36 Facts About Karthi

Karthi then achieved his breakthrough role in his debut film Paruthiveeran.

Karthi then continued to star in films such as Siruthai, Saguni, Alex Pandian, All In All Azhagu Raja and Biriyani.

Karthi starred as Theeran Thumiran in Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru, for which he was earned for a Filmfare Award South award, as Dilli in Kaithi, as Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan in Ponniyin Selvan: I and its sequel, and in the spy-thriller film Sardar.

When Karthi returned to Chennai, he met director Mani Ratnam and got a chance to work as an assistant director in Aayutha Ezhuthu, because he wanted to become a film director and preferred directing to acting, though he did appear as an extra in Aayutha Ezhuthu.

Karthi accepted his first acting assignment with Priyamani as female lead in April 2005.

Karthi received several accolades for his performance, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Tamil.

In October 2006, Karthi signed his second project under Selvaraghavan's direction, Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam, which was supposed to be a romance film, featuring Sandhya as the female lead.

Karthi had agreed to play the lead character in Linguswamy's next film Paiyaa, in September 2007.

Karthi later said that he became anxious because he received several film offers, but could not work on them because he needed to maintain the continuity of his looks.

Ravindran complained that Karthi was trying to change his look and move on to Paiyaa before finishing his commitments.

Karthi said that he accepted the film because he desperately wanted to play a cool dude on screen.

Karthi played two roles; a thief and a police officer.

In May 2011, Karthi began working in the political comedy film Saguni, directed by Shankar Dayal and featuring him amongst an ensemble cast of supporting actors.

Karthi played Kamalakannan in the film, a villager who comes to the city to save his palatial house in Karaikudi from being destroyed for a politician's personal gain and unknowingly transforms to become a kingmaker in Tamil Nadu politics.

Karthi dubbed for himself for the Telugu version of Saguni and his since dubbed for the Telugu dubbed versions of all of his films and for one character in Brothers, the dubbed version of his brother Suriya's Maattrraan.

Karthi later appeared in the 2013 Pongal release Alex Pandian, opposite Anushka Shetty, which opened to negative critical response upon release.

Karthi sang the song "Mississippi" under Yuvan Shankar Raja's direction.

Right after Theeran Karthi acted in Kadaikutty Singam portrayed the role of a farmer directed by Pandiraj which has been produced by this brother Suriya which has gained the highest footfalls in the year 2018 in Tamil Nadu.

Karthi's next release in the same year, Kaithi, was a blockbuster hit and collected more than 100 crores at the box office.

Karthi was next seen in Sulthan, directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan, of Remo fame.

Karthi essayed Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan in the films, in which his performances received several accolades.

Later in 2023, Karthi have his second release of the year with Japan.

Karthi has two siblings; an elder brother, Suriya, who was already an established actor at the time of Karthi's film debut, and a younger sister, Brindha, who is a singer in Tamil cinema.

Karthi completed his elementary and secondary school education at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and St Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai.

Karthi gained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Crescent Engineering College, Chennai.

Karthi got a scholarship for his higher studies in the United States, and enrolled at Binghamton University, New York, where he earned his Master of Science in industrial engineering.

Karthi then decided to pursue a career in filmmaking; he attended two courses in basic filmmaking at State University of New York.

On 3 July 2011, Karthi married Ranjani Chinnasamy, who graduated with a master's degree in English literature from Stella Maris College, Chennai.

Karthi has been involved in several charities and social service activities.

Karthi presented a cheque of 50,000 to YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, which helps AIDS affected children.

In 2011, Karthi became a cause ambassador for promoting awareness of lysosomal storage disease.

Karthi had adopted a white tiger cub at Vandalur Zoo and contributed 72,000 to protect and preserve the animal.

In September 2010, Karthi signed a contract with Bharti Airtel to become its brand ambassador in South India and appear in its "Indraikku enna plan" advertising campaign.

Karthi has appeared in advertisements for Bru Instant Coffee along with Kajal Aggarwal, who had earlier acted opposite him in Naan Mahaan Alla and All in All Azhagu Raja.

In 2015, Karthi joined fellow actors Vishal, Nassar, Karunas and Ponvannan to campaign against the concurrent office bearers of the Nadigar Sangam, led by R Sarathkumar and Radha Ravi.

Karthi was successful in the election, becoming the association's treasurer.