Sathish Krishnan
| Sathish Krishnan | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor, Choreographer |
Sathish Krishnan is an Indian film actor and choreographer, who has worked in Tamil films.[1]
Career
As dancer
Sathish Krishnan trained and participated as a lead dancer of Flyerz dance company for more than 6 years, before gradually stepping up to feature as a dancer in television shows such as Dance Machi Dance and Aattam Paatam in Kalaignar TV. He was subsequently selected as a contestant paired with Jeyshree in the debut season of the show Maanada Mayilada, winning the title of Best Dancer. He then went on to feature in Jodi Number One Season 4 along with Divyadarshini, finishing in second place. He has also was subsequently seen as a choreographer in following seasons of Jodi No 1 and in Ungalil Yar Adutha Prabhu Deva.
Gautham Menon subsequently gave him an opportunity to make his debut as a film choreographer with his 2012 bilingual film, Neethane En Ponvasantham. Since then he has gone on to work in several big budget films including Vaalu, Kaali and Inga Enna Solluthu.[2]
As an actor
Sathish was first seen portraying Vinay Rai's friend in Jeeva's Unnale Unnale (2007), notably featuring alongside Vinay and Raju Sundaram in the song "June Ponal". Gautham Menon chose to launch Sathish as a lead actor in 2008, announcing that he would play a lead role alongside three other newcomers and Trisha Krishnan in a project titled Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam. The film, which had music composed A. R. Rahman, was shot over irregular intervals across 2008 before finally being shelved and cancelled.[3][4] The director then offered Sathish a small role in Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) as Suriya's college friend. In 2009, Sathish announced that he was to star in the lead role in debutant director Srikanth's Mudivilla Punnagai, a musical by Thaman, but the film was shelved before production was completed.[5]
He was then seen in bit roles as a dance troupe member in Thalaiva alongside Vijay and several other reality television dance show alumni, while he also featured in the video of the song "Elavu", which he had choreographed for Sasi's Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (2013). Sathish signed on to play the lead role in debutant Sinish's fantasy love story, Endrendrum, in late 2012 and shot for the project in early 2013. The film, featuring him alongside Priyanka Reddy, will release in 2014. Furthermore he features in the supporting cast of Gautham Menon's next Sattendru Maaruthu Vaanilai, and has shot for scenes alongside Silambarasan and Pallavi Subhash.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Unnale Unnale | Sathish | |
| 2008 | Vaaranam Aayiram | Sathish | |
| 2013 | Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu | Special appearance | |
| Thalaivaa | Dance crew member | ||
| 2014 | Endrendrum | Filming | |
| Sattendru Maaruthu Vaanilai | Filming |
References
- ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Gautham-Menon%E2%80%99s-find-turns-hero/2013/07/17/article1686764.ece
- ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/actor-and-choreographer-sathish-talks-about-his-current-projects.html/
- ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/trisha-and-the-boys-news-tamil-kkfuJFgjjeg.html
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/38765.html
- ↑ http://www.ayngaran.com/frame.php?iframepath=newsdetails.php?newsid=1664