Sananth then played one of the lead characters in the feature horror film Demonte Colony.
He next got associated himself in a web series produced and directed by Balaji Mohan, titled As I'm Suffering From Kadhal.
[citation needed] Sananth then made a breakthrough as a lead actor by featuring in Karthik Subbaraj's silent thriller drama Mercury (2018), where he worked alongside actors Prabhu Deva and Indhuja Ravichandran.
[3][4] In 2019, he collaborated again with Karthik Subbaraj in Petta, which marked Sananth's most high-profile role to date.
[5] The film opened to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and became a financial success at the box office.