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Karthik
Born Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman
13 September 1960 (age 63)
Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu State, India

 Navarasa Nayagan
Other names
 Murali
Alma mater The New College, Chennai
Occupations  Actor
 Playback singer
 Politician
Years active  1981–2007
 2010–present
 Ragini
Spouses
(m. 1988)
 Rathi
(m. 1992)
[1]
Children 3, including Gautham Karthik
Parent  R. Muthuraman (father)
Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman (born 13 September 1960), better known by his

stage name Karthik, is an Indian actor, playback singer and politician who works
in Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran actor R. Muthuraman. In the 1980s and
90s, Karthik was one of the biggest stars in the industry. He was first introduced
by Bharathiraja in the Tamil film Alaigal Oivathillai (1981) and became a lead actor
in Tamil films by his own. He has also appeared in some Telugu films where he was
initially credited as Murali.[2] Karthik is popularly known as Navarasa Nayagan (multi-
talented actor) for his "ability to emote all forms of actions and emotions". [3] He has
acted in more than 125 films. He has been the recipient of four Tamil Nadu State
Film Awards, a Nandi Award and four Filmfare Awards South.[4]
Early life and background[edit]
Karthik was born as Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman on 13 September 1960
in Ooty to veteran actor R. Muthuraman and Sulochana.[5] He has two
sons, Gautham and Ghayn, from his first marriage with Ragini, and another son,
Thiran, from his second marriage with Rathi.[6]
Film career[edit]
Debut and success (1981–1986)[edit]
Karthik was first introduced in Tamil cinema by Bharathiraja in the film Alaigal
Oivathillai (1981). He received the Best New Face Award from the Tamil Nadu
Government in 1981. He starred in the Telugu version of the film Seethakoka
Chilaka that same year under the stage name Murali.[2] He collaborated with leading
film directors such as Mani Ratnam, Bharathiraja, Visu, R.
Sundarrajan, Ameerjan, R. V.
Udayakumar, Priyadarshan, Fazil, Vikraman, Agathiyan, Sundar C., K. S.
Ravikumar, P. Vasu and K. V. Anand.
During the earlier stages of his career, Karthik worked three times with R. V. Udaya
Kumar. Later, he formed a partnership with Goundamani in many comedy films. He
was also well received by the Tamil audience for his performance in Nallavanukku
Nallavan (1984) in a role against Rajinikanth. Karthik during the early to mid 80s did
many films, but many of the films until 1986 like Bhagavathipuram Railway
Gate (1983), Pei Veedu (1984) and Raja Thanthiram (1984) were typical low budget
masala films and failed to make a mark. His onscreen pair with Radha was
appreciated in the early 80s.[7] He garnered acclaim for his role in the Telugu
thriller Anveshana by Vamsy.[8] His cameo in Mouna Ragam (1986) was very well
received by the audience.[9] The film made Karthik an instant heartthrob. Sylvian
Patrick from medium.com writes "Mani Ratnam arguably wrote the best cameo ever
in Tamil movie history with Manohar’s character. The total time on the screen for
Karthik is around 25 min, but the impact he creates is humungous".[10] This film not
only catapulted Karthik to fame but, even he would admit, it made him re-think his
choice of films and also instilled confidence and belief that he had what is required
as an actor to succeed.[11]
Golden years (1987–1991)[edit]
This was a golden period in the career of Karthik, where he acted in numerous
performance-oriented films. Vanna Kanavugal (1987) was a super hit. Karthik
collaborated with several leading directors and gave several successful films. He
acted in the Telugu film Abhinandana (1988) for which he won the Nandi Special
Jury Award. He followed with commercial successes like Agni
Natchathiram (1988), Varusham Padhinaaru (1989), Idhaya
Thamarai (1990), Kizhakku Vaasal (1990) and culminated with the black
comedy Gopura Vasalile (1991).[12]
Ups and downs (1992–1995)[edit]
This was period when Karthik took considerable risks in choosing
scripts. Amaran (1992) was an action film where Karthik plays an orphan who
eventually becomes a don. When it released, it performed below expectations;
however, the song sung by Karthik became a huge rage: 'Vethala Potta Sokkula',
one of the super hit songs that Adithyan tuned was sung by Karthik himself in his
signature style very similar to his dialogue delivery. The song is a 'love at first sight'
kind and its simplicity and very hummable lyrics is what endeared it to many when it
was first released.[13] Nadodi Thendral (1992) was a period film helmed
by Bharathiraja. Ponnumani (1993) was a village-based melodrama, which was a
super hit at the box office and fetched Karthik his fourth Filmfare award. Karthik also
spent a considerable amount of time shooting for a Telugu film co-
starring Vijayashanti in Maga Rayudu (1994). This period also witnessed films
like Marumagan (1995), Chakravarthy (1995), Nandhavana Theru (1995) and an
average success Thotta Chinungi (1995).

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Karthik (actor)

Born Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman

13 September 1960 (age 63)

Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu State, India

Alma mater The New College, Chennai

Years active  1981–2007

Children 3, including Gautham Karthik

Parent  R. Muthuraman (father)

Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman (born 13 September 1960), better known by his

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