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Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director, writer and producer working mainly in Tamil cinema.

Karthik Subbaraj
Karthik at Iraivi Press Meet in 2016
Born	(1983-03-19) 19 March 1983 (age 39)[1] Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Occupation	Film director screenwriter producer
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Sathya Prema ​ (m. 2011)​ [2]

Life and career

Karthik did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai after which he went on to study Mechatronics at Thiagarajar College of Engineering. During his college days he performed stage shows and skits.[3] His father, Gajaraj, is an actor who has acted in many supporting roles in films like Mundasupatti and Kabali.[4]

He made the short film "Kaatchipizhai" in Madurai, which was selected for Nalaya Iyakunar.[5]

Karthik had intended to direct Jigarthanda first but could not fund the project. He then came up with the story for the low-budget Pizza which introduced the 7.1 sound system. The film was a commercial success, remade in Hindi, Bengali and Kannada.[6] This allowed him the opportunity to make Jigarthanda, which received positive reviews and earned actor Bobby Simha a national award.[7] Subbaraj was praised by industry stalwarts like director S. Shankar and Mani Ratnam.[8][9] His third movie, Iraivi (2016), received positive reviews and Subbaraj was praised for the film's portrayal of society's treatment of women. The movie also observed the various ways men's attitudes and behaviors impact women throughout life. He also showcased the pain he gothrough from the producer of his second film, through the character of SJ Surya. He then went on and directed a silent thriller, Mercury (2018), starring Prabhu Deva in its lead, which was not a commercial success.[10] He produced Kallachirippu, a web series under his banner Stone bench.[11]

Subbaraj directed the action drama Petta (2019) with Rajinikanth's 166th film. Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures produced the film while Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's music, replacing Santhosh Narayanan who composed for the director's previous ventures. Nawazuddin Siddiqui made his Tamil film debut with this film.[12] In the meanwhile, he produced the Amazon original movie Penguin starring Keerthy Suresh in the lead role.[13] He produced the Hotstar Originals web series Triples starring Jai and Vani Bhojan.[14] He also directed Vikram’s starrer Mahaan which was directly premiered on Amazon Prime Video.[15]

He then directed Miracle, a short film for the Amazon Anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020).[16]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2012	Pizza	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Jigarthanda	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Bench Talkies	Yes	Yes	No	Segment: Neer
2016	Iraivi	Yes	Yes	No
	Aviyal	No	No	Yes
2017	Meyaadha Maan	No	No	Yes
2018	Mercury	Yes	Yes	No
	Kallachirippu	No	No	Yes	ZEE5 original series
2019	Petta	Yes	Yes	No
2020	Penguin	No	No	Yes	Released on Amazon Prime Video
	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Yes	Yes	No	Segment: Miracle Released on Amazon Prime Video
	Triples	No	No	Yes	Hotstar original series
2021	Jagame Thandhiram	Yes	Yes	No	Released on Netflix
	Navarasa	Yes	Yes	No	Netflix original series; segment: Peace
	Boomika	No	No	Yes	Released on Star Vijay & Netflix
2022	Mahaan	Yes	Yes	No	Released on Amazon Prime Video
	Buffoon	No	No	Yes
	Ammu	No	No	Yes	Telugu film	[17]
2023	RC15	No	Story	No	Filming; Telugu Film

References

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