Veera Santhanam

Veera Santhanam
Died13 July 2017
Occupations
  • Painter
  • activist
  • actor

Veera Santhanam was an Indian painter, activist, and actor.

Career

He graduated from Kumbakonam Arts College and his paintings are inspired by murals and everyday life in Chennai.[1] As an activist, he supported Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism during the civil war in the country.[2] He also acted in several films including the Tamil film Kaththi (2014).[3] He played the lead role in Gnanaserukku (2020) won several international awards in world film festival, directed by the independent filmmaker Dharani Rajendran.[4] He won Best Actor award at Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela.[4]

Notable artworks

Filmography

  • All films are in Tamil.
Year Film Role Notes
1989 Sandhya Raagam Vasu
2010 Aval Peyar Thamizharasi Siva Rao
Magizhchi Kannupillai
2011 Velayudham
2012 Pizza Exorcist
2013 Pizza II: Villa Zamindar
Jannal Oram
2014 Kaththi Old Villager
2015 Anegan Guruji
Urumeen
2020 Gnanaserukku Veeranediyon Yet to be released

Death

He died on 13 July 2017 at age 71.[2][3] He died four days after dubbing for his role in Gnanaserukku, which is yet to be release.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Art and a cup of coffee". New Indian Express. 18 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Painter Veera Santhanam dead". The Hindu. 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Artist-activist Veera Santhanam passes away". Deccan Chronicle. 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Suganth, M. (18 April 2019). "Late artist Veera Santhanam is the lead in this film". The Times of India.