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<p>Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), credited as Karthi, is an Indian actor who works in <a href="/facts/Tamil_Cinema/PHhonhgw">Tamil Cinema</a>. He is son of veteran actor <a href="/facts/Sivakumar/29oXEWA5">Sivakumar</a> who began his career as an assistant director in his elder brother <a href="/facts/Suriya/IwBMV4Qz">Suriya</a>'s film <i><a href="/facts/Aayutha_Ezhuthu/bAFwxTRJ">Aayutha Ezhuthu</a></i> (2004). Latter debuted with <i><a href="/facts/Paruthiveeran/Cv2fBQ3j">Paruthiveeran</a></i> (2007) and recorded a golden debut in Tamil Cinema with six consecutive success. Karthi is an recipient of three <a href="/facts/Filmfare_Awards_South/RjeUYUjW">Filmfare Awards South</a> and a <a href="/facts/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award/SckBzYCE">Tamil Nadu State Film Award</a>. </p><p>After a three-year hiatus from acting, he then return to star in films such as <i><a href="/facts/Aayirathil_Oruvan_(2010_film)/1G2605Rj">Aayirathil Orvuan</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Paiyaa/KjJsPvGQ">Paiyaa</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Naan_Mahaan_Alla_(2010_film)/yovYomsR">Naan Mahaan Alla</a></i>, all three of which were released in 2010. He then continued to star in films such as <i><a href="/facts/Siruthai/LcfLsBaT">Siruthai</a></i> (2011), <i><a href="/facts/Saguni/UKstPUHr">Saguni</a></i> (2012), <i><a href="/facts/Alex_Pandian/NAh1VKnH">Alex Pandian</a></i> (2013), <i><a href="/facts/All_in_All_Azhagu_Raja/4papgnc6">All In All Azhagu Raja</a></i> (2013) and <i><a href="/facts/Biriyani_(film)/1Ud4zdB4">Biriyani</a></i> (2013). </p><p>Karthi has starred in several well-known Indian films, portraying an impulsive and short-tempered working-class man in <i><a href="/facts/Madras_(film)/G34IY4oR">Madras</a></i> (2014), a paroled convict-turned-caretaker in Tamil-Telugu bilingual comedy-drama film <i><a href="/facts/Oopiri/gLUP0hWD">Oopiri / Thozha</a></i>, and in dual roles as the titular protagonist and the antagonist Raj Nayak in <i><a href="/facts/Kaashmora/C6TSHhjy">Kaashmora</a></i> (both in 2016). He also starred as Theeran Thumiran in <i><a href="/facts/Theeran_Adhigaaram_Ondru/B93HADVo">Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru</a></i> (2017), for which he was earned for a <a href="/facts/Filmfare_Awards_South/RjeUYUjW">Filmfare Award South</a> award, as <a href="/facts/Lokesh_Cinematic_Universe/LnBUAd5X">Dilli</a> in <i><a href="/facts/Kaithi_(2019_film)/Uylq4AbA">Kaithi</a></i> (2019), as <a href="/facts/Vallavaraiyan_Vandiyadevan/rISS82u3">Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan</a> in <i><a href="/facts/Ponniyin_Selvan%3a_I/Dt0YFDeX">Ponniyin Selvan: I</a></i> (2022) and its <a href="/facts/Ponniyin_Selvan%3a_II/A0FfVzbP">sequel</a> (2023), and in the spy-thriller film <i><a href="/facts/Sardar_(2022_film)/SVdXc6BM">Sardar</a></i> (2022). </p>