Karthik (actor)

Karthik
Born Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman
(1960-09-13) 13 September 1960
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater The New College, Chennai
Occupation Film actor, playback singer, politician
Years active 1981–present
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Children Gautham Karthik (born 1989)
Ghayn Karthik (b.1991)
Thiran Karthik (b.1993)
Parent(s) R. Muthuraman
Sulochana

Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman (born 13 September 1960), best known by stage name Karthik, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and politician. He is the son of actor R. Muthuraman. He was first introduced by Bharathiraja in the film Alaigal Oivathillai. He has primarily appeared in lead roles in Tamil films. Karthik has been the recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and the Nandi Award. He has won four Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil.

Early life and background

Karthik was born in Chennai to R. Muthuraman,[1] a popular Tamil actor. He is the fourth and youngest child of "Navarasa Thilagam" R.Muthuraman. He studied in St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai and at New College, Chennai and received a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Film career

Karthik was first introduced by Bharathiraja in the film Alaigal Oivathillai. He received the Best New Face Award from the Tamil Nadu Government in 1980. His film "Vanna Kanavugal" was a super hit at the box office and K.Balachander praised his performance in the film. He collaborated with leading film directors like Mani Ratnam, K. Balachander, Bharathiraja, Visu, R. Sundarrajan, Ameerjan, R. V. Udayakumar, Priyadarshan, Fazil, Vikraman, Agathiyan, Sundar C., K. S. Ravikumar, P. Vasu and K. V. Anand.

During earlier stages of his career, Karthik worked three times with R. V. Udaya Kumar and enjoyed great success in all their ventures. Later, he formed a partnership with Goundamani in many comedy movies. He was also well received by Tamil audience for his performance in "Nallavanukku Nallavan" in a challenging role against Rajinikanth. His pairing with Rambha was a hit with audience as the pair provided good hits in the 1990s.

Karthik received another breakthrough in his career by portraying a full-length comedy role in Sundar C's Ullathai Allitha (1996) alongside Rambha and Goundamani, then collaborated with the director again in another profitable venture, Mettukudi. He went on to win critical acclaim for his role in Gokulathil Seethai, and turned appeared in K. S. Ravikumar's Pistha, which also won good reviews. Karthik carried on his good streak at the box office in 1998, while also winning accolades for his performances in Vikraman's Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, Cheyyar Ravi's Harichandra and Selva's Pooveli, and won a Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actor.[2][3] He became one of the busiest actors in the industry during the turn of the decade by featuring in several medium-budget comedy films, notably in four further Sundar C ventures including the successful Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999). His career as a lead actor subsequently began to peter out in the early 2000s, with several of his ventures opening with little publicity or being delayed after financial troubles.[4] Towards the nadir in 2005, he signed on to appear in a negative role in Sathyaraj's Sivalingam IPS, but the film was shelved.[5]

Karthik opted to make a comeback into acting in 2010 and chose to appear in supporting rather than leading roles, much like his contemporaries Prabhu and Sathyaraj. He was first seen portraying a caring police officer in Maanja Velu, before winning positive reviews for his small role as a forest guard in Mani Ratnam's Raavanan.[6] He subsequently went on to play roles in P. Vasu's Puli Vesham (2011) and the Telugu film Om 3D, both of which failed at the box office. He also acted in a negative role in K. V. Anand's Anegan, where he appears alongside Dhanush.[7]

Political career

Karthik entered politics ahead of the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. He joined the All India Forward Bloc, and was appointed as the Secretary of the Tamil Nadu state unit of the party. He led the party during its electoral campaign on 24 September 2006. He later started his own party Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi in 2009 before the Lok Sabha Elections. He contested from Virudhunagar constituency and got only 15000 votes.

2011 Assembly elections

Karthik's party tried alliance with AIADMK for the 2011 Assembly elections[8] but AIADMK supremo denied tickets for his party. Karthik announced his party will contest alone in 25 to 40 seats after it was not allotted any seat in the AIADMK coalition.[9] Karthik sat on a fast in Madurai demanding Madurai Airport be renamed as Pasumpon Thevar Airport.[10][11] His party with sizeable Thevar votes in southern Tamil Nadu is believed to eat into the AIADMK votebank. In 2006, former AIADMK minister Nainar Nagendran lost by 2,000 votes in Tirunelveli, where Karthik's party polled more than the margin. Two weeks later he split from ADMK and announced his party will contest independently in 19 constituencies and support DMK in 213 constituencies.[12]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Cinema Express Awards
Nandi Awards

