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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Senthilnathan Jambulingam
| image =
| caption =
| birthname = Senthilnathan Jambulingam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|11|26}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Film director|director]], [[screenwriter]], [[Film actor|actor]], [[Film producer|producer]]
}}

'''Senthilnathan Jambulingam''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and television actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and serials, based in Chennai. He is best known for his action-masala films. As of 2013, he has directed more than twenty five films.

==Personal life==
He is the son of director Jambulingam who directed [[M. G. Ramachandran]] starrer ''[[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|Nam Naadu]]''. Senthilnathan cast his son, Vinod, in the lead role of ''[[Unnai Naan]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/newlaunches/02unnainaan.asp |title=Archived copy |website=www.chennaionline.com:80 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823192804/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/newlaunches/02unnainaan.asp |archive-date=23 August 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Film career==
Initially, he worked as an assistant to director M. Bhaskar in Soolam (1980) and ''[[Pakkathu Veetu Roja]]'' (1982). He then worked as an assistant director under [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] for 7 years from ''[[Sattam Oru Iruttarai]]'' (1981) until ''[[Needhikku Thandanai]]'' (1987). At that time, he befriended with actor [[Vijayakanth]] who promised him to act in his films in the future. When producers proposed him to direct a film, he met Vijayakanth but the actor was in a busy schedule. Waiting for his availability, he worked as an assistant director under [[V. Azhagappan]] in three films. Senthilnathan finally made his directorial debut in 1988 with the Tamil film ''[[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran]]''. The film turned out to be a blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article317195.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316152328/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article317195.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2014|title=Exodus Begins as Over 1,000 DMDK Cadre Join AIAD
|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2012-02-08|accessdate=2014-03-16}}</ref>

In 2001, he agreed terms with producer Ibrahim Rowther to make a film titled ''Kadhal Mudal Kadhal Varai'', which would have debutant Bala Kumaran and [[Uma (actress)|Uma]] in the lead role. The film would have marked the director's 25th film, but the producer's financial troubles meant that the film was shelved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/ibrahim.asp |title=Ibrahim Rowther launches five films |website=www.chennaionline.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629231635/http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/ibrahim.asp |archive-date=29 June 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1988 || ''[[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran]]''|| Debut film
|-
| ''Vettai''||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m9-SUiyOht4|title =Arjunஅ முதன்முதல்ல நான் தான் Camera முன்னாடி நிக்கவச்சன்|website =[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''Pattikaatu Thambi''||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1989 || ''Padicha Pulla''||
|-
| ''Mundhanai Sabadham''||
|-
| ''Penn Buthi Mun Buthi''||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990 || ''[[Paattali Magan]]''|| Also actor
|-
| ''[[Periya Idathu Pillai]]''||
|-
| ''[[Palaivana Paravaigal]]''|| Also actor
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1991 || ''Iravu Sooriyan''||
|-
| ''Naatai Thirudathe''||
|-
| ''[[Kaaval Nilayam]]''|| rowspan="6" | Also actor
|-
| ''[[Thangamana Thangachi]]''
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1992 || ''[[Ilavarasan]]''
|-
| ''[[Idhuthanda Sattam]]''
|-
| ''[[Natchathira Nayagan]]''
|-
| ''[[Pokkiri Thambi]]''
|-
| ''Chinna Poovai Killadhe''||
|-
| ''Paalaivana Ragangal''||
|-
| ''Deiva Kulandhai''||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[En Pondatti Nallava]]'' ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale]]'' ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Thambi Durai]]'' || Also actor
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Aasai Thambi]]'' ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Kambalahalli'' || Kannada film
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Unnai Naan]]'' || Also producer
|}

==Television==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Serial !! Channel
! Notes
|-
|2009–2011||''[[Magal (TV series)|Magal]]''||rowspan=3|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|
|-
|2011–2013||''[[Thangam (TV series)|Thangam]]''
|
|-
|2014–2016||''[[Ponnunjal (TV series)|Ponnoonjal]]''
|
|-
|2016–2017||''[[Arundhati (2016 TV series)|Arundhati]]''||[[Raj TV]]
|
|-
|2018–2020||''[[Nayaki (TV series)|Nayagi]]''||rowspan=2|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|
|-
|2021–2023||''[[Magarasi]]''
|
|-
|2021–2022||''[[Rettai Roja]]''||rowspan=2|[[Zee Tamil]]
|
|-
|2023 <br>2025||''[[Maari (TV series)|Maari]]''
|Special Appearance
|-
|rowspan="2"|2023–2024||''[[Anbe Vaa (2020 TV series)|Anbe Vaa]]''||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|
|-
|''[[Karthigai Deepam (TV series)|Karthigai Deepam]]''||[[Zee Tamil]]
|Extended Special Appearance
|-
|2024–present||[[Lakshmi (2024 TV series)|''Lakshmi'']]||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|
|-
|2024||''[[Thayamma Kudumbathaar]]''||[[DD Tamil]]
|
|-
|2025–present||''Dhanam''||rowspan="2" |[[Star Vijay]]
|
|-
|2025||''Sakthivel: Theeyaai Oru Theeraa Kaadhal''
|Special Appearance
|-
|2025–Present||''[[Parijatham (2025 TV series)|Paarijaatham]]''||[[Zee Tamil]]
|
|}

;Other works
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Serial !! Role!! Channel
|-
|2004-2006|| ''Kalki''|| Director || [[Jaya TV]]
|-
|2009–2010||''Rudra''||Director||[[Zee Tamizh]]
|-
|2020||''[[Minnale (TV series)|Minnale]]''||Dialogue Writer||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}

{{Senthilnathan}}

[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]
[[Category:Film producers from Chennai]]
[[Category:Tamil television directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]

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