Gautham Karthik

Gautham Karthik was born on 12 September 1989 to actor Karthik and his first wife, actress Ragini.{{cite web|title=Karthik Muthuraman Biography|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/karthik-muthuraman/biography.html|work=OneIndia|access-date=26 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214043347/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/karthik-muthuraman/biography.html|archive-date=14 December 2013|url-status=dead}} Gautham's parents split when he was aged nine, and he subsequently grew up with his mother in Ooty, while his father only visited him once a year.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEzxj58fz1I | title=Gautham on Parents and Separation | Madan Gowri X | website=YouTube | date=July 2023 }}

He graduated from Christ University, Bangalore, when film-maker Mani Ratnam approached him with an offer.{{cite news|last=Dundoo|first=Sangeetha Devi|title=Mani Ratnam wants to meet you|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mani-ratnam-wants-to-meet-you/article4298707.ece|access-date=22 November 2022|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 January 2013|location=Chennai, India}} 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. He married actress Manjima Mohan, his co-star from Devarattam, on November 28, 2022.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-28 |title=Gautham Karthik and Manjima Mohan get married |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/gautham-karthik-and-manjima-mohan-get-married/articleshow/95818763.cms |access-date=2024-12-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/17112003-3.shtml|title="I have 2 Wives" - Karthik opens up!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031119055219/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/17112003-3.shtml|archive-date=19 November 2003|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/karthiks-big-plans-news-25543|title=Karthik's big plans|website=IndiaGlitz|date=23 September 2006|access-date=22 November 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/52468.html|title=Mani Ratnam to launch Karthik's son! – Tamil Movie News|date=9 December 2009|website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=24 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212101342/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/52468.html|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status=dead}} 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. 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",{{cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/kadal/kadal-movie-review.html|title=Kadal Movie Review|website=Behindwoods.com|date=1 February 2013|access-date=22 November 2022}} 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-kadal-has-nothing-new-to-offer/20130201.htm|last=Rajamani|first=Radhika|title=Review: Kadal has nothing new to offer|date=1 February 2013|access-date=22 November 2022}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/vai-raja-vai-box-office-success-aishwarya-thanks-rajinikanth-dhanush-631415|author=Nicy V.P.|title='Vai Raja Vai' Box Office Success: Aishwarya Thanks Rajinikanth, Dhanush|website=International Business Times|date=5 May 2015|access-date=22 November 2022}} In 2017, he has worked in five films simultaneously, including Muthuramalingam, Rangoon, Ivan Thanthiran, Hara Hara Mahadevaki and Indrajith.

Following, he has signed Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren (2018) which is to be directed by Arumuga Kumar and he is sharing screen space with Vijay Sethupathi for first time.{{cite news|url=https://www.top10cinema.com/article/42143/hilarious-title-of-vijay-sethupathis-next-film|title=Hilarious title of Vijay Sethupathi's next film|date=11 April 2017|work=Top 10 Cinema|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412061623/https://www.top10cinema.com/article/42143/hilarious-title-of-vijay-sethupathis-next-film|archive-date=12 April 2017|url-status=usurped}} After the box office success of Hara Hara Mahadevaki, Gautham Karthik and Santhosh P. Jayakumar are back with their next release, Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018).{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/iruttu-araiyil-murattu-kuththu-review-tamil-movie-21772|title=Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu review. Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu Tamil movie review, story, rating|website=IndiaGlitz|date=4 May 2018|access-date=22 November 2022}} The next one was with his father actor Karthik and his son come together on screen for the first time in Mr. Chandramouli (2018).{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mr-chandramouli-review-cast-no-bar/article24352356.ece|title='Mr Chandramouli' review: cast no bar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 July 2018|last=Ramanujam|first=Srinivasa|access-date=22 November 2022}} Following, director M. Muthaiah known for his caste-based movies has joined with Gautham Karthik for a masala of violence coated with family sentiments in Devarattam (2019).{{cite web|title=Devarattam review. Devarattam Tamil movie review, story, rating|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/devarattam-review-tamil-movie-22405|access-date=22 November 2022|website=IndiaGliz}}

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