Gautham Karthik

Gautham Karthik (born 12 September 1989) is an Indian film actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Kadal (2013).

Gautham Karthi
Gautham at Rangoon Audio Launch
Born (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989[1]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materHebron School, Ooty

Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai

Christ University, Bengaluru
OccupationFilm actor
Years active2013–present
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Parent(s)
RelativesR. Muthuraman (Grand father)

Early life and background

Gautham Karthik was born to Tamil film actor Karthik Muthuraman and his first wife, actress Ragini Karthik.[2] He is the grandson of actor R. Muthuraman. He grew up in Udhagamandalam and graduated from Christ University, Bangalore, when film-maker Mani Ratnam approached him.[3] Before that, Gautham was not connected with the film industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology, English & Media. In college he performed as a guitarist and vocalist in the band Dead End Street.[3] He has two younger siblings - Ghayn from his mother Ragini and a half-brother Thiran from Rathi.

Career

Reports as early as 2003 suggested that actor Karthik was interested in directing a film with his son in the lead role, though the project never took off.[4][5] During a press conference in December 2009, Karthik revealed that his son, Gautham, would make his debut in Mani Ratnam's next venture after completion of Ratnam's bilingual films Raavan and Raavanan.[6] After a brief postponement and speculation, Mani Ratnam announced that Gautham would make his debut in Kadal in February 2012. Gautham revealed that he initially felt Ratnam had approached him to be a part of the technical crew and was surprised when he was handed the lead role.[3] Gautham briefly took acting lessons from Kalairani and began to shoot for Kadal across regions in South India for close to a year. After the shootings were completed, he was introduced to the media at the music launch event for the Telugu version of the film in Hyderabad. The film opened in February 2013 to mixed reviews, though Gautham Karthik's performance of a deprived youngster caught between the characters played by Arvind Swamy and Arjun was unanimously praised. A critic noted "Gautham delivers in his very first film. He scores in action as well as dance department too",[7] while a reviewer from Rediff.com wrote that the actor "pulled it off with elan", labelling him as "a natural performer and is surely here to stay".[8]

His second film, Yennamo Yedho, a remake of the Telugu film, Ala Modalaindi released in April 2014 to mixed reviews and a lukewarm box office, while Gautham's performance was praised by the critics. His next release was director Aishwarya Dhanush's Vai Raja Vai on 1 May 2015, which opened to positive reviews and was a commercial success.[9] He is currently working in three films simultaneously, including director Saravanan's Sippai opposite Lakshmi Menon, Indrajith, directed by Kalaprabhu, opposite debutante Sonarika Bhadoria. His next is director Rajkumar's debut Tamil film titled Rangoon opposite debutante Sana Makbul.[10] Following Rangoon, he has signed Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren which is to be directed by Arumuga Kumar and he is sharing screen space with Vijay Sethupathy for first time.[11]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2013KadalThomasFilmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South
Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant
2014Yennamo YedhoGautham
2015Vai Raja VaiKarthik
2017MuthuramalingamMuthuramalingam
RangoonVenkat
Ivan ThanthiranShakthi
Hara Hara MahadevakiHari
IndrajithIndrajith
2018Oru Nalla Naal Paathu SolrenHarish
Iruttu Araiyil Murattu KuththuVeera
Mr. ChandramouliRaaghav
2019DevarattamVetri
2021Pathu Thala TBAFilming; remake of Mufti (film)
TBA Untitled Film TBA Filming

References
  1. "All you want to know about @gautham_karthik". Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. "Karthik Muthuraman Biography". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 January 2013). "Mani Ratnam wants to meet you". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20031119055219/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/17112003-3.shtml
  5. Karthik's big plans – Tamil Movie News Archived 25 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Indiaglitz.com (2006-09-23). Retrieved on 2014-05-08.
  6. "Mani Ratnam to launch Karthik's son! – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  7. Kadal Movie Review kadal, kadal movie review, kadal review Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Behindwoods.com (2013-02-01). Retrieved on 2014-05-08.
  8. Review: Kadal has nothing new to offer – Rediff.com Movies Archived 29 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (2013-02-01). Retrieved on 2014-05-08.
  9. "'Vai Raja Vai' Box Office Success: Aishwarya Thanks Rajinikanth, Dhanush". 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  10. "Good news from AR Murugadoss". Top 10 Cinema. 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  11. "Hilarious title of Vijay Sethupathi's next film". Top 10 Cinema. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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