Career Karthi

1 career

1.1 2007: debut success
1.2 2010–2011: break after paruthiveeran
1.3 2012–present: career slump , resurgence

career
2007: debut success

when karthi returned chennai, met director mani ratnam, offered him role of arjun (later played siddharth) in film aayutha ezhuthu. declined offer , worked assistant director on same film , hindi version yuva because wanted become film director , preferred directing acting, though did appear in aaytha ezhuthu. continued receive acting offers , father convinced him take acting, telling him  ... one can direct films 1 not chance act once grow older . accepted first acting assignment in april 2005. when director ameer approached him play titular character in film paruthiveeran, accepted offer because film  ... so compelling . filming started in july 2005 , experienced financial difficulties, , abandoned mid–2006. released in january 2007, critical acclaim , became commercially successful.

critics unanimously praised karthi s portrayal of careless village ruffian. behindwoods said: has done away every trace of sophistication in body language , handles sickle consummate ease. looks every inch hot blooded youngster rural part of tamil nadu [and] appears seasoned in romantic scenes ... uninformed people might not believe young man’s big screen debut. out guy ...  . sify said: it’s hard believe karthi’s debut film spectacular. expressions, anger, laughter , anguish realistic can feel fire in him. rediff called performance excellent , ,  ... one of top performances of 2007 . karthi received several accolades performance, including filmfare award best actor in tamil.

2010–2011: break after paruthiveeran

in october 2006, karthi signed second project under selvaraghavan s direction, idhu maalai nerathu mayakkam, supposed romance film, featuring sandhya female lead. karthi s character  ... sophisticated upmarket stylish guy ...  . selvaraghavan abandoned project , in july 2007, announced production of adventure film titled aayirathil oruvan karthi in lead role. filming began later year , expected completed february 2008. producers planned release in mid-2008, production delayed , filming continued until 2009. had agreed play lead character in linguswamy s next film, paiyaa, in september 2007. because of slow progress of aayirathil oruvan, paiyaa postponed several times. later said became anxious because received several film offers not work on them because needed maintain continuity of looks. during filming of aayirathil oruvan, producer ravindran complained karthi trying change , move on paiyaa before finishing commitments.

aayirathil oruvan released in 2010. karthi s portrayal of chief coolie compared in debut film. sify called karthi s performance  ... a scream. , , said, right introduction scene till end, lovable , provides humour. , , had  ... made sensational comeback ...  .

in april 2010, linguswamy s paiyaa released. romantic road-trip film, featuring blockbuster album yuvan shankar raja, successful. first time, enacted character lives in urban area. said accepted film because desperately wanted play cool dude on screen. karthi s performances in aayirathil oruvan , paiyaa earned him further nominations @ 58th filmfare awards south in best actor category. both films dubbed telugu yuganiki okkadu , aawara, respectively, , successful.

karthi s third film in 2010 suseenthiran s thriller naan mahaan alla, in played middle class youth chennai life disrupted when father killed. received reviews, popular, , karthi s performances praised critics. sreedhar pillai wrote sify: [karthi] nails character perfection  ... he 1 reason see film. bhama devi ravi of times of india wrote:  ... what pleasure see karthi deliver best performance date ...  . rediff wrote karthi has had ball ...  , s been long time since saw actor can convincing in sadness , rage, in happiness. naan mahaan alla dubbed telugu , released naa peru shiva in 2011; successful , earned karthi telugu film offers.

karthi s next film action–masala siruthai (2011), remake of 2006 telugu film vikramarkudu. played 2 roles; thief , police officer. karthi s performances received favourable reviews. malathi rangarajan of hindu wrote: karthi looks , performs better every film. siruthai exemplifies observation . pavithra srinivasan of rediff wrote: film belongs rocket raja (karthi), sort of adorable ruffian tamil cinema has been missing while. picks pockets, slices off handbags, charms women , bashes (!) them without single jolt conscience. despite gaining mixed critical response, film achieved financial success, becoming 1 of highest-grossing tamil films of 2011. in 2011, siruthai became karthi s biggest commercial success, cementing position in tamil film industry. sify said karthi had become  ... one of hottest stars in kollywood . made special appearance in song in k. v. anand s ko (2011), alongside other prominent actors tamil cinema.

2012–present: career slump , resurgence

in may 2011, karthi began working on political comedy film, saguni, directed shankar dayal , featuring him amongst ensemble cast of supporting actors. played kamalakannan in film, villager comes city save palatial house in karaikudi being destroyed politician s personal gain , unknowingly transforms become kingmaker in tamil nadu politics. film opened negative reviews critics, , became box-office failure. later appeared in 2013 pongal release alex pandian, opposite anushka shetty, opened negative critical response upon release.

karthi s next release rajesh m s in azhagu raja, featured him opposite kajal aggarwal , santhanam. film released on diwali 2013, , received negative reviews critics, behindwoods saying though laughs spread across few moments, when [all in azhagu raja] pitted against rajesh s other wholesome laughathons such okok , boss [engira bhaskaran], falls way short , sify saying trouble [all in azhagu raja] lacks basic storyline , took audiences granted. film has no real script speak of, @ best skeletal plot. next film venkat prabhu s biriyani, released in december 2013, opening positive reviews , became box office success. sang song mississippi under yuvan shankar raja s direction both tamil , telugu versions of film. in 2014, karthi appeared in pa. ranjith s madras, critical , commercial success. next release 2015 action drama komban. first release in 2016 tamil-telugu bilingual film oopiri. film received positive reviews. karthi s performance praised, baradwaj rangan of hindu stating (in review of tamil version thozha), @ time every leading man (including karthi) seems participating in game-show titled wants next rajinikanth?, here’s simple “buddy movie” (in hollywoodian sense), no punch dialogues, no action sequences, 1 duet (with tamannaah, plays vikram’s secretary; romance seenu strangely unresolved). see, time, character actors striving become larger-than-life heroes. change, here’s hero scaling himself down play life-sized character. later year, karthi appeared in director gokul s kaashmora. though film received mixed reviews, performance praised.

karthi s next film, kaatru veliyidai, directed , produced mani ratnam. later signed on star in theeran adhigaaram ondru, directed h. vinoth , produced dream warrior pictures.