Nanjil Sampath

Nanjil Sampath Baskaran Panicker
Personal details
Born	Sampath Manalikarai, Kothanallur Panchayat, Padmanabhapuram division, Kalkulam taluk, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (2019–Present)
Spouse	1
Relatives	Jeeva (brother), Stalin (brother), Bramandham Panicker uncle

Nanjil Sampath is an Indian politician and public speaker in the regional Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He has also acted in a few Tamil movies.[1]

Early life

He was born to Baskaran and Gomathi in Manalikarai (Manalikkara), Kothanallur panchayat, division, Kalkulam taluk, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. He completed his schooling at St. Mary Goretty School, Manalikarai and his M.A and M.Phil degrees from South Travancore Hindu College. "Nanjil" in his name denotes his home district, Kanyakumari.

Political career

Sampath started his political career in Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) in 1993, which he left in 2012. He joined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 2012. He served as deputy propaganda secretary from when he joined until 1 February 2016. He left AIADMK on 3 January 2017 when V. K. Sasikala was elected to lead the party, only to rejoin on 7 January 2017. [2] For a brief period in 2017 until 2018 he was with the AIADMK'S breakaway Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK). He later joined and campaigned for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the 2019 general elections.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2019	LKG	Azhagu Meiyappan
	Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja	NASA Munnetra Kazhagam Leader
2022	Sembi	Ezhilvendan
2024	Thozhar CheGuevara	Ayya Durai	[3]
	Jolly O Gymkhana	Chief Minister
	Thirumbipaar
TBA	Medical Miracle	TBA	Filming[4]

Notes

1. In this time he supported T. T. V. Dhinakaran

References

1. "Sivakarthikeyan ropes in Nanjil Sampath". December 2018.
2. "Nanjil Sampath joins AIADMK". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 December 2012.
3. "Sathyaraj's Thozhar CheGuvera gets release date". Cinema Express. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
4. Yogi Babu Dharsha Gupta starring medical miracle movie poojai stills (in Tamil), retrieved 15 July 2022