Personal life

Relationships

Karthik married actress Ragini his co-star in the film Solaikuyil in 1989 and the couple has two sons, actor Gautham Karthik and Ghayn Karthik. Later he also married Ragini's sister, Rathi, in 1992 and the couple have a son, Thiran Karthik.[13][14][15]

Break from films

During the early 2000s, Karthik experienced a difficult period as he began to lose his popularity at the box office and new actors began to emerge in the Tamil film industry. He subsequently signed on to appear in several films, which were either dropped, shelved or indefinitely postponed during the period. Films including Prabhu Nepal's Kadhale Swasam alongside Meena, Sundar C's Kadhal Solla Vandhen with Isha Koppikar and Gowri Manohar's Kashmir with Priyanka Trivedi, had audio release events but failed to have a theatrical release.[16][17] Likewise, other ventures including Mahesh's Manathil alongside Kausalya, Soundarrajan's Click co-starring Prabhu and Selva's Kai Korthu Vaa progressed before being halted.[18][19] Similarly, other projects in the early 2000s such as Gurudeva with Rimjim, Muthalaam Santhippil with Kausalya again and Enrum Unnai Naesippaen were dropped soon after filming had began.[20][21][22] During the nadir in 2002, Karthik was signed on by producer Keyaar to make a film titled Enna Peyar Veikalaam directed by Vincent Selva. Despite travelling to Pollachi for the shoot, the actor refused to emerge from his hotel room, and following an extended period of confusion, the film was called off and the Nadigar Sangam began legal proceedings against the actor.[23][24]

In 2004, Karthik suggested that "his acts and habits" had landed him in trouble and was looking to make a comeback.[25] He subsequently appeared in "comeback" films such as Kushti (2006) and Kalakkura Chandru (2007), both of which had delayed releases and went unnoticed at the box office.[26] Other ventures that the actor described as "comeback projects" such as Kicha's Unnidathil and Raj Kapoor's Sivalingam IPS, were shelved midst production.[27][28] Later in 2006, he revealed that he had quit taking drugs and was keen to make another attempt at returning to the film industry.[29]

