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Karthi
Born Karthik Sivakumar
May 25, 1977 (1977-05-25) (age 33)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Film actor
Years active 2007-present

Karthik graduated from St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai after which he went on to complete his undergrad from the Crescent Engineering College. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering and got a scholarship to the U.S., where he did his masters. He earned a masters degree in Industrial Engineering from the Binghamton University. He later got a job and was working there for some time. He had also done a couple of basic courses in filmmaking.^[1]

After returning to India, he got to meet noted director Mani Ratnam, who initially offered him the role of Arjun (later played by Siddharth) in the film Aayutha Ezhuthu.^[2] But Karthi instead joined him as an assistant director for the same film and its Hindi version Yuva, since he always wanted to become a film director and preferred direction to acting.^[3] However, he continued to receive several acting offers. When Ameer Sultan approached him to play the lead role in his film Paruthiveeran, Karthi eventually accepted the offer as the film was "so compelling".^[3] The film was critically and commercially very successful, whilst his portrayal as a careless village rowdy was immensely appreciated by critics and earned him several awards, including the Fimfare Best Tamil Actor Award.^[3]

In January 2010, his second film, the Selvaraghavan-directed fantasy adventure film Aayirathil Oruvan, got released. The film, like his first film Paruthiveeran was stuck in production, languishing in production hell, for a long time, releasing only three years after his debut film.^[4] His character in the film itself was similar and often compared to his own character in his debut film.^[5] In April 2010, his next project, the romantic-action film, Paiyaa directed by N. Linguswamy was released, which went on to become hugely successful at the box office.^[6] Both its dubbed Telugu versions, named Yuganiki Okkadu and Aawara, proved to be commercially successful in Andra Pradesh, too. He is currently working on Susindran's second feature film Naan Mahaan Alla and the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film Vikramarkudu.

It needs no explanation on Sivakumar's love for Tamil. And it was visible at the wedding of his youngest son Karthi Sivakumar in Coimbatore on Sunday, as the marriage was performed as per Tamil tradition and rituals.

The hymns were chanted in Tamil, figurines of Tamil God Lord Muruga with His Consorts were brought to the marriage hall, and the family members of Sivakumar, including Suriya and Jyothika, were dressed as per Tamil tradition.

Relatives of the actor's family from in and around Coimbatore attended the wedding in large numbers and this made the Sivakumars extremely happy. "This is a memorable occasion for us," said a Coimbatore native, who is a relative to Karthi.

Equally elated were the relatives of the bride, Ranjini. One of her uncles said, "She is a nice girl and is a perfect fit for Sivakumar's family. We are happy that she has married Karthi, who too is a native of Kongu land."