years_active birth_place nationality image article_title name occupation
2012 -- present '' madurai , india '' indian director karthik subbaraj in december , 2012.jpg karthik subbaraj
 karthik subbaraj film director , screenwriter , actor
karthik subbaraj

karthik subbaraj -- started his career working as a software engineer in bangalore working for silver soft .
during this period he got interested in film making .
he learnt the basics of film making , during a one-day workshop run by sanjay nambiar .
in the course of his work as a software engineer , he was deputed to u.k where he further enhanced his film making skills by making a number of short films and assisting other indie film makers .
once he was back in india , he made a short film `` kaatchipizhai '' in madurai , which was selected for `` naalaya iyakunar '' .
he went on to make his directorial debut with the 2012 thriller film pizza which was a low budget film , but earned huge profits .
his latest venture jigarthanda which deals with the madurai underworld was released in september 2014 and received critical acclaims .
the film stars siddharth , lakshmi menon , bobby simha and karuna .
