Date of Birth
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13-September-1960
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Place of Birth
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Chennai
(Tamil Nadu, India)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Kartik, Murali Karthikeyan, Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman, Karthik Muthuraman, कारà¥à¤¤à¤¿à¤•, मà¥à¤°à¤²à¥€ कारà¥à¤¤à¤¿à¤•à¥‡à¤¯à¤¨, मà¥à¤°à¤²à¥€ कारà¥à¤¤à¤¿à¤•à¥‡à¤¯à¤¨ मà¥à¤¥à¥à¤°à¤®à¤¨
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Profession
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Politician, Actor, Singer, Playback Singer
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Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman, better known by his screen name Karthik, is a Indian film actor, playback singer and politician. He is the son of veteran actor R. Muthuraman. He was first introduced by Bharathiraja in the film Alaigal Oivathillai. He has primarily appeared in lead roles in Tamil films.
Karthik won four Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil and one Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu. He is also the recipient of Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Nandi Award. Former Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Leader "Kalaignar Karunanidhi" on an occasion of 100th day film celebration of "Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen" praised the actor's talents and commented that the actor has enormous skills, however the film fraternity should have used the actor in better ways to extract much of his talent. The actor's career has many super hits and long-lasting movies. The actor has great numbers of fan following around South India. T.S.B.K Moulee, an Indian stage and film actor once said in an Interview Actor Karthik has a unique style of acting and a very humble, down to earth simple personality.
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