| Senthil Kumar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1978 10, df=yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Othername: | Mirchi Senthil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2003 – present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Madurai Kamaraj University | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Senthil Kumar (born 18 October 1978), popularly known as Mirchi Senthil[1] [2] is an Indian film and television actor, television presenter, radio jockey and voice actor.[3] He began his career as a radio jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi. He performed in the lead character Saravanan in STAR Vijay's sensational serial Saravannan Meenatchi. Senthil and his co-star Sreeja Chandran had married on 2 July 2014 in a private function in Tirupathi.[4] He made his debut as a film actor in Thavamai Thavamirundhu and has continued acting in lead roles in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae, Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, Vennila Veedu and more.
Senthil was born in Chennai on 18 October 1978 to S. Govindan and Premavathy. He did his schooling in Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He has completed his Bachelors (BCom) at Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai and Masters (Master of Finance and Control) at Madurai Kamaraj University. He had a brief career stint in the banking industry before he moved on to the media. He married his co-star of Madurai & Saravanan Meenatchi Tamil serials fame Malayalam-Tamil actress Sreeja Chandran. Senthil confirmed his marriage with Sreeja on his radio show Neenga Naan Raja Sir on 8 July 2014. His sudden marriage announcement created a buzz amongst their thousands of worldwide fans in joy of their marriage. Their son was born on 4 January 2023[5] [6] and their son name is Sree Vallabh Dev
Senthil joined Radio Mirchi, Chennai as a Radio Jockey in 2003 and has performed various roles such as Radio producer, EP and Programming Head. Later he moved to Coimbatore to head Coimbatore Radio Mirchi for 4 years. He has hosted many shows like Mirchi Gold, Mirchi Bazaar, Pettai Raap and Love Talkies. He presented the program Neenga Naan Raja Sir which is a special on Ilaiyaraaja's music that was aired between 9 PM and 11PM from Monday to Saturday. This was a very popular program and was acknowledged and endorsed by Ilaiyaraaja himself. In 2016 May, he finished that show and started a new show called "Sentilin Sutta Kadhai" (Senthil's stolen stories), which tell interesting short moral stories from around earth. He currently completed his 20 years on radio jockey journey on Radio Mirchi[7]
Senthil played the lead character in the successful television serial named Madurai[8] in STAR Vijay telecasted from 2007 to 2009. Following the success of this serial, Senthil has played the lead character by the name Saravanan again in another sensational serial Saravanan Meenatchi[9] [10] [11] [12] in STAR Vijay. Senthil rose to fame following his performances in these two serials and is very well known by his character name Saravanan.
Senthil has performed in a micro-serial 777[13] for Polimer TV which was directed by the movie director Manobala.
Apart from the serials, Senthil has hosted a number of shows for STAR Vijay. He has hosted a weekly movie review show Tamil Cinema Indha Vaaram in which he discusses about the movies along with the cast and crew of the movie. Senthil has conducted a game show for women by name Boxing for Polimer TV.
Senthil made his Tamil film debut in the 2005 film Thavamai Thavamirundhu in which he played the elder brother of director Cheran. He was nominated for the Filmfare Awards for the Best Supporting Actor. He got his first lead role in the movie Sengathu Bhoomiyilae. He continued to act in lead roles in films like Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, Pappali, Vennila Veedu, Rombha Nallavan Da Nee, etc. These films did not fare well at the box office, however.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Thavamai Thavamirundhu | Ramanathan | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil | |
| 2007 | Evano Oruvan | Sridhar's Friend | ||
| Chennai 600028 | Radio Mirchi RJ Senthil Kumar | Cameo Appearance | ||
| 2012 | Sengathu Bhoomiyilae | Chinna Samy | ||
| 2013 | Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal | Mahesh | ||
| 2014 | Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham | Raja | ||
| Pappali | Karthik | |||
| Vennila Veedu | Karthik | |||
| 2015 | Rombha Nallavan Da Nee | Bhaskar | ||
| 2020 | Soorarai Pottru | Radio Mirchi RJ Senthil Kumar | Cameo Appearance | |
| 2022 | Munnarivaan | Hero's Friend | Filming |
| Show | Year | Timings | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirchi Gold | 2003 to 2007 | 9PM to 11PM | This show played the songs from old Tamil movies. | |
| Mirchi Bazaar | 2005 to 2007 | 11AM to 2PM | This was a ladies special program. Senthil co-hosted this with RJ Deva. | |
| Pettai Raap | 2003 to 2006 | 4PM | This program was aired on Sundays. | |
| Neenga Naan Raja Sir | 2010 to 2015 | 9PM to 11PM | This show plays the best of Ilaiyaraaja's songs from 80s | |
| Mirchi Sutta Kadhai | 2015 Onwards | 9PM to 11PM |
| Year | Serial | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2009 | Madura | Seigai Saravanan | Star Vijay | |
| 2010 | Kallikattu Pallikoodam | Bala Murugan | ||
| 2011–2013 | Saravannan Meenatchi Season 1 | RJ Saravanan | ||
| 2012 | Micro-serial 777 | |||
| 2016 | Achcham Thavir | Contestant | Game Show; Star Vijay | |
| 2016–2017 | Mappillai | Senthil Kumar | Star Vijay | |
| 2017 | Kalyanam Conditions Apply | Senthil | Web series | |
| 2018–2020 | Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar | Mayan / Aravind (Dual Role) | Star Vijay | |
| 2020 | Kalyanam Conditions Apply 2.0 | Senthil | Web series | |
| 2020–2022 | Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar | Mayan / Maaran (Dual Role) | Star Vijay | |
| 2020 | Heart 2 Heart | Senthil | Web Series | |
| Kalyanam Conditions Apply 3.0 | Senthil | |||
| 2021–2022 | Junior Super Star Season 4 | Judge | Reality Show; Zee Tamil | |
| Jagamae Thandiram Kadhaigal | Presenter / Host | Reality Show; Colors Tamil | ||
| 2023 – Present | Anna | Shanmugam | Zee Tamil |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil | Thavamai Thavamirundhu | |
| 2012 | Mylapore Academy Awards | Best Actor | Saravanan Meenatchi | |
| 2014 | Vijay Television Awards | Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actor | Saravanan Meenatchi | |
| Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair | Saravanan Meenatchi | |||
| 2017 | Vijay Television Awards | Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair | Mappillai | |
| Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actor | Mappillai |