Santhanam, who graduated from the small screen to films, is now one of the busiest actors around. The actor even played the lead role in last year's 'Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul' along with another comedian 'Ganja' Karuppu. Of late, he has been seen playing the hero's friend in films starring 'Jeyam' Ravi, Vinay, Simbu, Vishal and Dhanush.

Santhanam is also part of superstar Rajnikant's 'Enthiran: The Robot'. Other films ready for release and in which he has essayed significant roles are: Saran's 'Modhi Vilaiyadu', 'Vaamanan', 'Malai Malai', etc. He is also doing 'Kandha Kottai' with Nakul and 'Singam Puli' with Jeeva.

Santhanam claims that he got similar roles to portray after the release of 'Arai Enn…' but refused most of them. He says that his ambition is to play the hero in a full-length comedy film.

He admits that some of the dialogues he uttered in the film 'Silambattam' were vulgar and far from being labeled 'decent stuff'. He says that he won't be doing any more of those in forthcoming films of his.

"I don't want to appear alongside other established comedians. Though it's a healthy trend, I'd forever like to remain a director's actor. I also don't want to set up a group which comes film after film", concludes Santhanam.