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			{{Short description\|Indian painter, activist, and actor}}
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Veera Santhanam		\| name = Veera Santhanam
	\| occupation = {{hlist\|Painter\|activist\|actor}}		\| occupation = {{hlist\|Painter\|activist\|actor}}
	\| death_date = 13 ~~July 2017~~		\| death_date = {{ddga\|2017\|7\|13\|71}}
			\| years_active = 1989{{endash}}present
	}}		}}
	'''Veera Santhanam''' was an Indian painter, activist, and actor.		'''Veera Santhanam''' was an Indian painter, activist, and actor known for creating [[Mullivaikal Muttram]].

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	He graduated from [[Government Arts College, Kumbakonam\|Kumbakonam Arts College]] and his paintings are inspired by murals and everyday life in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/nov/18/art-and-a-cup-of-coffee-1540083.html\|title=Art and a cup of coffee\|work=[[New Indian Express]]\|date=18 November 2016}}</ref> As an activist, he supported [[Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism]] during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War\|civil war]] in the country.<ref name="A">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/painter-veera-santhanam-dead/article19273344.ece\|title=Painter Veera Santhanam dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He also acted in several films including the Tamil film ''[[Kaththi]]'' (2014).<ref name="B">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/140717/artist-activist-veera-santhanam-passes-away.html\|title=Artist-activist Veera Santhanam passes away\|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]\|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He played the lead role in ''Gnanaserukku'' (~~2020~~) ~~won several international awards in world film festival,~~ directed by the independent filmmaker Dharani Rajendran.<ref name="C">{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/late-artist-veera-santhanam-is-the-lead-in-this-film/articleshow/68922367.cms\|title=Late artist Veera Santhanam is the lead in this film\|date=18 April 2019\|first=M.\|last=Suganth}}</ref> He won Best Actor award at Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela.<ref name="C"/>		He graduated from [[Government Arts College, Kumbakonam\|Kumbakonam Arts College]] and his paintings are inspired by murals and everyday life in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/nov/18/art-and-a-cup-of-coffee-1540083.html\|title=Art and a cup of coffee\|work=[[New Indian Express]]\|date=18 November 2016}}</ref> As an activist, he supported [[Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism]] during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War\|civil war]] in the country.<ref name="A">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/painter-veera-santhanam-dead/article19273344.ece\|title=Painter Veera Santhanam dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He also acted in several films including the Tamil film ''[[Kaththi]]'' (2014).<ref name="B">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/140717/artist-activist-veera-santhanam-passes-away.html\|title=Artist-activist Veera Santhanam passes away\|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]\|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He played the lead role in ''Gnanaserukku'' (2018) directed by the independent filmmaker Dharani Rajendran.<ref name="C">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/late-artist-veera-santhanam-is-the-lead-in-this-film/articleshow/68922367.cms\|title=Late artist Veera Santhanam is the lead in this film\|date=18 April 2019\|first=M.\|last=Suganth\|newspaper=The Times of India }}</ref> He won Best Actor award at Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela.<ref name="C"/>

	~~== Notable artworks ==~~
	*[[Mullivaikal Muttram]]

