GAUTHAM KARTHIK

GAUTHAM KARTHIK - Film Actor

Gautham Karthik was born on 12^th Sept 1989 to Tamil film actor Karthik Muthuraman and actress Ragini Karthik. He is the grandson of veteran actor R. Muthuraman. He spent his growing years in Udhagamandalam and was graduating at Christ University, Bangalore, until acclaimed film maker Mani Ratnam approached him. Before that, Gautham lead a regular life away from the media and film industry. In college, he was playing in a band as lead guitarist and back-up vocalist.

Reports as early as 2006, suggested that actor Karthik was interested in directing a film with his son in the lead role, though the project never took off. During a press meet in December 2009, Karthik revealed that his son, Gautham, would make his debut in Mani Ratnam's next venture post completion of Ratnam's bilingual films Raavan and Raavanan. 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. During production, Gautham had to compromise his private life in favour of the film by removing all social networking profile photos, as he and the film's lead heroine Thulasi Nair's appearances were kept away from the media.

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 finally 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 in between the characters played by Arvind Swamy and Arjun was unanimously praised. 

He is currently working in three films simultaneously, including a project with Aishwarya Dhanush in Vai Raja Vai. He will also be seen in Saravanan's Sippai opposite Lakshmi Menon, while he will also feature in the Tamil remake of the Telugu film, Ala Modalaindi to be directed by debutant Ravi Thyagarajan