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Sandy Master
Indian actor and choreographer (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Santhosh Kumar (born 5 July 1986), known professionally as Sandy Master, is an Indian actor and choreographer who works primarily in Tamil, Malayalam films and television. He is well known for his roles in films such as Leo (2023), Niram Marum Ulagil (2025) and Lokah: Chapter 1 — Chandra (2025).
Sandy gained popularity in Tamil films for his dance choreography in "Pathala Pathala", "Chikitu" and "Monica", and special appearance songs in films like Love Today.[4] In 2019, Sandy participated as a contestant on the reality television show Bigg Boss 3 and emerged as the runner-up.[5]
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Early work and rise to stardom (2005-2019)
Sandy started his career as a choreographer in the dance show Maanada Mayilada telecasted in Kalaignar TV in 2005.[citation needed] He choreographed for actor Sathish Krishnan and Jayashree[6] throughout the season. He was also seated in the panel of judges in various seasons of Maanada Mayilada.[citation needed] He is one of the judges in Kings of Dance season 2.[7] He worked as a choreographer for The Telugu and Kannada language shows "Challenge Show" and "Kuniyona Bara".[8]
He started his choreography career in Tamil film industry through the film Aaaah in 2014. Later he choreographed Viraivil Isai, Ivanuku Thannila Gandam and Vaalu[9] in 2015. He also choreographed for movies like Saagasam, Jithan 2 and Gethu.[10] He further went on to choreograph songs for Rajinikanth in the 2018 film Kaala.[11] As an actor, Sandy made his debut in the movie Ivanuku Thannila Gandam, a comedy film featuring Deepak Dinkar.[12]
In 2019, Sandy appeared in the reality television show Bigg Boss 3 on Star Vijay as a contestant, finishing as the runner up.[13][14]
Expansion and further career (2019-present)
In 2021, he appeared in the horror film 3:33 where Sandy played the lead.[15] A reviewer of The Times of India stated, "The film then throws stuff like semi-evil numbers, mediums who communicate with ghosts and more scenes with Kathir [Sandy] that may or may not be bad dreams, but by then, the film stops being truly scary and turns exhausting".[citation needed] In 2023, he appeared in the film Leo alongside actor Vijay where Sandy portrays the character of a robber.[16][17][18]
In 2022, Sandy was the initial cast for the role Samson in the Kannada film Head Bush which starred Dhananjaya. However due to certain circumstances he opted out of the role and was replaced by Balu Nagendra.[19][20]
In 2025, Sandy choreographed the song "Monica" for the Tamil film Coolie.[21][22] Then he made his Malayalam debut in the film Lokah as Inspector Nachiyappa Gowda.[23][24] He is also playing a lead role in the Kathanar: The Wild Sorcerer alongside Jayasurya and Anushka Shetty.[25][26]
Sandy also signed a lead role with Malayalam director Dhananjay Shankar in the action thriller film film Bha. Bha. Ba. playing alongside actors Dileep, Vineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan Sreenivasan.[27][28]
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Personal life
Sandy married actress Kaajal Pasupathi in 2009, however the couple later decided to divorce in 2012.[29] He later married social media influencer Dorathy Sylvia in 2017 and have 2 children.[30]
Filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Actor
- Music videos
Partial choreography
Television
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