- Karthik Sivakumar
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name = Karthi
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birthdate =25th May 1977 | location =Chennai ,India
height = 5'11"
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notable role ="Paruthiveeran " (2007 )Karthik Sivakumar (credited as Karthi on screen) is an award-winning
Tamil film actor. He is son of veteran actorSivakumar and younger brother ofSurya Sivakumar . He rose to fame after he debuted in "Paruthiveeran ", for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award.Film career
Karthi has completed his M.S. (industrial engineering) from
Binghamton University , State University ofNew York in theUnited States , and done a couple of basic courses in film-making. After returning toIndia , he joined as an assistant toMani Rathnam in directing "Aayitha Ezhuthu " and "Yuva ". Mani Rathnam had wanted him to act in "Aayitha Ezhuthu" but Karthi rejected the offer, thus the role was given toSiddarth Narayan .His dream was to be a director but when Ameer, well acclaimed director of "
Raam ", approached him to play the hero in his new film "Paruthiveeran ", Karthi accepted the offer.He is currently acting in "
Aayirathil Oruvan " directed bySelvaraghavan .Filmography
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