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Santhanam Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Movies, Images

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July 20, 2023

Santhanam is an Indian actor and producer, who predominantly appears in Tamil films. He began his career as a Comedian on Television he rose to fame through his performances in the STAR Vijay’s Lollu Sabha, Santhanam enacted the lead role in the spoofs of Tamil films. He then has given a chance by the actor Silambarasan to feature in the supporting role in Manmadhan (2004) and then Santhanam was signed to appear in comedy roles in Tamil films. He has won good reviews for his work in Sachien (2005) and also in Polladhavan (2007). His DD Returns movie promotion interview with Vikatan went viral on the internet.

Biography

Name	Santhanam
Real Name	Santhanam
Nickname	Santa
Profession	Actor, Comedian, Producer
Date of Birth	21 January 1980
Age (as of 2023)	43
Zodiac sign	Yet to be updated
Father	Neelamegam
Mother	Yet to be updated
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	NA
Wife	Usha
Children	Son
Religion	Hindu
Educational Qualification	Graduate
School	Marya Nivas Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pozhichalur, Chennai
College	Meenakshi Krishnan Polytechnic College, Pammal, Chennai
Hobbies	Traveling, Listening to Music, Singing
Birth Place	Pozhichalur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Hometown	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Current City	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian

Social Media Profiles

Santhanam FACEBOOK

Santhanam TWITTER

Santhanam INSTAGRAM

Interesting Facts

Santhanam has appeared in one of the leading roles in Shankar’s Production Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008).
Then he successfully became one of the stable comedians in the Tamil film Industry. Santhanam has won Vijay Award for Best Comedian for the movie Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012).
Santhanam has starred in the leading roles in the action comedy Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham (2014), Inimey Ippadithaan (2015), Dhilluku Dhuddu (2016), and Sakka Podu Podu Raja in 2017. Now he is involved in the leading roles in the Tamil Cinema.
His Instagram account has over 904K followers (as of July 2023).

Movies

Year	Film	Role(s)	Notes
2002	Pesadha Kannum Pesume	Vikram's classmate	Tamil film debut
2002	Kadhal Azhivathillai	Simbhu's friend
2003	Alai
2004	Manmadhan	Bobby
2005	Sachien	Santhanam
2005	Englishkaran	College Student
2005	February 14	College Student
2005	Oru Kalluriyin Kathai	David
2005	Anbe Aaruyire	Jackie
2006	Idhaya Thirudan	Mahesh
2006	Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum	Arivu
2006	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Rajesh
2006	Vallavan	Bala
2006	Rendu	Seenu
2007	Veerasamy	Veera Saamy's friend
2007	Mudhal Kanave	Sathish
2007	Viyabari	Personal Assistant
2007	Kireedam	Balasubramaniam
2007	Veerappu	Puli's Friend
2007	Thottal Poo Malarum	Ravi's friend
2007	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Murugan
2007	Machakaaran
2007	Polladhavan	Sathish
2007	Billa	Krishna
2008	Kaalai
2008	Vaitheeswaran
2008	Kannum Kannum	Murali
2008	Santosh Subramaniam	Srinivasan
2008	Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul	Raasu	Debut in a lead role
2008	Kuselan	Nagercoil Nagaraj
2008	Jayamkondaan	Bhavani
2008	Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar
2008	Silambattam	Sama
2009	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Vivek	Vijay Award for Best Comedian
2009	Thoranai	Vellaichamy
2009	Maasilamani	Pazhani
2009	Vaamanan	Chandru
2009	Modhi Vilayadu	Kaduku
2009	Malai Malai	Vimal Haasan
2009	Kandein Kadhalai	Mokkai Raasu
2009	Kandhakottai	Velu
2009	Balam
2010	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai	Kumar
2010	Guru Sishyan
2010	Maanja Velu	Manikkam
2010	Thillalangadi	Dr. Putti Paul
2010	Moscowin Kavery	Devaraj
2010	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Nallathambi	Vijay Award for Best Comedian
2010	Enthiran	Siva
2010	Mandhira Punnagai	Senthil
2010	Chikku Bukku	Vijay
2010	Ayyanaar	Shiva
2010	Aattanayagan	Lingam's friend
2010	Chutti Chathan	Scientist Vasu
2011	Siruthai	Kaatuppoochi	Vijay Award for Best Comedian
2011	Thambikottai	Saisa
2011	Singam Puli	Buji Babu
2011	Vaanam	"Tantana Tan" Seenu
2011	Kandaen	Saami
2011	Udhayan	Mukundhan
2011	Deiva Thirumagal	Vinod
2011	Markandeyan	Yaanaimudi
2011	Yuvan Yuvathi	Sakkarai
2011	Vanthaan Vendraan	Delhi
2011	Vellore Maavattam	Kumaravel
2011	Velayudham	Speed
2011	Osthe	Selvam
2012	Vinayaka	Senthil	Scenes of Santhanam reshot for Tamil version only
2012	Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal	Chandru
2012	Kadhal Pisase	Srinath
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Parthasarathi (Partha)	Vijay Award for Best Comedian
2012	Leelai	Vicky
2012	Kalakalappu	Vettupuli
2012	Ishtam	Thiyagu
2012	Saguni	Appadurai (Rajni)
2012	Naan Ee	Poottu Govindhan
2012	Mirattal	Chari
2012	Thaandavam	Sathyan
2012	Podaa Podi	Himself	Guest appearance in "Love Pannlama" song
2012	Neethaane En Ponvasantham	Prakash
2013	Alex Pandian	Kaalayan
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Kaalkattu Kaliyaperumal	Also producer
2013	Settai	Nagaraj (Nadupakka Nakki)
2013	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Nokia	Vijay Award for Best Comedian
2013	Thillu Mullu	American Mappilai	Guest appearance
2013	Singam 2	Susai
2013	Pattathu Yaanai	Poongavanam (Gouravam)
2013	Thalaivaa	Logu
2013	Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu	Gopal
2013	Ya Ya	Rajkiran (Sehwag)
2013	Raja Rani	Sarathy
2013	Vanakkam Chennai	Narayanan
2013	All in All Azhagu Raja	Kalyanam/Kaali
2013	Endrendrum Punnagai	Baby
2014	Veeram	Bail Perumal
2014	Salalah Mobiles	Azhagarsamy	Malayalam film debut
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu	Ezhumugam
2014	Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal	Mayilvaganam
2014	Bramman	Nandhu
2014	Thalaivan	Kannan
2014	Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham	Shakthi	Also producer
2014	Vanavarayan Vallavarayan	Anjali's suitor	Guest appearance
2014	Aranmanai	Paalsaamy
2014	Lingaa	Lingaa's sidekick
2015	I	Babu
2015	Aambala	Inspector RDX Rajasekhar
2015	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	Thothathri "Paartha"
2015	Nannbenda	Sivakozhundhu (kozhundhu)
2015	Inimey Ippadithaan	Seenu	Also producer
2015	Vaalu	Tyre
2015	Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga	Vasu
2016	Vaaliba Raja	Raja
2016	Idhu Namma Aalu	Sherlock Holmes	Guest appearance
2016	Dhilluku Dhuddu	Kumar
2016	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	Nasa
2016	Nambiar	Nambiar
2017	Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal	Santhanam	Guest appearance
2017	Sakka Podu Podu Raja	Santa
2019	Dhilluku Dhuddu 2	Viji	Also producer
2019	A1	Saravanan
2020	Dagaalty	Guru
2020	Biskoth	Raja /Rajasimma
2021	Parris Jayaraj	Jayaraj
2021	Dikkiloona	Mani
2021	Sabhaapathy	Sabhaapathy
2022	Gulu Gulu	Gulu Gulu
2022	Agent Kannayiram	Detective Kanayiram
2023	Kick	TBA
2023	DD Returns	TBA
TBA	Vadakkupatti Ramasamy	TBA

