Sananth is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil cinema. After initially appearing in several

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, Sananth made his feature film debut in Ajay Gnanamuthu's horror film '' Demonte Colony'' (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

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'', 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 '' Demonte Colony''. His second feature film in a lead role was ''

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'', a dark humour film in 2016, alongside Siddharth and Avinash Raghudevan. He next got associated himself in a web series produced and directed by

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, titled ''

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''. Sananth then made a breakthrough as a lead actor by featuring in Karthik Subbaraj's silent thriller drama ''

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'' (2018), where he worked alongside actors Prabhu Deva and

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. 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

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, Vijay Sethupathi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, 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,

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and some actors from the casting of ''Petta'' like Bobby Simha, Simran, Aadukalam Naren and

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. The film was released in

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to generally positive reviews.

Filmography

;Films ;Web-series

References

External links

* * Sananth on Facebook
@sananthofficial
{{authority control Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Male actors in Tamil cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors