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Senthil
Born	Senthil March 23, 1951 (1951-03-23) (age 58) Ilanjambore, India
Occupation	Actor, Comedian
Years active	1984 — present

Senthil is an Tamil film actor prominent in comedian roles in Tamil Nadu, India.

[edit] Acting career

He has acted in many popular movies with several of the leading actors and comedians in the south indian cine industry. He usually appears in films with Goundamani in a slapstick double act. Together they have formed a comic pair in many Tamil films, analogous to Tom and Jerry. Recently, Senthil has started acting in Tamil teleserials.

[edit] Personal life

He was born on 23 March 1951 in a small village called Ilanjambore near Mudukulathur in Ramanathapuram District. His parents were Ramamoorthi and Thirukammal. He ran away from his village at the age 12 due to his father's scolding. He first joined an oil mart, then a private wine shop as bar attender and then landed up in drama where he started developing his skills. He slowly entered the Tamil film industry in small characters and finally landed a good role in the movie Malayoor Mambattiyan. After 14 years he went to his home town and his parents were glad to see him again. He married Kalaiselvi in 1984. He has two sons, Dr. Manikanda Prabhu and Hemachandra Prabhu. His first son was recently married with Dr. Janani Priya Vanthitha.

[edit] Notable Filmography

• Karagattakkaran
• Vaidheki Kaathirunthal
• Gentleman
• Arunachalam
• Muthu
• Indian
• Padayappa
• Anbe Anbe
• Jeans
• Jayam
• Punnagai Poove
• Satyam^[1]
• Aathivaasiyum Athisayapesiyum (pre-production) (as lead)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Senthil at the Internet Movie Database

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