As Singer

2013 – Thalaiva
2016 – Nambiar
2022 – Kick

Television

Year	Show	Role	TV Channel
2000-2001	Tea Kadai Bench		Win TV
2003	Annamalai	Sakthi	Sun TV
2003	Sagalai Vs Ragalai		STAR Vijay
2003–2004	Lollu Sabha		STAR Vijay

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2009	4th Vijay Awards	Best Comedian	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Won
2010	58th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Nominated
2010	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Comedian	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Won
2010	Edison Awards (India)	Best Comedian	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Won
2010	5th Vijay Awards	Best Comedian	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Won
2011	59th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor	Deiva Thirumagal	Nominated
2011	59th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor	Siruthai	Nominated
2011	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Comedian	Deiva Thirumagal	Won
2011	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Comedian	Velayudham	Won
2011	6th Vijay Awards	Best Comedian	Deiva Thirumagal	Won
2011	SIIMA Awards	Best Comedian	Vaanam	Won
2012	7th Vijay Awards	Best Comedian	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Won
2012	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Comedian	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Won
2012	60th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Nominated
2012	SIIMA Awards	Best Comedian	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Nominated
2012	Chennai Times Award	Best Comedian	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Won
2012	Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards	Best Comedian	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Won
2012	Edison Awards (India)	Best Comedian	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Won
2013	8th Vijay Awards	Best Comedian	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Won
2013	SIIMA Awards	Best Comedian	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Nominated
2013	Behindwoods Gold Medal Award	Best Acting Performance	Raja Rani	Won
2013	Behindwoods Gold Medal Award	Best Acting Performance	Endrendrum Punnagai	Won
2015	SIIMA Awards	Best Comedian	Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga	Nominated
2015	Vijay Awards	Best Comedian	Aranmanai	Nominated
2018	Kalaimamani Award	Contribution to the field of art and literature	N/A	Won

Images

Here are the latest photos of Santhanam,

FAQ

Who Introduced Santhanam?

After seeing his talent actor Silambarasan offered him a supporting role in the Manmadhan movie.

Who is Santhanam Wife?

Usha

Did Santhanam get Married?

Yes, he got married to a woman named Usha in 2004.

When Was Santhanam Born?

He was born on 21 January 1980. As of 2023, he was 43 years old.

What is the Salary of Santhanam?

As per sources, he gets paid around rupees 3 – 5 crore per film.

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