Karthik Subbaraj is an talented South Indian movie director, writer and also a beside producer working mainly in Tamil cinema. He was born on 19th Mar 1983 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has producer working mainly in Tamil cinema. He made the short film ‘Kaatchipizhai’ in Madurai, which was selected for tv show ‘Nalaya Iyakunar’. His directorial debut with the 2012 thriller movie Pizza which was a low budget film, but earned huge profits. Karthik directed Rajinikanth’s 166 movie Petta under Kalanithi Maran’s production. Karthik Subbaraj is famous for Petta (2019) and Ram Charan 15 (2023)
Karthik Subbaraj started his career working as a software engineer in Bangalore working for Infosys. 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.
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.
In the meanwhile, he produced the Amazon original movie Penguin starring Keerthy Suresh in the lead role. He produced the Hotstar Originals web series Triples starring Jai and Vani Bhojan. He also directed Vikram’s starrer Mahaan which was directly premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
In the course of his work as a software engineer, he was deputed to U.S. A 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 then directed Miracle, a short film for the Amazon Anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020).
Karthik Subbaraj belong to Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has yet to share anything about his parents and siblings. Karthik Subbaraj got married to Karthik Subbaraj in 2011.
Karthik Subbaraj attended Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-15. He specialized in mechatronics. He attended SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai.
Karthik Subbaraj net worth is around about $1-5 million. He earned a good amount of his net worth from his directing, writing and producing career.