Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian film actor who works in the Tamil and Telugu movie industries. After graduation, he worked as an Engineering consultant in Chennai and considered higher studies abroad.
Karthi was earning about Rs. 5000 per month and found the work monotonous that was when he thought and he should do something more. The director Ameer has approached him to play the titular character in the film Paruthiveeran he has accepted the offer because the film was so compelling.
Karthi is the second son of actor Sivakumar and his wife Lakshmi and they have two siblings; an elder brother, Suriya also an actor in the Tamil film industry, and a younger sister named Brindha and Tamil film actress Jyothika is Karthi's sister-in-law.
Karthi has started acting from 2007 and so far he has acted in 14 movies and his previous movie “Thozha” was released recently and has earned positive feedback and currently he is acting in “Kashmora”. We wish him a Happy and prosperous life on his birthday.