Filmography

As an actor Karthik has acted in almost 136 movies till Amaran- 2

As actor

Year Film Role Language Notess
1981 Alaigal Oivathillai Vichu Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Debut
Seethakoka Chiluka Raghu Telugu Remake of Alaigal Oivathillai
1982 Ninaivellam Nithya Chandru Tamil
Valibamey Vaa Vaa Tamil
Ilanjodigal Tamil
Kanne Radha Tamil
Kelviyum Naane Pathilum Naane Nirmal, Babu Tamil
Neram Vandhachu Tamil
Pakkathu Veetu Roja Tamil
Thaai Mookaambikai Tamil
Agaya Gangai Tamil
Adhisayappiravigal Tamil
1983 Aayiram Nilave Vaa Tamil
Bhagavathipuram Railway Gate Tamil
Dhooram Adhighamillai Tamil
Marupatta Konangal Tamil
Oru Kai Pappom Tamil
Aboorva Sagodarigal Tamil
1984 Nallavanuku Nallavan Vinod Tamil
Veera Bhadrudu Telugu Remake of Tamil movie Kozhi Koovuthu
Nandri Tamil
Raja Thanthiram Tamil
Ninaivugal Tamil
Puyal Kadantha Bhoomi Tamil
1985 Anveshana Amar Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Paadum Paravaigal
Puthiya Sagaptham Deepak Tamil Guest appearance
Aval Sumangalithan Bhaskaran Tamil
Nalla Thambi Raju Tamil
Viswanathan Velai Venum Tamil
Mookanankayiru Tamil
Arthamulla Aasaigal Tamil
Ketti Melam Tamil
1986 Punyastri Telugu
Natpu Tamil
Mouna Raagam Manohar Tamil
Oomai Vizhigal Ramesh Tamil Guest appearance
Dharma Pathini Tamil
Thodarum Uravu Tamil
1987 Vanna Kanavugal Kannapan Tamil
Enga Veettu Ramayanan Tamil
Chinnamanikkuyile Tamil
Nalla Pambu Tamil
Ore Ratham Tamil
Thaye Neeye Thunai Tamil
Dhoorathu Pachai Tamil
Velicham Tamil
Parisam Pottachu Tamil
Raja Mariyadhai Tamil
1988 Agni Natchathiram Ashok Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor
Abhinandana Raja Telugu Nandi Special Jury Award
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
En Jeevan Paduthu Surendran Tamil
Kalicharan Tamil
Kan Simittum Neram Raja, Kannan Tamil
Urimai Geetham Chandru Tamil
Pei Veedu Tamil
Solla Thudikuthu Manasu P.G Thilainathan Tamil
1989 Thiruppu Munai Rajaram, Vanchinathan Tamil
Varusham Padhinaaru Kannan Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Gopalrao Gari Abbayi Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Kaadhal Oivathillai
Solaikuyil Tamil
Paandi Nattu Thangam Thangapandian Tamil
Sattathin Thirappu Vizha Tamil
Rettai Kuzhal Thuppakki Tamil
1990 Idhaya Thamarai Vijay Tamil
Mr. Karthick Tamil
Unnai Solli Kutramillai Balu Tamil
Kalyana Rasi Tamil
Periya Veetu Pannakkaran Tamil
Kizhakku Vasal Ponnurangam Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
Engal Swamy Ayyappan Tamil Guest appearance
Ethir Kaatru Ram Narendran Tamil
1991 Gopura Vasalile Manohar Tamil
Vigneshwar Vigneshwar Tamil
Irumbu Pookkal Dharma Tamil
Vanakkam Vathiyare Rajappa Tamil
1992 Amaran Amaran Tamil
Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen Muthurasu Tamil
Nadodi Thendral Tangaraasu Tamil
Nadodi Pattukkaran Sundaram Tamil
Idhu Namma Bhoomi Gopi Tamil
Suyamariyadhai Vijay Tamil
Deiva Vaakku Thambi Durai Tamil
1993 Chinna Kannamma Aravind Tamil
Ponnumani Ponnumani Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Chinna Jameen Raasaiyya Tamil
Kathirukka Neramillai Raju, Somasekhar Tamil
1994 Ilaignar Ani Tamil Guest appearance
Seeman Tamil
Maga Rayudu Karthik Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Mr. Maharani
1995 Muthu Kaalai Muthu Kaalai Tamil
Lucky Man Gopi Tamil
Nandhavana Theru Seenu Tamil
Marumagan Thangarasu Tamil
Chakravarthy Chakravarthy Tamil
Thotta Chinungi Mano Tamil
1996 Kizhakku Mugam Venu Tamil
Ullathai Allitha Raja Tamil
Katta Panchayathu Rajadurai Tamil
Poovarasan Poovarasan Tamil
Mettukudi Raja Tamil
Gokulathil Seethai Rishi Tamil
1997 Sishya Aravind Tamil
Pistha Manikandan Tamil
1998 Udhavikku Varalaamaa Muthurasu Tamil
Sundara Pandian Pandi, Sundar Tamil
Harichandra Harichandra Tamil
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen Selvam Tamil Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor
Pooveli Murali Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor
1999 Chinna Raja Raja, Dilip Tamil
Nilave Mugam Kaattu Murthy/Govind Tamil
Anandha Poongatre Haridas Tamil Guest appearance
Suyamvaram Ram Kumar Tamil
Rojavanam Muthu Tamil
Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga Sakthivelu Tamil
2000 Thai Poranthachu Aravind Tamil Guest appearance
Sandhitha Velai Aadalarasu, Thirunaavukkarasu Tamil
Kannan Varuvaan Kannan Tamil
Kuberan Kuberan Tamil
Seenu Seenu Tamil
2001 Ullam Kollai Poguthae Gautham Tamil Guest appearance
Lovely Chandru Tamil
Azhagana Naatkal Chandru Tamil
2002 Devan Chakravarthy Tamil
Game Raja Tamil
2003 Indru Gauthaman Tamil
2006 Kusthi Singam Tamil
2007 Kalakkura Chandru Chandru Tamil
2010 Maanja Velu Subash Chandra Bose Tamil
Raavanan Gyanaprakasam Tamil
2011 Puli Vesham Easwaran Moorthy Tamil
2013 Om 3D Harischandra Prasad Telugu
2015 Anegan Ravikiran Tamil
2016 Jindhaa Tamil Filming
Amaran 2 Amaran Tamil Filming
Muthuramalingam Tamil Filming

As singer

Year Film Song Music director Co-singer
1991 Suya Mariyathai "Vanmedu Megham" Shivajiraaja
1992 Amaran "Vethala Potta Sokkula",
"Musthafa" 		Adithyan
1993 Chinna Jameen "Onappu Thattu" Ilayaraja Swarnalatha
1997 Sishya "Abpallo Abpallo" Deva Swarnalatha
1997 Pistha "Kozhi curry kondu varatta" S. A. Rajkumar
1998 Pooveli "Kathai Sollapporaen" Bharathwaj
1998 Harichandra "Harichandran " Anand, Gopal, Shaleen Gopal Rao

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  13. ↑ Mani Ratnam to launch Karthik's son! - Tamil Movie News
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