Sanjeev Venkat

Sanjeev Venkatasubramanian (born 28 September 1975) is an Indian film and television actor. He is most known for his role as Selvam in the Sun TV Tamil drama serial Thirumathi Selvam (2007–2013). He has acted in other serials, such as Metti Oli, Anandham, Annamalai, Aval, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, and Kanmani. He has also acted in a number of Tamil films, where he is known for his frequent collaborations with Vijay.

Career TV Sanjeev's first TV role was in Metti Oli in 2002. His first lead role was in Thirumathi Selvam (2007–2013) as Selvam. He has received a Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Television Actor in 2008 and Sun Kudumbam Award for Best Actor 2010.

Film Sanjeev started his career in supporting roles playing Vijay's friend in films, such as Chandralekha (1995), Nilaave Vaa (1998), and Badri (2001). He later went on to play roles in films such as Saamy 2 (2018), Yaanai (2022), and Trauma (2025).

Personal life Sanjeev and Vijay studied visual communications together at Loyola College in Chennai. He is the nephew of actress Manjula Vijayakumar. His only sister Sindhu (died 2005) was an actress.

Sanjeev married actress Preethi Sanjeev in 2009. They have two children: Laya (born 2010), and Adhav (born 2014).

Filmography Television soaps

Films All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted. +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Year Title Role NotesRef. 1989 Ponmana Selvan Hong Kong Annamalai (Nattamai)'s son credited as Master Sanjay 1995 Chandralekha Rahim's friend Uncredited Role 1998 Nilaave Vaa Baasha 1999 Pooparika Varugirom Vasanth 1999 Iraniyan Iraniyan's brother 2001 Badri Joot 2002 Kamarasu Rogue 2002 En Mana Vaanil Velu 2003 Pudhiya Geethai Lawrence 2005 Selvam Senthil 2006 Nenjirukkum Varai Sanjeev 2009 Palaivana Solai Ramana 2018 Saamy 2 Santhosh 2019 Agni Devi Deepak 2021 Master JD's friend 2022 Anbarivu DSP Naresh PandianYaanaiJayachandran

Reality shows/live shows

Dubbing artist

Awards and honours + Year Award Category Series Role Result Notes 2008 Vivel Chinnathirai Award Best Actor Thirumathi Selvam Selvam Tamil Nadu State Television Awards Best Actor Thirumathi Selvam Selvam 2010 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actor Thirumathi Selvam Selvam 2011 Reliance Big Tamil Entertainment Awards Most Entertaining Actor of the Year Thirumathi Selvam Selvam 2012 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Jodi Thirumathi Selvam Selvam & Archana Nominated with Abitha 2018 Galatta Nakshathra TV & Film Awards Best Actor Yaradi Nee Mohini Mutharasan 2019 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actor Kanmani Kannan Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Jodi Kanmani Kannan & Soundarya Won with Leesha Eclairs