Thirumathi Selvam proved to be his career breakthrough where he played male protagonist. In parallel, he played negative roles as well. Following the success of Metti Oli, he played negative roles in Annamalai and Tharkappu Kalai Theeratha and later moved to supporting roles. Earlier he appeared in an uncredited role in Nambikkai.
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He started his television journey with SUN TV in the year 2002, through the series - Metti Oli in a negative role. After trying his luck in films throughout 1990s he moved to television in the early 2000s and gained success as well.
Chandralekha, Nilaave Vaa and Badri are among such roles. He played Vijay's friend in most of the movies. Sanjeev started his film journey doing supporting roles in Vijay starrer movies in the 1990s. He is married to television actress Preethi Srinivasan since 2009. Cine artists Deepak Dinkar and Shree are also his relatives. Sanjeev and actor Vijay studied together at Visual Communications at Loyola. Actors - Vanitha Vijayakumar, Preetha Vijayakumar, Sridevi Vijayakumar and Arun Vijay are his cousins, while veteran actor Vijayakumar is his uncle. He is the nephew of noted actress Manjula Vijayakumar. A close friend and former classmate of actor Vijay, he has shared screen space with this actor for many movies. A successful television host, he hosts Dance reality show Maanada Mayilada on Kalaignar TV since 2007. He has played lead role in numerous television serials. Actress Abitha of ‘ Sethu’ fame played the female lead opposite him. He played the male protagonist ‘Selvam’ for the popular Tamil serial, Thirumathi Selvam aired on Sun TV during the period 2007-2013 which earned him numerous Best Actor Awards. Sanjeev is a Tamil Television Actor, Film Actor & Television host.