Sanjeev (Tamil actor)

Sanjeev

Sanjeev after winning Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards for The Most Entertaining Actor of Television for Thirumathi Selvam - 2011
Born Sanjeev
Occupation Tamil Television Actor, Film Actor & Television host
Years active 1998-Present
Spouse(s) Preethi Srinivasan(2009-Present)
Children Laya

Sanjeev is a film actor and leading Tamil television actor. He is known for his role as Selvam in Superhit Tamil drama serial on Sun TV titled Thirumathi Selvam (2007-2013) in which he starred opposite Abitha. He has also appeared as Vijay's friend in a number of movies.

Personal life

Sanjeev is a close friend of Kollywood actor Vijay. Both of them studied visual communications at Loyola. He is the nephew of late actress Manjula Vijayakumar. His other friends in the industry are Deepak Dinkar and Shree. Sanjeev married leading television actress Preethi Srinivasan in 2009.

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. He starred with Abitha in the show and it was directed by S Kumaran and produced by Vikatan Televistas. He is known to Tamil families as Selvam, the character he portrayed in the series. The show was very popular and led to his popularity among the Tamil audience, and his performance in the show was well appreciated and well received. Awards he has received include a Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Television Actor in 2009 and Sun Kudumbam Award for Best Actor 2010 for his performance in Thirumathi Selvam.

Television

Television series Year Channel Description
Nambikkai2001-2003 Sun TV Supporting Role
Metti Oli2002-2005 Sun TV Negative Role
Annamalai2002-2005 Sun TV Negative Role
Tharkappu Kalai Theeratha 2003-2007 Sun TV Negative Role
Anandham2003-2009 Sun TV Supporting Role
Ahalya2004-2006 Sun TV Supporting Role / Negative Role
Manaivi2004-2006 Sun TV Negative Role
Veppilaikkari2005-2007 Sun TV Socio-mythological Weekly Drama
Penn2006 Sun TV Negative Role
Thirumathi Selvam2007-2013 Sun TV As Lead Actor Co-starring Abitha
Rekha IPS2008-2010 Kalaignar TV Supporting Role
Manikoondu2008 Sun TV As Lead Actor Co-starring Sreeja Chandran
Kalasam2008-2009 Sun TV Supporting Role
Sivasakthi2008-2009 Sun TV Negative Role
Vilakku Vacha Nerathula2009-2011 Kalaignar TV As Lead Actor Co-starring Sujitha
Idhayam 2009-2012 Sun TV As Lead Actor Co-starring Nithya Das
Aval 2011-2013 STAR Vijay As Lead Actor Co-starring Mahalakshmi
Thulasi2011-2013 Zee Tamil As Lead Actor Co-starring Chandra Lakshman
KaraiMay 2014 Sun TV As Lead Actor

Sanjeev is the host of the Dance reality show Maanada Mayilada on Kalaignar TV, directed by Kala Master from 2007 onwards.

Filmography

Year Title Language Role Description
1989 Ponmana Selvan Tamil Goundamani's Son (Credited as Master Sanjay)
1995 Chandralekha Tamil Uncredited Role as Vijay's friend
1998 Nilaave Vaa Tamil Baasha Supporting Role as Vijay's friend
2001 Badri Tamil Supporting Role as Vijay's friend
2002 En Mana Vaanil Tamil Supporting Role starring Jayasurya & Kavya Madhavan
2003 Puthiya Geethai Tamil Lawrence Supporting Role as Vijay's friend
2006 Nenjirukkum Varai Tamil Supporting Role
2009 Palaivana Solai Tamil Ramana Prominent Role

Awards & Honours

Year Award Category Status Role
2008 Vivel Chinnathirai Award[1] Best Actor Male Winner Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam
2009 Tamil Nadu State Award for Television Best Actor Male Winner Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam
2010 Sun Kudumbam Awards[2] Best Actor Male Winner Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam
2011 Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards for Television[3] Most Entertaining Actor Male Winner Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam

References

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