Senthil Kumar

Senthil Kumar (Tamil: செந்தில் குமார்; born 18 October 1978), popularly known as Mirchi Senthil [1][2][3] is an Indian film and television actor, television presenter, radio jockey and voice actor.[4] He began his career as a radio jockey [5] with the radio station Radio Mirchi. He performed in the lead character Saravanan in STAR Vijay's sensational serial Saravannan Meenatchi. Senthil and his co-star Sreeja Chandran had married on 2 July 2014 in a private function in Tirupathi.[6] He made his debut as a film actor in Thavamai Thavamirundhu and has continued acting in lead roles in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae, Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, Vennila Veedu and more.

Senthil Kumar
Senthil at Vennila Veedu Audio Release
Born	(1978-10-18) 18 October 1978 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Mirchi Senthil
Occupation	Actor, Radio jockey, Television presenter
Years active	2003 – present
Spouse(s)	Sreeja Chandran

Personal life

Senthil was born in Chennai on 18 October 1978 to S. Govindan and Premavathy. He did his schooling in Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He has completed his Bachelors (BCom) at Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai and Masters (Master of Finance and Control)[6] at Madurai Kamaraj University. He had a brief career stint in banking industry before he moved on to the media. He married his co-star of Madurai & Saravanan Meenatchi Tamil serials fame Malayalam-Tamil actress Sreeja Chandran. Senthil confirmed his marriage with Sreeja on his radio show (Neenga Naan Raja Sir on 8 July 2014) His sudden marriage announcement created a buzz amongst their thousands of worldwide fans in joy of their marriage

Career

Radio

Senthil joined Radio Mirchi, Chennai as a Radio Jockey[7] in 2003 and has performed various roles such as Radio producer, EP and Programming Head. Later he moved to Coimbatore to head Coimbatore Radio Mirchi[5] for 4 years. He has hosted many shows like Mirchi Gold, Mirchi Bazaar, Pettai Raap and Love Talkies. Currently, he is presenting a culture based story program Neenga Naan Raja Sir[8] which is a special program on the music Ilaiyaraaja's music that is aired between 9 PM and 11PM from Monday to Saturday. This is a very popular program and was acknowledged and endorsed by music Ilaiyaraaja himself. In 2016 may, he finished that show and started a new show called " Sentilin sutta kadhai" (Senthil's stolen stories), which tell interesting short moral stories from around earth.

Television

Senthil played the lead character in the successful television serial named Madurai [9] in STAR Vijay telecasted from 2007 to 2009. Following the success of this serial, Senthil has played the lead character by the name Saravanan again in another sensational serial Saravanan Meenatchi[10][11][12][13] in STAR Vijay. Senthil rose to fame following his performances in these two serials and is very popular by his character name Saravanan.

Senthil has performed in a micro-serial 777[14] for Polimer TV which was directed by the movie director Manobala.

Apart from the serials, Senthil has hosted a number of shows for STAR Vijay. He has hosted a weekly movie review show Tamil Cinema Indha Vaaram in which he discusses about the movies along with the cast and crew of the movie. Senthil has conducted a game show for women by name Boxing for Polimer TV.

Film

Senthil made his Tamil film debut in the 2005 film Thavamai Thavamirundhu in which he played the elder brother of director Cheran. He was nominated for Filmfare awards for the best supporting actor category. He won his first lead role in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae which had the music score by Ilaiyaraaja. This is followed by Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal,Pappali,Vennaliveedu,Romba nallavan da.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Ramanathan	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
2007	Evano Oruvan	Sridhar's friend
2007	Chennai 600028	Radio Jockey
2012	Sengathu Bhoomiyilae	Chinnasamy
2013	Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal	Mahesh
2014	Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham	Raja
2014	Pappali	Karthik
2014	Vennila Veedu	Karthik
2015	Rombha Nallavan Da Nee	Bhaskar

As Radio Jockey

Show	Year	Timings	Notes
Mirchi Gold	2003 to 2007	9PM to 11PM	This show played the songs from old Tamil movies.
Mirchi Bazaar	2005 to 2007	11AM to 2PM	This was a ladies special program. Senthil co-hosted this with RJ Deva.
Pettai Raap	2003 to 2006	4PM	This program was aired on Sundays.
Neenga Naan Raja Sir	2010 to 2015	9PM to 11PM	This show plays the best of Ilayaraja's songs from 80s
Mirchi Sutta Kadhai	2015 Onwards	9PM to 11PM

• Love Talkies is a unique concept in radio in which stories and characters are created and played along with the Tamil movie songs. Senthil has been a part of many radio movies.

As Television Actor

Year	Serial	Role	Notes
2007 to 2009	Madurai	Seigai Saravanan	for STAR Vijay
2011 to 2013	Saravannan Meenatchi	Saravanan	for STAR Vijay
2010	Kallikaattu Pallikoodam	Bala	for STAR Vijay
2012	Micro-serial 777		for Polimer
2016	Achcham Thavir	Himself	for STAR Vijay
2016–2017	Mappillai	Senthil	for STAR Vijay
2017	Kalyanam Conditions Apply	Senthil	Web series
2018–present	Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar	Mayan and Aravind	for STAR Vijay
2019	Kalyanam Conditions Apply 2.0	Senthil	Web series

As Television presenter

• A song review show Gaanamum Kaatchiyum for the TV channel Pudhu Yugam (Every Sunday @ 9 AM) [15]
• Tamil Cinema Indha Vaaram for STAR Vijay
• Kadal Movie Special for STAR Vijay
• Paradesi Movie Special for STAR Vijay
• Ajith special for STAR Vijay
• Dhanush special for STAR Vijay

Awards & Honours

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2005	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Tamil	Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Nominated
2012	Mylapore Academy Awards	Best Actor	Saravanan Meenatchi	Won
2014	Vijay Television Awards	Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actor	Saravanan Meenatchi	Won
		Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair	Saravanan Meenatchi	Won
2017	Vijay Television Awards	Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair	Mappillai	Won
		Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actor	Mappillai	Won

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References

1. "Mirchi Senthil Biography Profile - Actors Tamil". Cinema.pluz.in. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
2. "Actor Mirchi Senthil | Mirchi Senthil Latest News | Mirchi Senthil Biography | Mirchi Senthil Filmography | Mirchi Senthil Photos | Mirchi Senthil Videos". Spicyonion.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
3. Malini, Shankaran. "A gifted multi-tasker!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
4. "Radio Rage". The Hindu. 25 August 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
5. "RJ Senthil - RJ Senthil Profile | Coimbatore Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM".
6. "Saravanan and Meenakshi married in real life too". Jul 10, 2014. The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
7. "RJ Mirchi Senthil - RJ Mirchi Senthil Profile | Chennai Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM".
8. "Neenga Naan Raja Sir - Program Guide | Chennai Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM". Radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
9. "Thoughts on Madurai – a Star Vijay serial | VM\'s Random Ramblings". Vmminerva.wordpress.com. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
10. News, Express (28 August 2012). "Mylapore academy honours veterans". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
11. "Celebrating a reel wedding..." The Hindu. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
12. "Star-studded affair". The Hindu. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
13. "Senthil-Sreeja of Saravanan Meenatchi on big screen". Chakpak. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
14. "777 - Triple Seven - A New Approach To Serials - Polimer TV". YouTube. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
15. http://www.puthuyugam.tv/share.php?vtnid=KzE2NjY4NHx8MTQ4Mnx8NDk5fHx8fDEw&vtntitle=GANAMUM+KATCHIYUM+PROMO

External links

• Senthil on IMDb