Santhanam

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jan 21, 1980 (45 years old)

Santhanam

Known For

80's Buildup
2h 2m
Movie 2023

80's Buildup

A youngster accepts his sister's challenge to make the girl who has come to his grandfather's funeral to fall in love with him before the last rites are done.

Kick
2h 1m
Movie 2023

Kick

A young advertisement director, who conducts business with models and entertainers, suddenly has the chance to take over the global corporation by masquerading as the fake son of a CEO. While being chased by investors who lost money because of his enterprise, he falls in love.

DD Returns
2h 5m
Movie 2023

DD Returns

Madhi and his friends hides a bag full of money and jewels in a haunted bungalow to ditch the police. When he goes to retrieve the bag, a ghost makes him play a survival game in order to leave with the bag.

Agent Kannayiram
2h 23m
Movie 2022

Agent Kannayiram

A struggling private detective is drawn towards a mystery around unidentified dead bodies turning up near railway tracks, and soon the case becomes significant both at the professional and personal levels.

Gulu Gulu
2h 2m
Movie 2022

Gulu Gulu

A travel junkie with no one particular identity to himself creates a chaos when he sets out to help a group to rescue their friend.

Sabhaapathy
2h 3m
Movie 2021

Sabhaapathy

A young man who has a speech disorder ends up with a suitcase filled with money that belongs to a corrupt politician.

Dikkiloona
2h 24m
Movie 2021

Dikkiloona

Frustrated with his troubled married life, a man goes back in time to stop his marriage from ever happening.

Dikkiloona
2h 24m
Movie 2021

Dikkiloona

Frustrated with his troubled married life, a man goes back in time to stop his marriage from ever happening.

Parris Jayaraj
2h 16m
Movie 2021

Parris Jayaraj

The relationship between a gaana singer and his girlfriend goes topsy-turvy after they realise a shocking truth about their respective fathers.

Biskoth
1h 50m
Movie 2020

Biskoth

The son of a biscuit maker grows up as a worker in the company that his dead father founded. One say, a guardian angel walks into his life, and tells him stories that change his life for the better.

Biography

Santhanam is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films as a comedian. Beginning his career as a comedian on television shows, he rose to fame through his performances in Vijay TV's Lollu Sabha enacting the lead role in spoofs of Tamil films. He was subsequently given a chance by actor Silambarasan to feature in a supporting role in Manmadhan (2004) and then was signed on to appear in a host of films, notably winning good reviews for his work in Sachien (2005) and Polladhavan (2007). His consistently well-received performances and box office appeal in the early 2010s prompted the film industry to dub him as the "Comedy Superstar". In 2012, he began a film production company named Handmade Films and produced his first film, Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013), which went on to become a commercially successful venture. Meanwhile in 2014, he starred in the leading role again in the action comedy Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham (2014), winning critical and commercial acclaim. In Dec 2015 Forbes India Magazine listed Santhanam in 2015 Celebrity 100, at the 52nd position and at 17 by Money Rank (earnings)