Sanjeev (Tamil actor)

Sanjeev
File:Sanjeev Tamil actor.jpg Sanjeev after winning Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards for The Most Entertaining Actor of Television for Thirumathi Selvam - 2011
Born	Sanjeev
Occupation	Tamil Television Actor, Film Actor & Television host
Years active	1998-Present
Spouse(s)	Preethi Srinivasan(2009-Present)
Children	Laya

Sanjeev is a film actor and leading Tamil television actor. He is known for his role as Selvam in Superhit Tamil drama serial on Sun TV titled Thirumathi Selvam (2007-2013) in which he starred opposite Abitha. He has also appeared as Vijay's friend in a number of movies.

Personal life

Sanjeev is a close friend of Kollywood actor Vijay. Both of them studied visual communications at Loyola. He is the nephew of late actress Manjula Vijayakumar. His other friends in the industry are Deepak Dinkar and Shree. Sanjeev married leading television actress Preethi Srinivasan in 2009.

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.

Television

Television series	Year	Channel	Description
Nambikkai	2001-2003	Sun TV	Supporting Role
Metti Oli	2002-2005	Sun TV	Negative Role
Annamalai	2002-2005	Sun TV	Negative Role
Tharkappu Kalai Theeratha	2003-2007	Sun TV	Negative Role
Anandham	2003-2009	Sun TV	Supporting Role
Ahalya	2004-2006	Sun TV	Supporting Role / Negative Role
Manaivi	2004-2006	Sun TV	Negative Role
Veppilaikkari	2005-2007	Sun TV	Socio-mythological Weekly Drama
Penn	2006	Sun TV	Negative Role
Thirumathi Selvam	2007-2013	Sun TV	As Lead Actor Co-starring Abitha
Rekha IPS	2008-2010	Kalaignar TV	Supporting Role
Manikoondu	2008	Sun TV	As Lead Actor Co-starring Sreeja Chandran
Kalasam	2008-2009	Sun TV	Supporting Role
Sivasakthi	2008-2009	Sun TV	Negative Role
Vilakku Vacha Nerathula	2009-2011	Kalaignar TV	As Lead Actor Co-starring Sujitha
Idhayam	2009-2012	Sun TV	As Lead Actor Co-starring Nithya Das
Aval	2011-2013	STAR Vijay	As Lead Actor Co-starring Mahalakshmi
Thulasi	2011-2013	Zee Tamil	As Lead Actor Co-starring Chandra Lakshman
Karai	May 2014	Sun TV	As Lead Actor

Sanjeev is the host of the Dance reality show Maanada Mayilada on Kalaignar TV, directed by Kala Master from 2007 onwards.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Description
1989	Ponmana Selvan	Tamil		Goundamani's Son (Credited as Master Sanjay)
1995	Chandralekha	Tamil		Uncredited Role as Vijay's friend
1998	Nilaave Vaa	Tamil	Baasha	Supporting Role as Vijay's friend
2001	Badri	Tamil		Supporting Role as Vijay's friend
2002	En Mana Vaanil	Tamil		Supporting Role starring Jayasurya & Kavya Madhavan
2003	Puthiya Geethai	Tamil	Lawrence	Supporting Role as Vijay's friend
2006	Nenjirukkum Varai	Tamil		Supporting Role
2009	Palaivana Solai	Tamil	Ramana	Prominent Role

Awards & Honours

Year	Award	Category	Status	Role
2008	Vivel Chinnathirai Award	Best Actor Male	Winner	Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam
2009	Tamil Nadu State Award for Television	Best Actor Male	Winner	Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam
2010	Sun Kudumbam Awards	Best Actor Male	Winner	Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam
2011	Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards for Television	Most Entertaining Actor Male	Winner	Selvam - Thirumathi Selvam