Mirchi Senthil

Senthil Kumar. G
Senthil at Vennila Veedu Audio Release
Born	(1978-10-18) 18 October 1978 (age 38) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Mirchi Senthil
Occupation	Actor, Radio jockey, Television presenter
Years active	2003 – present
Spouse(s)	Sreeja Chandran

Senthil Kumar (Tamil: செந்தில் குமார்) (born 18 October 1978), popularly known as Mirchi Senthil is an Indian film and television actor, television presenter, radio jockey and voice actor. He began his career as a radio jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi. He performed in the lead character Saravanan in STAR Vijay's sensational serial Saravannan Meenatchi. Senthil and his co-star Sreeja Chandran had married on 2 July 2014 in a private function in Tirupathi. He made his debut as a film actor in Thavamai Thavamirundhu and has continued acting in lead roles in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae, Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, Vennila Veedu and more.

Senthil was born in chennai on 18 October 1978 to S. Govindan and Premavathy. He did his schooling in Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He has completed his Bachelors (BCom) at Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai and Masters (Master of Finance and Control)[6] at Madurai Kamaraj University. He had a brief career stint in banking industry before he moved on to the media. He married his co-star of Madurai & Saravanan Meenatchi Tamil serials fame Malayalam-Tamil actress Sreeja Chandran. Senthil confirmed his marriage with Sreeja on his radio show (Neenga Naan Raja Sir on 8 July 2014) His sudden marriage announcement created a buzz amongst their thousands of worldwide fans in joy of their marriage.

Senthil joined Radio Mirchi, Chennai as a Radio Jockey in 2003 and has performed various roles such as Radio producer, EP and Programming Head. Later he moved to Coimbatore to head Coimbatore Radio Mirchi for 4 years. He has hosted many shows like Mirchi Gold, Mirchi Bazaar, Pettai Raap and Love Talkies. Currently, he was presenting a culture based story program Neenga Naan Raja Sir which is a special program on the music Maestro Ilaiyaraaja's music that is aired between 9 PM and 11PM from Monday to Saturday. This is a very popular program and was acknowledged and endorsed by music Maestro Ilaiyaraaja himself. In 2016 may, he finished that show and started a new show called " Sentilin sutta kadhai" (Senthil's stolen stories) , which tell interesting short moral stories from around earth.