He is a famous South Indian actor. He was born on 25 May 1977 in Madras. He is an actor and singer. His full name is Karti Sivakumar. His height is 5.9 inches, 1.75 metres, 175 centimetres.
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Education/Qualification
His school education was from Padma Sheshadri Bala Bhavan and St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School. After this he studied Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Crescent Engineering College, Chennai. After this, he completed his master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering at Binghamton University, New York, Us. After this, he took a film course for two years.
About Career
After learning the course, he faced a lot of financial problems there, due to which he started doing graphic designing work there. Then he felt that he should make his career in films only. Therefore, he came to India and joined Mani Ratnam as an assistant director. Mani was directing the film at that time with Suriya and R Madhavan. Karti became an assistant director in this film. In this film, he played a strange role. He became quite popular because of a scene in this film. Now he has started getting acting offers. After this he asked his father to act in films. His father said that you can become an assistant director later also. Now you are young, that’s why Karthi, you should do films. After this, Karthi made his debut with the film Paruthiveeran. His first film was a blockbuster. After this film, he started getting many offers. In the year 2007, he again worked in the film Aayirathil Oruvan. But this film was released after 3 years. Before this, his film Paiya was released. This film was a superhit. After this, his earlier film was released. That film did not do well. After this he worked in the film Naan Mahaan Alla. This film was a superhit. After this he gave hit after hit films.
Family Members
His father’s name is Sivakumar and mother’s name is Lakshmi Sivakumar. His elder brother is Suriya who is an actor. His sister is Brindha Sivakumar. He married Ranjani Chinnasamya on 3 July 2011. He has two children with her. The boy’s name is Kadhan and the girl’s name is Umayal. Their boy was born in 2020 and the girl in 2013.
Affairs/Girlfriend
Movie Name
(2004) Aayutha Ezhuthu, (2007) Paruthiveeran, (2010) Aayirathil Oruvan, Paiyaa, Naan Mahaan Alla, (2011) Siruthai, Ko, (2012) Saguni, (2013) Alex Pandian, All in All Azhagu Raja, Biriyani, (2014) Madras, (2015) Komban, (2016) Oopiri/Thozha, Kaashmora, (2017) Kaatru Veliyidai, Theeran, Adhigaaram Ondru, (2018) Kadaikutty Singam, (2019) Dev, Kaithi, Thambi, (2021) Sulthan, (2022) Vikram, Viruman, Ponniyin Selvan:1, Sardar, (2023) Ponniyin Selvan:2, Mark Antony, Japan.
Awards List
Asianet Film Awards, South Filmfare Awards, South Indian International Movie Awards, Vijay Awards, Edison Awards India, Tamil Nadu State Film Awards India, Norway Tamil Film Festival, Critic’s Choice Film Awards India, Zee Cine Awards Tamil, Bollywood Life Awards.
Net Worth
His total net worth is around Rs 90 crore. He earns through ads, sponsorship, brand ambassadorship and working in films.
