
Nithin Sathya is an
Indian film actor working in the
Tamil Cinema. His first appearance was as “Sridhar” in the Tamil film Kalatpadai in 2003. His breakthrough was not until 2007 when he essayed a notable role in Tamil sports comedy Chennai 600028, directed by Venkat Prabhu, where he donned the character of “Pazhani”. Since then he has been cast in diverse roles in Tamil films, that of a villain in Satham Podathey (2007), in supporting roles in Raman Thediya Seethai (2008) and in the leading role in Pandhayam (2008) and Muthirai (2009).
Early Life of Nithin Sathya
Nithin Sathya was born on January 9, 1980 in
Chennai,
Tamil Nadu. He completed his
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in London. He went to London for pursuing MBA and thereafter worked for a multinational corporation. Nithin Sathya had also represented Tamil Nadu at the National Level in Bowling, in 1998-99. He also has interest in
badminton and
swimming.
Career of Nithin Sathya
Nithin Sathya first got a chance to play a minor role in 2002s British sports film Bend It Like Beckham and in the 2003 Tamil film Kalatpadai. Later, he was offered to dance in a song in
director Saran's 2004 Tamil comedy Vasool Raja MBBS, and also later acted in a small role in the film Dreams and Ji, alongside Tamil stars
Dhanush and
Ajith Kumar respectively.

Nithin Sathyas breakthrough came with one of the multiple lead roles in Venkat Prabhu's Chennai 600028, released in 2007. The immensely successful cult film saw Nithin in the role of street
cricket player “Pazhani”. He was subsequently seen playing the role of an impotent jealous husband in Vasanths psychological thriller Satham Podathey, which received rave reviews upon release. He was next seen in the lead in 2008 Tamil film Thozha, where he portrayed the character “Raja”. He made a cameo appearance as “Lakshmi Gopal” in Venkat Prabhus 2008 comedy thriller Saroja. He subsequently played a student and ardent Vijay fan in S. A. Chandrasekhars Pandhayam, which was unsuccessful. He was next seen in the lead character of a reformed thief “Gunasekhar” in K. P. Jagannaths drama film Raman Thediya Seethai. In 2009, he was seen as “Sathyamoorthy” in the thriller movie Muthirai, and as an auto driver “Prabhu” in Palaivana Solai, a remake of the 1982 film of the same title. In Mayanginen Thayanginen, he played a taxi driver who falls in love with a call centre girl, whom he has not met.
Nithin was seen in the supporting role of “Hari” in Venkat Prabhus 2013 crime comedy Biriyani and that of the zoo keeper “Kadhir” in 2014 comedy thriller Enna Satham Indha Neram. He played the character of “Muliankannan” in the Tamil horror comedy ensemble Aranmanai, which received fairly positive reviews. He was also seen in Tamil films Thirudan Police, Moone Moonu Varthai and Pandiyoda Galatta Thaangala. In 2016 and 2017, the actors other projects included
action films like Pandigai and S3, the sequel to Chennai 600028 titled Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings and Ammani. He has also worked in
short films Vellai Pookal, Agalya 201 and Kadal Rasa. The movie Jarugandi was also produced by Nithin Satya in 2018.
Filmography of Nithin Sathya
Nithin Sathya has acted in the following Tamil films:
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Kalatpadai (2003)
Vasool Raja MBBS (2004)
Dreams (2004)
Ji (2005)
Majaa (2005)
Chennai 600028 (2007)
Satham Podathey (2007)
Thozha (2008)
Saroja (2008)
Pandhayam (2008)
Raman Thediya Seethai (2008)
Muthirai (2009)
Palaivana Solai (2009)
Mayanginen Thayanginen (2012)
Biriyani (2013)
Enna Satham Indha Neram (2014)
Aranmanai (2014)
Thirudan Police (2014)
Moone Moonu Varthai (2015)
Pandiyoda Galatta Thaangala (2016)
Ammani (2016)
Chennai 600028 II (2016)
Si3(2017)
Pandigai (2017)
Jarugandi (2018)
The following are the Short films done by Nithin Sathya:
Vellai Pookal
Agalya 2012
Kadal Rasa
(Last Updated on : 31/10/2019)