Sanjeev Venkat

Sanjeev Venkat (born 28 September 1975) is an Indian film and television actor.

He first TV role was in Metti Oli in 2002.

His only sister Sindhu (died 2005) was an actress.

He is most known for his role as Selvam in the Tamil drama serial on Sun TV titled Thirumathi Selvam (2007–2013) in which he starred opposite Abitha.

He has acted in other serials, such as Metti Oli, Anandham, Annamalai, Aval, Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Kanmani.

Sanjeev started his career in supporting roles playing Vijay's friend in films.

His first lead role was in Thirumathi Selvam (2007–2013) as Selvam.

Awards he received for this include a Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Television Actor in 2008 and Sun Kudumbam Award for Best Actor 2010.

Sanjeev and his friend Vijay studied visual communications together at Loyola College in Chennai.

He is the nephew of actress Manjula Vijayakumar.

Sanjeev married actress Preethi Srinivasan in 2009.

Sanjeev has two children: Laya (born 2010), and Adhav (born 2014).