Biography

In this Indian name, the name Sivakumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Karthik.

Karthi
Karthi in 2017
Born	Karthik Sivakumar 25 May 1977 (age 45)[1] Madras, Tamil Nadu, India[2]
Alma mater	Binghamton University, Crescent Engineering College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Ranjani Chinnasamy   ? (m. 2011)?
Children	2
Parent(s)	Sivakumar (father)
Relatives	Suriya (brother) Brindha Sivakumar (sister) Jyothika (sister-in-law)

Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

The younger brother of actor Suriya and the youngest son of actor Sivakumar, Karthi initially joined Mani Ratnam as an assistant director. He was offered acting roles and made his acting debut in Paruthiveeran in 2007, which garnered critical acclaim and several accolades including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. His next project was that of the lead role in Aayirathil Oruvan (2010), an action-adventure film directed by Selvaraghavan. He achieved consecutive commercial successes with his subsequent releases – Paiyaa (2010), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010) and Siruthai (2011).^[3][4] After appearing in a series of box office flops, he starred in successful films such as Madras (2014), Thozha (2016), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018) and Kaithi (2019). He acted with 21 different directors on the trot before committing to a film with Muthaiah for Viruman having a second time collaboration for the first time in his career.

Apart from his film career, Karthi has also been involved in social welfare activities, encouraging fans to do likewise through the "Makkal Nala Mandram", a social welfare club that he inaugurated. In 2011, he became a cause ambassador to promote awareness of lysosomal storage diseases. As of 2015, he is the treasurer of the Nadigar Sangam.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Aayutha Ezhuthu	Michael's friend	Assistant director; uncredited role
2007	Paruthiveeran	Paruthiveeran	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Special Prize[96] Vijay Award for Best Male Debut[97]
2010	Aayirathil Oruvan	Muthu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Paiyaa	Siva	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	Naan Mahaan Alla	Jeeva Prakasam	Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor[98]
2011	Siruthai	DSP Rathnavel Pandian/ Rocket Raja	Dual role
	Ko	Himself	Cameo appearance
2012	Saguni	Kamalakannan	Also playback singer ("Kandha Kaara Vadai")
2013	Alex Pandian	Alex Pandian
	All in All Azhagu Raja	Azhagu Raja
	Biriyani	Sugan	Also playback singer for song "Mississippi"
2014	Madras	Kaali	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South[99] SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actor[100] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor
2015	Komban	Kombaya Pandian
2016	Thozha	Seenu	Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Oopiri Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
	Kaashmora	Kaashmora / Raj Nayak	Dual role
2017	Kaatru Veliyidai	Varun Chakrapani (VC)
	Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru	DSP Theeran Thirumaran	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South Edison Award for Best Actor
2018	Kadaikutty Singam	Guna Singam
2019	Dev	Dev Ramalingam
	Kaithi	Dilli	Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor[101]
	Thambi	Saravanan / Vicky
2021	Sulthan	Vikram alias Sulthan
2022	Vikram	Dilli	Voice only appearance
	Viruman	TBA	Post-production
	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan	Post-production
	Sardar	TBA	Filming [102]

Awards[edit]