Sanjeev Venkat

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Sanjeev Venkat
Born
Sanjeev Venkatasubramanian

(1975-09-28) 28 September 1975 (age 48)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
OccupationActor, TV host
Years active1989 – present
Spouse(s)
Preethi Srinivasan
(
m. 2009)
Children2
RelativesSindhu (sister)
Manjula Vijayakumar (aunt)

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.

Personal life[edit]

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. Sanjeev has two children: Laya, who was born in May 2010, and Adhav, who was born in April 2014.[3]

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Television soaps[edit]

Year Title Role References Channel
2002-2003 Metti Oli Ilango Debut series[4] Sun TV
2002-2003 Nambikkai Sanjay Sun TV
2003 Panam Sundar DD Podhigai[5][6]
2003-2005 Annamalai Vinayagam "Vinay" Sun TV
2003-2007 Avargal Ravindran Sun TV
2003-2007 Tharkappu Kalai Theeratha Gokula Krishnan Sun TV
2003-2009 Anandham Arjun Sun TV
2004-2006 Ahalya Siddharth Sun TV
2004-2006 Manaivi Madhan/Nandhakumar Sun TV
2005-2007 Veppilaikkari Muthu Raghupathy "Raghupathy" Sun TV
2004 - 2007 My Dear Bootham Vijay Sun TV
2006 Super Boy[7] Telugu
2006-2007 Kasthuri Raghav Sun TV
2006-2007 Saradha Suriya Raj TV
2006 Penn Solaiyappan "Solai" Sun TV
2007-2013 Thirumathi Selvam Selvam Sun TV
2008-2010 Rekha IPS Prasanna Kalaignar
2008 Manikoondu Siva Sun TV
2008 Kalasam Suriya Sun TV
2009 Sivasakthi Sevvazhai Sun TV
2009 Naanal Kumaran/Ganesh (Doctor and Police Officer) Dual role revealed in climax of that series Kalaignar
2009-2010 Megala Prathap/Kannan Sun TV
2009-2011 Vilakku Vacha Nerathula Prathap Kalaignar
2010-2012 Idhayam Valmiki Sun TV
2011 Thendral Selvam Crossover episode Thirumathi Selvam Thendral Kudumbam in 2011 Sun TV
2011-2013 Aval Mahesh STAR Vijay
2011-2013 Thulasi Prasanna Zee Thamizh
May 2014 Karai Raghavan Sun TV
2017-2018 Yaradi Nee Mohini Mutharasan "Muthu" Zee Thamizh
2018–2020 Kanmani Kannan/Kali Sun TV
2021 Chithi 2 Thirunavukkarasu Sun TV

Films[edit]

  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
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
TBA
Yaanai
TBA

Reality shows/live shows[edit]

Year Title Role Channel Note
2007–2013 Maanada Mayilada Anchor Kalaignar
2007–2013 Maanada Mayilada Grand Finale Anchor Kalaignar
2012 Kaiyil Oru Kodi Are You Ready? Himself (guest, episode: 29) Sun TV
2013 Namma Veetu Kalyanam Himself (guest, episode: 222) Vijay TV
2017 Zee Dance League Contestant Zee Thamizh
2017 Zee Super Talents Anchor Zee Thamizh
2017 Mersal Audio Launch Anchor Sun TV
2021–2022 Bigg Boss Tamil 5 Contestant Star Vijay Entered on Day 53 as Wild card Contestant but evicted on Day 91

Dubbing artist[edit]

Year Title Actor Description Language
2003 Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu Mithun Tejaswi Tamil
2004 Ramakrishna Jai Akash Tamil
2011 Uyarthiru 420 Snehan Tamil

Awards and honours[edit]

Year Award Category Series Role Result Notes
2008 Vivel Chinnathirai Award[8] 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[9] 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[10] Best Jodi Kanmani Kannan & Soundarya Won Won with Leesha Eclairs

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "New Face Sanjeev!". dinakaran.com. 26 June 2004. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004.
  2. ↑ "Vijay's friends Sanjeev, Sriman and Srinath join Thalpathy 64". The New Indian Express.
  3. ↑ Sanjeev's family -wife, daughter and son, 24 January 2020
  4. ↑ "'I don't want to give up TV shows'". Rediff.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Panam - Episode 1". YouTube. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Panam - Episode 8". YouTube. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Saregama TVShows (20 November 2014), Super Boy | Telugu Sci-Fi Serial | Epi 1, retrieved 10 June 2018
  8. ↑ The Editor (17 November 2009). "Winners List of VIVEL CHINNA THIRAI AWARDS 2008". South Indian Cinema. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  9. ↑ Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards
  10. ↑ "சிறந்த ஜோடி - சஞ்சீவ் & லீஷா (கண்மணி) - Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2019 - Sun TV". YouTube. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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