	== Filmography ==		== Filmography ==
	*''All films are in Tamil.''		{{Colbegin}}
	{~~\| class="wikitable sortable"~~		*''[[Sandhya Raagam (1989 film)\|Sandhya Raagam]]'' (1989)
	\|-		*''[[Aval Peyar Thamizharasi]]'' (2010)
	~~! Year~~		*''[[Magizhchi]]'' (2010)
	~~! Film~~		*''[[Velayudham]]'' (2011)
	~~! Role~~		*''[[Pizza (2012 film)\|Pizza]]'' (2012)
	~~! Notes~~		*''[[Pizza II: Villa]]'' (2013)
	\|-		*''[[Jannal Oram]]'' (2013)
	~~\| 1989 \|\|~~ ''[[Sandhya Raagam (1989 film)\|Sandhya Raagam]]'' ~~\|\| Vasu \|\|~~		*''[[Kaththi]]'' (2014)
	\|-		*''[[Anegan]]'' (2015)
	~~\| rowspan="2"\|2010 \|\|~~ ''[[Aval Peyar Thamizharasi]]'' ~~\|\| Siva Rao \|\|~~		*''[[Urumeen]]'' (2015)
	\|-		*''Gnanaserukku'' (2018) (posthumous release)
	\| ''[[Magizhchi]]'' ~~\|\| Kannupillai \|\|~~		{{colend}}
	\|-
	~~\| 2011 \|\|~~ ''[[Velayudham]]'' ~~\|\| \|\|~~
	\|-
	~~\| 2012 \|\|~~ ''[[Pizza (2012 film)\|Pizza]]'' ~~\|\| Exorcist \|\|~~
	\|-
	~~\| rowspan="2"\|2013 \|\|~~ ''[[Pizza II: Villa]]'' ~~\|\| Zamindar \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|''[[Jannal Oram]]'' ~~\|\| \|\|~~
	\|-
	~~\| 2014 \|\|~~ ''[[Kaththi]]'' ~~\|\| Old Villager \|\|~~
	\|-
	~~\| rowspan="2"\|2015 \|\|~~ ''[[Anegan]]'' ~~\|\| Guruji \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|''[[Urumeen]]'' ~~\|\| \|\|~~
	\|-
	~~\| 2020 \|\|~~''Gnanaserukku'' ~~\|\| Veeranediyon \|\| Yet to be released~~
	\|}

	== Death ==		== Death ==
	He died on 13 July 2017 at age 71.<ref name="A"/><ref name="B"/> He died four days after dubbing for his role in ''Gnanaserukku''~~, which is yet to be release~~.<ref name="C"/>		He died on 13 July 2017 at age 71.<ref name="A"/><ref name="B"/> He died four days after dubbing for his role in ''Gnanaserukku''.<ref name="C"/>

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{Infobox person
| name = Veera Santhanam
| occupation = {{hlist|Painter|activist|actor}}
| death_date = 13 July 2017
}}
'''Veera Santhanam''' was an Indian painter, activist, and actor.

== Career ==
He graduated from [[Government Arts College, Kumbakonam|Kumbakonam Arts College]] and his paintings are inspired by murals and everyday life in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/nov/18/art-and-a-cup-of-coffee-1540083.html|title=Art and a cup of coffee|work=[[New Indian Express]]|date=18 November 2016}}</ref> As an activist, he supported [[Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism]] during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|civil war]] in the country.<ref name="A">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/painter-veera-santhanam-dead/article19273344.ece|title=Painter Veera Santhanam dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He also acted in several films including the Tamil film ''[[Kaththi]]'' (2014).<ref name="B">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/140717/artist-activist-veera-santhanam-passes-away.html|title=Artist-activist Veera Santhanam passes away|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He played the lead role in ''Gnanaserukku'' (2020) won several international awards in world film festival, directed by the independent filmmaker Dharani Rajendran.<ref name="C">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/late-artist-veera-santhanam-is-the-lead-in-this-film/articleshow/68922367.cms|title=Late artist Veera Santhanam is the lead in this film|date=18 April 2019|first=M.|last=Suganth}}</ref> He won Best Actor award at Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela.<ref name="C"/>

== Notable artworks ==
*[[Mullivaikal Muttram]]

== Filmography ==
*''All films are in Tamil.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Sandhya Raagam (1989 film)|Sandhya Raagam]]'' || Vasu ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010 || ''[[Aval Peyar Thamizharasi]]'' || Siva Rao ||
|-
| ''[[Magizhchi]]'' || Kannupillai ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Velayudham]]'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Pizza (2012 film)|Pizza]]'' || Exorcist ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2013 || ''[[Pizza II: Villa]]'' || Zamindar ||
|-
|''[[Jannal Oram]]'' || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Kaththi]]'' || Old Villager ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2015 || ''[[Anegan]]'' || Guruji ||
|-
|''[[Urumeen]]'' || ||
|-
| 2020 ||''Gnanaserukku'' || Veeranediyon || Yet to be released
|}

== Death ==
He died on 13 July 2017 at age 71.<ref name="A"/><ref name="B"/> He died four days after dubbing for his role in ''Gnanaserukku'', which is yet to be release.<ref name="C"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|3723396}}

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[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]

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