Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)

Sanjeev
Sanjeev
Born	Sanjeev Venkatasubramanian; 28 September 1975; Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation	Tamil TV and film actor, TV host
Years active	1989 – present
Spouse(s)	Preethi Srinivasan (m. 2009)
Children	2
Relatives	Sindhu (sister); Manjula Vijayakumar (aunt)

Sanjeev (born 28 September 1975) is a film actor and leading Tamil television actor. He is known for his role as Selvam in Tamil drama serial on Sun TV titled Thirumathi Selvam (2007-2013) in which he starred opposite Abitha and the serial was telecasted for almost 6 years, with Sanjeev gaining huge recognition and appreciation for his dedication and hard work. He has acted in many other numerous serials (to name a few, Metti Oli, Anandham, Annamalai, Aval and presently Yaaradi Nee Mohini) and has played the role of both Protagonist and Antagonists. He has also appeared as Vijay's friend in a number of movies at the start of his acting career. Sanjeev is now fondly known as the television superstar, after being in the industry for around 17 years, still playing the main lead in serials and hosting programs like Maanada Mayilada.

Personal life

Sanjeev is a close friend of Kollywood actor Vijay. 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, first girl (Laya) and then a boy (Adhav).[1]

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.

Filmography

Television soaps

Year	Title	Role	References	Channel
2001-2002	Nambikkai	Sanjay	Appearance in 2002 episodes	Sun TV
2002-2005	Metti Oli	Ilango	Debut series[2]	Sun TV
2002-2005	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		Sun TV
2005-2007	Veppilaikkari	Muthu Raghupathy "Raghupathy"		Sun TV
2004 - 2007	My Dear Bootham	Vijay		Sun TV
2006	Super Boy[3]	Telugu
2006-2012	Kasthuri	Raghav		Sun TV
2006-2008	Saradha	Suriya		Raj TV
2006	Penn	Solaiyappan "Solai"		Sun TV
2007-2010	Megala	Prathap/Kannan		Sun TV
2007-2013	Thirumathi Selvam	Selvam		Sun TV
2008-2010	Rekha IPS	Prasanna		Kalaignar
2008	Manikoondu	Siva		Sun TV
2008-2009	Kalasam	Suriya		Sun TV
2008-2009	Sivasakthi			Sun TV
2008-2009	Naanal	Police Officer		Kalaignar
2009-2011	Vilakku Vacha Nerathula	Prathap		Kalaignar
2009-2012	Idhayam	Valmiki		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–Present	Kanmani	Kannan		Sun TV

Films

All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Key
	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	Puthiya Geethai	Lawrence
2005	Selvam	Senthil
2006	Nenjirukkum Varai	Sanjeev
2009	Palaivana Solai	Ramana
2018	Saamy 2	Santhosh
2019	Agni Devi	Deepak
2020	Master	TBA	Filming

Reality shows/live shows

Year	Title	Role	Channel
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

Dubbing artist

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

Awards and honours

Year	Award	Category	Series	Role	Result	Notes
2008	Vivel Chinnathirai Award[4]	Best Actor	Thirumathi Selvam	Selvam	Won
2008	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[5]	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

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References

Sanjeev's family -wife, daughter and son, 24 January 2020
"'I don't want to give up TV shows'". Rediff.com.
Saregama TVShows (20 November 2014), Super Boy | Telugu Sci-Fi Serial | Epi 1, retrieved 10 June 2018
The Editor. "Winners List of VIVEL CHINNA THIRAI AWARDS 2008". South Indian Cinema.
Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards

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[1] Sanjeev's family -wife, daughter and son, 24 January 2020

[2] "'I don't want to give up TV shows'". Rediff.com.

[3] Saregama TVShows (20 November 2014), Super Boy | Telugu Sci-Fi Serial | Epi 1, retrieved 10 June 2018

[4] The Editor. "Winners List of VIVEL CHINNA THIRAI AWARDS 2008". South Indian Cinema.

[5] Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards