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Sathyan
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1998–present
Father	Madhampatty Sivakumar
Relatives	Sathyaraj (uncle) Sibiraj (cousin)

Sathyan Sivakumar known mononymously as Sathyan, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is the only son of veteran producer Madhampatty Sivakumar. Making his debut as a junior artist in the movie Poovum Puyalum and as the lead in Ilaiyavan, he has subsequently been appearing mainly in supporting and comedic roles in over sixty Tamil films.

Early life

Sathyan was born to film producer Mathampatti Sivakumar. Actor Sathyaraj is his uncle, while Sibiraj is his cousin. Sathyan studied at PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore. After graduating with a BBM degree, he entered the film industry by playing the lead role in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Ilaiyavan, which was produced by his father himself. He then acted in Kanna Unnai Thedukiren, both of these films which featured him in lead role failed at box-office and Sathyan chose to portray comedy roles. He later appeared in a pivotal role in Maayavi (2005), where he worked alongside Suriya and Jyothika.

After a series of small supporting roles, he received another break portraying the role of Srivatsan in Shankar's Nanban (2012) and then featured alongside Vijay again in a pivotal role in A R Murugadoss's Thuppakki. He featured as one of the four main leads in boy-adventure films Onbadhule Guru (2013) and Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (2013), while also starring in the commercially successful romantic comedy, Raja Rani (2013).

Filmography

Actor

Dubbing artist

References

1. Sathyan. "Tamil Movie Interview : Satyan". Behindwoods.com (Interview). Retrieved 3 January 2012.
2. ^ Sathyan (6 November 2010). "My First Break: Sathyan". The Hindu (Interview). Interviewed by S. R. Ashok Kumar. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
3. "A transition well remembered". The Hindu. 26 July 2008. ISSN 0971-751X.
4. Chandhini R (17 March 2023). "Ghosty Movie Review: An irreverent, tasteless horror comedy". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
5. The Hindu (14 November 2019). "Tamil actors share their 'Frozen 2' experience". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

External links

• Sathyan at IMDb

• Living people
• Indian male film actors
• Tamil male actors
• Tamil comedians
• Indian male comedians
• People from Coimbatore district
• Male actors from Tamil Nadu
• Male actors in Tamil cinema