# Senthilnathan
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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Senthilnathan Jambulingam
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Senthilnathan Jambulingam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|11|26}}
| birth_place = [Chennai](/source/Chennai), [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu), [India](/source/India)
| occupation = [director](/source/Film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter), [actor](/source/Film_actor), [producer](/source/Film_producer)
}}
'''Senthilnathan Jambulingam''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and television actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and serials, based in Chennai. He is best known for his action-masala films. As of 2013, he has directed more than twenty five films.
==Personal life==
He is the son of director Jambulingam who directed [M. G. Ramachandran](/source/M._G._Ramachandran) starrer ''[Nam Naadu](/source/Nam_Naadu_(1969_film))''. Senthilnathan cast his son, Vinod, in the lead role of ''[Unnai Naan](/source/Unnai_Naan)'' (2004).[{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/newlaunches/02unnainaan.asp |title=Archived copy |website=www.chennaionline.com:80 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823192804/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/newlaunches/02unnainaan.asp |archive-date=23 August 2004 |url-status=dead }}]
==Film career==
Initially, he worked as an assistant to director M. Bhaskar in Soolam (1980) and ''[Pakkathu Veetu Roja](/source/Pakkathu_Veetu_Roja)'' (1982). He then worked as an assistant director under [S. A. Chandrasekhar](/source/S._A._Chandrasekhar) for 7 years from ''[Sattam Oru Iruttarai](/source/Sattam_Oru_Iruttarai)'' (1981) until ''[Needhikku Thandanai](/source/Needhikku_Thandanai)'' (1987). At that time, he befriended with actor [Vijayakanth](/source/Vijayakanth) who promised him to act in his films in the future. When producers proposed him to direct a film, he met Vijayakanth but the actor was in a busy schedule. Waiting for his availability, he worked as an assistant director under [V. Azhagappan](/source/V._Azhagappan) in three films. Senthilnathan finally made his directorial debut in 1988 with the Tamil film ''[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran](/source/Poonthotta_Kaavalkaaran)''. The film turned out to be a blockbuster.[{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article317195.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316152328/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article317195.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2014|title=Exodus Begins as Over 1,000 DMDK Cadre Join AIAD
|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2012-02-08|accessdate=2014-03-16}}]
In 2001, he agreed terms with producer Ibrahim Rowther to make a film titled ''Kadhal Mudal Kadhal Varai'', which would have debutant Bala Kumaran and [Uma](/source/Uma_(actress)) in the lead role. The film would have marked the director's 25th film, but the producer's financial troubles meant that the film was shelved.[{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/ibrahim.asp |title=Ibrahim Rowther launches five films |website=www.chennaionline.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629231635/http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/ibrahim.asp |archive-date=29 June 2003 |url-status=dead}}]
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1988 || ''[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran](/source/Poonthotta_Kaavalkaaran)''|| Debut film
|-
| ''Vettai''||[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m9-SUiyOht4|title =Arjunஅ முதன்முதல்ல நான் தான் Camera முன்னாடி நிக்கவச்சன்|website =[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}]
|-
| ''Pattikaatu Thambi''||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1989 || ''Padicha Pulla''||
|-
| ''Mundhanai Sabadham''||
|-
| ''Penn Buthi Mun Buthi''||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990 || ''[Paattali Magan](/source/Paattali_Magan)''|| Also actor
|-
| ''[Periya Idathu Pillai](/source/Periya_Idathu_Pillai)''||
|-
| ''[Palaivana Paravaigal](/source/Palaivana_Paravaigal)''|| Also actor
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1991 || ''Iravu Sooriyan''||
|-
| ''Naatai Thirudathe''||
|-
| ''[Kaaval Nilayam](/source/Kaaval_Nilayam)''|| rowspan="6" | Also actor
|-
| ''[Thangamana Thangachi](/source/Thangamana_Thangachi)''
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1992 || ''[Ilavarasan](/source/Ilavarasan)''
|-
| ''[Idhuthanda Sattam](/source/Idhuthanda_Sattam)''
|-
| ''[Natchathira Nayagan](/source/Natchathira_Nayagan)''
|-
| ''[Pokkiri Thambi](/source/Pokkiri_Thambi)''
|-
| ''Chinna Poovai Killadhe''||
|-
| ''Paalaivana Ragangal''||
|-
| ''Deiva Kulandhai''||
|-
| 1995 || ''[En Pondatti Nallava](/source/En_Pondatti_Nallava)'' ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale](/source/Aavathum_Pennale_Azhivathum_Pennale)'' ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[Thambi Durai](/source/Thambi_Durai)'' || Also actor
|-
| 1998 || ''[Aasai Thambi](/source/Aasai_Thambi)'' ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Kambalahalli'' || Kannada film
|-
| 2008 || ''[Unnai Naan](/source/Unnai_Naan)'' || Also producer
|}
==Television==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Serial !! Channel
! Notes
|-
|2009–2011||''[Magal](/source/Magal_(TV_series))''||rowspan=3|[Sun TV](/source/Sun_TV_(India))
|
|-
|2011–2013||''[Thangam](/source/Thangam_(TV_series))''
|
|-
|2014–2016||''[Ponnoonjal](/source/Ponnunjal_(TV_series))''
|
|-
|2016–2017||''[Arundhati](/source/Arundhati_(2016_TV_series))''||[Raj TV](/source/Raj_TV)
|
|-
|2018–2020||''[Nayagi](/source/Nayaki_(TV_series))''||rowspan=2|[Sun TV](/source/Sun_TV_(India))
|
|-
|2021–2023||''[Magarasi](/source/Magarasi)''
|
|-
|2021–2022||''[Rettai Roja](/source/Rettai_Roja)''||rowspan=2|[Zee Tamil](/source/Zee_Tamil)
|
|-
|2023
2025||''[Maari](/source/Maari_(TV_series))''
|Special Appearance
|-
|rowspan="2"|2023–2024||''[Anbe Vaa](/source/Anbe_Vaa_(2020_TV_series))''||[Sun TV](/source/Sun_TV_(India))
|
|-
|''[Karthigai Deepam](/source/Karthigai_Deepam_(TV_series))''||[Zee Tamil](/source/Zee_Tamil)
|Extended Special Appearance
|-
|2024–present||[''Lakshmi''](/source/Lakshmi_(2024_TV_series))||[Sun TV](/source/Sun_TV_(India))
|
|-
|2024||''[Thayamma Kudumbathaar](/source/Thayamma_Kudumbathaar)''||[DD Tamil](/source/DD_Tamil)
|
|-
|2025–present||''Dhanam''||rowspan="2" |[Star Vijay](/source/Star_Vijay)
|
|-
|2025||''Sakthivel: Theeyaai Oru Theeraa Kaadhal''
|Special Appearance
|-
|2025–Present||''[Paarijaatham](/source/Parijatham_(2025_TV_series))''||[Zee Tamil](/source/Zee_Tamil)
|
|}
;Other works
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Serial !! Role!! Channel
|-
|2004-2006|| ''Kalki''|| Director || [Jaya TV](/source/Jaya_TV)
|-
|2009–2010||''Rudra''||Director||[Zee Tamizh](/source/Zee_Tamizh)
|-
|2020||''[Minnale](/source/Minnale_(TV_series))''||Dialogue Writer||[Sun TV](/source/Sun_TV_(India))
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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