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Karthi

Actor • Born 1977

Karthi

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About

Karthi is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He began his career in cinema as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam on the film Aayutha Ezhuthu (2004). Karthi made his acting debut with Paruthiveeran (2007), becoming an overnight sensation. He then went on to star in commercially successful films including Paiyaa (2010), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Siruthai (2011), Madras (2014), Thozha (2016), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Kaithi (2019), Thambi (2019), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022), Sardar (2022), and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023), establishing himself as a successful leading actor of Tamil cinema. Karthi has won three Filmfare Awards, an Edison Award, two SIIMA Awards, and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Known for

Sardar 2 posterSardar 2Movie • 2026Vikram posterVikramMovie • 2022HIT: The Third Case posterHIT: The Third CaseMovie • 2025Meiyazhagan posterMeiyazhaganMovie • 2024Kaithi posterKaithiMovie • 2019Kanguva posterKanguvaMovie • 2024Sardar posterSardarMovie • 2022Ponniyin Selvan: Part II posterPonniyin Selvan: Part IIMovie • 2023Ponniyin Selvan: Part I posterPonniyin Selvan: Part IMovie • 2022Aayirathil Oruvan posterAayirathil OruvanMovie • 2010Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru posterTheeran Adhigaaram OndruMovie • 2017Thambi posterThambiMovie • 2019Oopiri posterOopiriMovie • 2016Mark Antony posterMark AntonyMovie • 2023Sulthan posterSulthanMovie • 2021Paruthiveeran posterParuthiveeranMovie • 2007Kaashmora posterKaashmoraMovie • 2016Naan Mahaan Alla posterNaan Mahaan AllaMovie • 2010Kaatru Veliyidai posterKaatru VeliyidaiMovie • 2017Siruthai posterSiruthaiMovie • 2011All in All Azhagu Raja posterAll in All Azhagu RajaMovie • 2013Aayitha Ezhuthu posterAayitha EzhuthuMovie • 2004Biriyani posterBiriyaniMovie • 2013Paiyaa posterPaiyaaMovie • 2010