Sanjana Krishnamoorthy is a new and multi-faceted star in South Indian cinema whose talent can be seen not only in her acting but also in her efforts to master the art both as an actor and as a director, showing more than impressive irrepressible determination to master the arsenal. What is more commendable about her career path is that she has successfully followed the dual-tracked development trajectory as a digital content creator, and a debutante with great critical appreciation, as well as an assistant director to one of the most successful cinematic legends in Kollywood, Mani Ratnam.
Who is Sanjana Krishnamoorthy?
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy is an Indian actor and assistant director who balances between the challenging duties of an actress and assistant director in the Tamil entertainment industry. Her profile in the public eye is largely due to her starring role in the acclaimed crime thriller web series, Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (2022), which earned Scanlan widespread recognition as a performer with a natural style. Her dedication to cinema as an art form is also reflected in her choice to work as an assistant director on the much-hyped movie Thug Life.
| Name | Sanjana Krishnamoorthy |
| Birth Date | November 8, 2000 |
| Age | 24 |
| Birth Place | Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Profession | Actress, Assistant Director |
| Education | Visual Communication (M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women) |
| Family | Father: Krishnamoorthy |
| Debut Movie | Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (2022) as Velonie |
| Relationships | Rumored relationship with Ken Karunas (college years) |
| Martial Status | Unmarried |
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy Age
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy was born on November 8, 2000 in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India. As of October 2025, she is 24 years old. And in few day’s she will be 25 years old.
Physical Attributes
- Sanjana is about 5 feet 5 inches in height and is about 55 kg.
- Her hair and eyes are dark.
- Her figures measurements are reported to be approximately 34-28-32.
Early life and Education
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy was born and grew up in Chengalpattu, a city in Tamil Nadu, India. Since she was at a tender age being fascinated with the world of cinema, she had a natural interest in knowing how films were made. Her academic major, Visual Communication, at the reputable M.O.P. Vaishnav College of Women in Chennai, was a step toward creativity, as she was always conscious of all the technical and creative work that goes into making a film and this eventually led her to become a filmmaker in her own right.
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy Family Member
Not much information can be found in the public sources about the parents of Sanjana Krishnamoorthy except that she had the general background of a supporting family system in which her parents supported her inclinations to art. The fact whether she has any siblings is publicly unknown.
Relationship Status
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy is said to be unmarried and she is not dating anyone. Although there have been speculations on her personal life on the Internet, a current relationship has not been confirmed.
Career Establishment
The career of Sanjana is a witness of the fact that talent may come out of nowhere. It did not start with a big screen performance but instead when she was invited by the group to play in some of their videos as a graphic designer with the popular YouTube content site of Awesome Machi. This sparked her desire in acting.
This all changed when she was still in her third college year when the renowned filmmaker duo, the production house of Wallwatcher Films, approached her on the basis of her YouTube posts to produce an ambitious series dubbed on Amazon Prime video. She was spotted by the acclaimed filmmaker duo of Pushkar and Gayatri, and her work on YouTube, leading to her successful audition as the main lead of Velonie in Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (2022). The series was a huge hit, and her star performance was noted as subtle but powerful
Her successful transition to the big screen, which followed this OTT success, came by securing a major role in the upcoming sports drama film, Lubber Pandhu, as one of the female leads, opposite Harish Kalyan. Her acting career, however, is based on the identity of an actor who is committed to the holistic nature of the filmmaking industry, even when she acts as an assistant director to the legendary director, Mani Ratnam, in his upcoming project, Thug Life.
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy Movies & TV Show List
| Year | Movies or Series Name | Role | Film/TV Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Thug Life | Mangai | Film |
| 2024 | Lubber Pandhu | Durga | Film |
| 2022 | Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie | Velonie | TV Series (8 episodes) |
| 2021 | I Hate You – I Love You | — | TV Mini Series |
Net worth
Showing specific and verifiable information about the net worth of Sanjana is not publicly available in trusted sources.
Social Media
She is highly active on Instagram where she share her daily life experience & updates. On her Instagram she has 704K followers with username @sanjkayy
Unknown Facts About Sanjana
- First Career Decision: The first paid media space worked by Sanjana was as a graphic designer in one of the successful YouTube channels, not as an actor.
- The Dream of the Filmmaker: Her dream was to become a film director followed by an actor. The manifestation of this ten year long childhood dream is her work as an assistant director on the film Mani Ratnam Thug Life.
- Severe Training: In her lead role in Vadhandhi she completed a month-long acting workshop, which she attributes as a point of transformation in her perception towards developing her characters and formal acting.
- Bi-language Actor: In fact, despite her major work in Tamil movies, she has the expertise to suit various local dialects and she needed to learn the local dialect to perfect her role in Lubber Pandhu where she collaborated with a friend to learn the local dialect.
FAQs
A: The breakout performance that made her first major appearance was in the web series Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (2022), in which she plays Velonie on Amazon Prime Video.
A: No, she was in a twofold role in the film Thug Life, where she worked as an assistant director under Mani Ratnam and as an actress, in the role of a character called Mangai Shakthivel.
A: She has completed a degree course in Visual Communication, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai.
A: No, she is regarded as a gifted person that entered the industry on the basis of her own merit, and with no hereditary connections to a well-known film family.
A: Her role in the film won her a nomination in the category of the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award as the best debut actresses.
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