caption children birth_place yearsactive family ethnicity name parents birth_date spouse residence image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
karthi in january 2014 umayaal -lrb- b. 2013 -rrb- tamil nadu , india 2007 -- present suriya -- law -rrb- brindha -lrb- sister -rrb- -lrb- brother -rrb- jyothika -lrb- sister -- in tamil karthi sivakumar lakshmi 25 may 1977 ranjini -lrb- m.2011-present -rrb- chennai , tamil nadu , india karthistudio.jpg karthi
 karthik sivakumar film actor crescent engineering college , vandalur , chennai binghamton university
karthi

karthik sivakumar better known by his stage name karthi , is an indian film actor , who works in the tamil film industry .
the younger son of actor sivakumar , karthi holds a bachelor 's degree in mechanical engineering and a master 's degree in industrial engineering .
since he had always wanted to become a film director , he returned to india and joined mani ratnam as an assistant director .
he was offered acting roles and made his acting debut in `` paruthiveeran '' in 2007 as the titular character , a careless village rowdy , winning critical acclaim and several accolades including the filmfare award for best actor and a tamil nadu state film award .
his next role was that of a coolie in `` aayirathil oruvan '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , a fantasy-adventure film directed by selvaraghavan .
he achieved consecutive commercial successes with his subsequent releases -- `` paiyaa '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , `` naan mahaan alla '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- `` siruthai '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , and `` madras '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- , which established him in the tamil film industry .
apart from his film career , karthi has also been involved in social welfare activities , encouraging fans to do likewise through the `` makkal nala mandram '' , a social welfare club that he inaugurated .
in 2011 , he became a cause ambassador to promote awareness of lysosomal storage disease .
