Karunakaran
Birthday: 1981-09-21 | Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaKarunakaran is a Tamilfilm actor, who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough in Soodhu Kavvum (2013) portraying the role of Arumai Pragasam, before playing roles in Jigarthanda and Yaamirukka Bayamey. He initially made a career as chemical engineer, graduating from SASTRA University, and then as an IT professional at Accenture, before director Nalan Kumarasamy (his friend) approached him to feature in a short film he was making for the reality television show, Naalaya Iyakkunar. Karunakaran had featured in such short film ventures at school and Nalan had cast him in Nenjuku Neethi, which went on to win the first place award that season. Sundar C gave him brief roles in two of his ventures, while he made his first breakthrough portraying Vijay Sethupathi's friend in Karthik Subbaraj's Pizza (2012), after which he left work and concentrated on a career in films. Nalan subsequently cast him in his feature film debut Soodhu Kavvum, for which Karunakaran won rave reviews. His appearance in the "Kasu Panam Thuttu" song also was well received and prompted several further offers for the actor. His performance in Yaamirukka Bayamey was appreciated by critics.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Bobby
as G Arumai Pragasam
as Jagadeesh
as Moorthy
as Sugirtharaja
as Durai
as Michael
as Murali
as Pastor David
as Selvam Arumugam
as Antony
as Gajaa
as Mani
as Tiger
as Uthrabathi
as Babu
as Karthik
as Krishnamoorthy
as Prabhu
as Syed Baasha
as Vasu
