Sananth is an Indian actor who has worked in

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. After initially appearing in several

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, 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 in his directorial debut. The film stars Arulnithi, Ramesh Thilak, Sananth and Abishek Joseph George. It revolves around four f ...

'' (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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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 ne ...

'', 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 feature directorial debut and produced by Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Creations. The film stars Vaibhav and Priya Bhavani ...

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

''. 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 Karthik Subbaraj (born 19 March 1983) is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter working mainly in Tamil cinema. Early life Karthik did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai after which he w ...

'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 works in ''Meyaadha Maan'' (2017), '' Mercury'' (2018), '' 60 Vayadu Maaniram'' (2018), ''Bigil'' (2019) and ''Parking'' (2023). Biography Indhuja Ravi ...

. 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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and

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, 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 1990) 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 film '' Adithya Varma'' and starred with his father in '' Mahaan'' (2022) ...

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 cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. After making brief appearances in the films ''Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi'' an ...

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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 negative role in Suseenthiran's '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010). He later won acc ...

. The film was released in

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to generally positive reviews.

Filmography

Streaming television

References

External links

* * Sananth on Facebook
@sananthofficial
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