Sathyan (Tamil actor)

Sathyan
Sathyan
Born	11 June 1975 (age 48); Semmedu, Coimbatore, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Parent(s)	Madhampatty Sivakumar (father);
Relatives	Sathyaraj (uncle); Sibiraj (cousin)

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Sathyan Sivakumar (born 11 June 1975) and known mononymously as Sathyan, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is the only son of veteran producer, Madhampatty Sivakumar.^[1] Making debut as a Junior Artist in the Movie Poovum Puyalum and as lead in Ilaiyavan, he subsequently has been appearing mainly in supporting and comedic roles in over sixty Tamil films.^[2]

Early life[edit]

Sathyan was born to film producer Mathampatti Sivakumar. Actor Sathyaraj is his uncle, while Sibiraj is his cousin. Sathyan studied at PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore. After graduating with a BBM degree, he entered the film industry by playing the lead role in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Ilaiyavan, which was produced by his father himself. He then acted in Kanna Unnai Thedukiren, both of these films which featured him in lead role failed at box-office and Sathyan chose to portray comedy roles.^[3] He later appeared in a pivotal role in Maayavi (2005), where he worked alongside Suriya and Jyothika.^[2]

After a series of small supporting roles, he received another break portraying the role of Srivatsan in Shankar's Nanban (2012) and then featured alongside Vijay again in a pivotal role in A R Murugadoss's Thuppakki. He featured as one of the four main leads in boy-adventure films Onbadhule Guru (2013) and Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (2013), while also starring in the commercially successful romantic comedy, Raja Rani (2013) as Jai's colleague.

Filmography[edit]

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Poovum Puyalum		Special appearance in the song "Paar Thambi Sahayam"
1998	Kaadhale Nimmadhi	Akash
2000	Ilaiyavan	Bharathi
2001	Kanna Unnai Thedukiren
2002	Mutham	Pazhani
2003	Boys	Dheepu
2004	Kovil
	Jai
	Arul	Senthil
	Manmadhan
	Maha Nadigan
2005	Devathayai Kanden
	Maayavi	Sathyaraj
	Sachein
	February 14	Arvind Swamy
	Oru Naal Oru Kanavu	Kumara
	Ghajini
	Aaru	Kailash
2006	Paramasivan
	Thirupathi
	Vathiyar
	Vallavan
2007	Aalwar
	Viyabari
	Kireedam
	Azhagiya Tamil Magan
2008	Velli Thirai	Thirupathi
	Santosh Subramaniam	Muthu
	Aegan	Mani
2009	A Aa E Ee
	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Shanmugam
	Solla Solla Inikkum
	Aadhavan	Murugan
	Palaivana Solai
	Sirithal Rasipen	Purushothaman
	Vettaikaaran	Sugu
2010	Porkkalam	Sathya
	Rasikkum Seemane
	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai	Vishnu
	Thillalangadi	Dass
	Vallakottai	Giri
2011	Maapillai
	Konjam Sirippu Konjam Kobam
	Kasethan Kadavulada
	Vellore Maavattam
	Raa Raa
	Rowthiram	P.Ramanujam
	Mittai
	Yuvan Yuvathi
2012	Nanban	Srivatsan (Silencer)
2012	Thuppakki	Balaji
2013	Onbadhule Guru	Ranga
	Moondru Per Moondru Kadal
	Thillu Mullu	Sathyan
	Raja Rani	Iyappan	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian
	Naiyaandi	Paraman
	Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham	Gopi
2015	Puli	Sama
2016	24	Saravanan
2016	Wagah	Pazhani
2017	Mersal	Maniya
	Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru	Theeran's friend
	Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal	Radha
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Muthukrishnan
2018	Gulaebaghavali	Mayilvakanam
2019	Raatchasi	PT Master
	Petromax	Nandha
	Capmaari	J.D
2020	Bheeshma	Parimal's Boss	Telugu Film
2021	Iruvar Ullam
2021	Annaatthe	Angayarkanni's brother
2022	Radhe Shyam		Telugu and Hindi Film

Dubbing artist

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2019	Frozen II	Olaf

References[edit]

↑ Tamil Movie Interview : Satyan. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-03.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Arts / Cinema : My First Break: Sathyan. The Hindu (6 November 2010). Retrieved on 2012-01-03.
↑ "A transition well remembered". The Hindu. 26 July 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

External links[edit]

Sathyan on IMDb

[1] Tamil Movie Interview : Satyan. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-03.

[thehindu1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Arts / Cinema : My First Break: Sathyan. The Hindu (6 November 2010). Retrieved on 2012-01-03.

[3] "A transition well remembered". The Hindu. 26 July 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

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