Sananth is an Indian actor who has worked in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

. After initially appearing in several short films, Sananth made his feature film debut in Ajay Gnanamuthu's horror film ''

Demonte Colony ''Demonte Colony'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film written and directed by R Ajay Gnanamuthu. The film stars Arulnithi. Also starring Ramesh Thilak, Sananth and Abishek Joseph George, the film is a fictional story set at ...

'' (2015).

Career

Before making his debut on big screen, Sananth featured in several short films. His short film ''Madhu'', was directed by Rathnakumar and released in 2013. ''Madhu'' was selected to be a part of the anthology film ''

Bench Talkies ''Bench Talkies'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil language independent anthology film consisting of six short films directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh and Rathna Kumar. The film was produced by Subbaraj's new ...

'', and later made into a feature film titled ''

Meyaadha Maan ''Meyaadha Maan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Rathna Kumar in his directorial debut. Produced by Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Creations. The film stars Vaibhav and Priya Bhavani Shankar in ...

''. Sananth then played one of the lead characters in the feature horror film ''

''. His second feature film in a lead role was '' Jil Jung Juk'', a dark humour film in 2016, alongside Siddharth and Avinash Raghudevan. He next got associated himself in a web series produced and directed by Balaji Mohan, titled ''

As I'm Suffering From Kadhal ''As I'm Suffering from Kadhal'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy streaming television series created, directed and written by Balaji Mohan. Set in urban Chennai, it narrates the story of three uniquely different young couple ...

''. Sananth then made a breakthrough as a lead actor by featuring in

Karthik Subbaraj Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director, writer and producer working mainly in Tamil cinema. Life and career Karthik did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai after which he went on to study Mechatron ...

's silent thriller drama '' Mercury'' (2018), where he worked alongside actors

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and

Indhuja Ravichandran Indhuja Ravichandran is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil films. She is known for her notable works in ''Meyaadha Maan'' (2017), '' Mercury'' (2018) & ''Bigil'' (2019). Career Indhuja Ravichandran, born and brought up in Vellore, Tamil ...

. In 2019, he collaborated again with Karthik Subbaraj in '' Petta'', which marked Sananth's most high-profile role to date. Featuring in an ensemble cast alongside Rajinikanth,

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and

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui (; born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Siddiqui's feature film debut was alongside director Prashant Bhargava in ''Patang'' (2012). He ga ...

, Sananth played the role of the college student Anwar who is guarded by Rajinikanth's titular character. The film opened to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and became a financial success at the box office. In 2022, he made his third collaboration with Karthik Subbaraj in '' Mahaan'', in which he had an important role. The film features Vikram,

Dhruv Vikram Dhruv Vikram (born 23 September 1995) is an Indian actor, singer and lyricist who works in Tamil films. The son of actor Vikram, he made his acting debut with the 2019 romantic drama ''Adithya Varma'' and has since starred with his father in ' ...

and some actors from the casting of ''Petta'' like

Bobby Simha Jayasimha (born 6 November 1983), better known as Bobby Simha, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, alongside a few Malayalam-language films. After making brief appearances in the films '' Kadhalil Sod ...

Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ; hi, सिमरण, सिमरन ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Sanskrit word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of ...

Aadukalam Naren Narayanan (better known as Aadukalam Naren) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and few Telugu films, mainly in supporting roles. He made his début in 1997 film ''Raman Abdullah'' but he got noticed for his role in the 2011 film, ''Aa ...

and

Ramachandran Durairaj Ramachandran Durairaj is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as an associate director, he made his breakthrough as an actor with a leading role in Suseenthiran's '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010). He later won accl ...

. The film was released in Amazon Prime Video to generally positive reviews.

Filmography

;Films ;Web-series

References

External links

* * Sananth on Facebook
@sananthofficial
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