S. Sathyendra

S. Sathyendra
Nationality	India
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1977-2021

S. Sathyendra is a former Indian actor who acted prominently in Tamil films apart from Kannada films in supporting and minor roles.

Early life and career

Sathyendra was born into a Telugu family. ^[1] He has two postgraduations in Kannada literature and Philosophy and B.A. in Drama and Diploma in French and German and has working knowledge in Italian and Spanish. ^[1]

He played character roles in college plays and in amateur theatre and has worked as a theatre actor with B. V. Karanth and Girish Karnad. ^[1] His first two films were the Kannada films Rishyasringa (1977) produced by G. V. Iyer and Grahana (1978). ^[1] He has since played minor roles in Tamil films such as Sathyaa (1988). ^[1]

Regarding his performance in 18 Vayasu (2012), a critic wrote, "It’s a remarkable portrayal by Satyendra as the cranky Jocky with his imaginary pistols, and his firm determination to help Karthik in his cause". ^[2]

In 2023, he became viral after giving a negative review about Leo (2023) criticising Lokesh Kanagaraj's direction. ^[3] He has since gained notoriety as a film critic. ^[3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1977	Rishya Shringa	Unknown	Kannada		[1]
1978	Grahana	Puttaswamy Gowda
1982	Ezhavathu Manithan	Unknown	Tamil	Uncredited role
1983	Mann Vasanai	Street singer		credited as Satya
1984	Giddh	Veerappan's friend	Hindi	Uncredited roles	[1]
1987	Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu	Thief	Tamil
1988	Sathya	Mental pickpocket
1989	Paattukku Oru Thalaivan	Villager
1998	Sollamale	Cobbler
2000	Priyamaanavale	Beggar
2003	Whistle	Petrol bunk attendant
2008	Kamasutra Nights	Appa	English
2012	18 Vayasu	Jocky	Tamil		[2]
2021	Jail	Kaveri Nagar resident

Short films

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
1992	Knock-Out	Sanjeevi's corpse	[1]
Unknown	Paiththiyam	Beggar	[4]

Serials

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Language	Notes	Ref.
2003–2009	Anandham	Ramakrishna	Sun TV	Tamil		[1]
Unknown	Vaishali	Unknown	Zee Telugu	Telugu		[1]
2004–2006	Chidambara Rahasiyam	Unknown	Sun TV	Tamil		[1]
Unknown	En Thozhi En Kaadali En Manaivi	Unknown	Star Vijay			[1]

References

1. "Meet Mr. Versatile". The Hindu . 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
2. Mannath, Malini (27 August 2012). "'18 Vayasu' (Tamil)". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
3. "Sathyendra questions Adoor Gopalakrishnan's techniques and Lokesh Kanagaraj's spending | IFFK 2023". Onmanorama.
4. "Paithiyam | Tamil Science Fiction Short Film | Naalaiya Iyakkunar | Season 2 | By Rajkumar". 1 July 2016 – via YouTube.

External links

• S. Sathyendra at IMDb