028Radio Mirchi RJ Senthil KumarCameo Appearance
2012Sengathu BhoomiyilaeChinna Samy
2013Kan Pesum VaarthaigalMahesh
2014Vallavanukku Pullum AayudhamRaja
PappaliKarthik
Vennila VeeduKarthik
2015Rombha Nallavan Da NeeBhaskar
2020Soorarai PottruRadio Mirchi RJ Senthil KumarCameo Appearance
2022MunnarivaanHero's FriendFilming

As Radio Jockey
Show Year Timings Notes
Mirchi Gold2003 to 20079PM to 11PMThis show played the songs from old Tamil movies.
Mirchi Bazaar2005 to 200711AM to 2PMThis was a ladies special program. Senthil co-hosted this with RJ Deva.
Pettai Raap2003 to 20064PMThis program was aired on Sundays.
Neenga Naan Raja Sir2010 to 20159PM to 11PMThis show plays the best of Ilayaraja's songs from 80s
Mirchi Sutta Kadhai2015 Onwards9PM to 11PM
  • Love Talkies is a unique concept in radio in which stories and characters are created and played along with the Tamil movie songs. Senthil has been a part of many radio movies.

Appearance in Television
Year Serial Role Notes
2007 – 2009MaduraSeigai SaravananStar Vijay
2010Kallikattu PallikoodamBala Murugan
2011 – 2013Saravannan Meenatchi Season 1RJ Saravanan
2012Micro-serial 777Polimer TV
2016Achcham ThavirContestantGame Show; Star Vijay
2016 – 2017MappillaiSenthil KumarStar Vijay
2017Kalyanam Conditions ApplySenthilWeb series
2018 – 2020Naam Iruvar Namakku IruvarMayan / Aravind (Dual Role)Star Vijay
2020Kalyanam Conditions Apply 2.0SenthilWeb series
2020 – 2022Naam Iruvar Namakku IruvarMayan / Maaran (Dual Role)Star Vijay
2020Heart 2 HeartSenthilWeb Series
Kalyanam Conditions Apply 3.0Senthil
2021 – 2022 Junior Super Star Season 4 Judge Reality Show; Zee Tamil
Jagamae Thandiram Kadhaigal Presenter / Host Reality Show; Colors Tamil
2023 – Present Anna Shanmugam Zee Tamil

As Television presenter

Awards and honours
YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2005 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Tamil Thavamai Thavamirundhu Nominated
2012 Mylapore Academy Awards Best Actor Saravanan Meenatchi Won
2014 Vijay Television Awards Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actor Saravanan Meenatchi Won
Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair Saravanan Meenatchi Won
2017 Vijay Television Awards Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair Mappillai Won
Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actor Mappillai Won

References
  1. "Mirchi Senthil Biography Profile - Actors Tamil". Cinema.pluz.in. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. Malini, Shankaran. "A gifted multi-tasker!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. "Radio Rage". The Hindu. 25 August 2003. Archived from the original on 14 April 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. "RJ Senthil - RJ Senthil Profile | Coimbatore Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM".
  5. "Saravanan and Meenakshi married in real life too". Jul 10, 2014. The Times of India. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. Life of a RJ turned Actor | Senthil Kumar | TEDxSKCET, retrieved 29 April 2022
  7. Vijay TV fame Saravanan and Meenatchi gets secretly married | Mirchi Senthil, Sreeja, retrieved 29 April 2022
  8. "RJ Mirchi Senthil - RJ Mirchi Senthil Profile | Chennai Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM".
  9. "Neenga Naan Raja Sir - Program Guide | Chennai Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM". Radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  10. "Thoughts on Madurai – a Star Vijay serial | VM\'s Random Ramblings". Vmminerva.wordpress.com. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  11. "Mylapore academy honours veterans". The New Indian Express. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  12. "Celebrating a reel wedding..." The Hindu. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  13. "Star-studded affair". The Hindu. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  14. "Senthil-Sreeja of Saravanan Meenatchi on big screen". Chakpak. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  15. "777 - Triple Seven - A New Approach To Serials - Polimer TV". YouTube. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  16. http://www.puthuyugam.tv/share.php?vtnid=KzE2NjY4NHx8MTQ4Mnx8NDk5fHx8fDEw&vtntitle=GANAMUM+KATCHIYUM+PROMO
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