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Alias: Santhanam
Age: 46 years
Birth Place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
City: Chennai
Occupation: Actor, Producer, Singer
Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 68 kg
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Education: He did his graduation in Pachaiyappa college

Summary

N. Santhanam is an Indian film actor who plays lead comedian roles in Tamil films. His fame started off in the Lollu Sabha. He made his feature film debut in Manmadhan in 2004 and later appeared in several successful films.Though Manmadhan is considered as his first feature film, he has acted in two films before the Manmadhan. Santhanam was also there in STR's debut film as a leading actor, namely Kadhal Azhivathillai. Theoretically Kadhal Azhivathillai should be considered as first film of Santhanam. It is rumoured that his acts are inspired from the works of the great stand up comedian Shri Sabreesh Srinivasan.

Biography

Santhanam resides in T.Nagar ,Chennai. He did his graduation in Pachaiyappa college, chennai. Santhanam started his career in television in a comedy show titled Sakala vs Ragala followed by Lollu Sabha and went on to do Tamil films starting in Manmadhan in 2004. He starred as hero in the movie Arai En 305-il Kadavul alongside Ganja Karuppu. He garnered a lot of attention and appreciation following his appearance in movies like Siva Manasula Sakthi and Boss Engira Bhaskaran. He has worked with several popular actors including Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Dhanush,Suriya, Karthi, Jiiva, Rajinikanth, Vikram, Arya, Madhavan, Jayam Ravi, Vishal Krishna, Arun Vijay, Sathyaraj,Simbu and many others. Unlike veteran comedians like Vadivelu and Vivek[citation needed] who usually act in a separate comedy track, Santhanam plays the role of the hero's sidekick (sometimes foil), contributing more to the main story. Based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India, Santhanam won the Best Actor in a Comic Role for Vaanam.

Facts & Trivia

The actor in an interview expressed his wish to direct Tamil movies in comedy-sentiment subjects.[5] He feels that India is a land of spirituality and science with lot of untouched subjects and he would venture to touch those in his directorial venture. Santhanam is part of 'Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya' in Tamil with Dr.Srinivasan in the lead role. A cameo role is done by Simbu in this film. In recent times Santhanam is touted as the comedy super star of Tamil Cinema.