Karthik Subbaraj
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Subbaraj in 2012
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| Born | Madurai, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film director , Screenwriter , Actor, producer |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director. He made a short film by the name "Kaatchipizhai" in Madurai, which was selected for "Naalaya Iyakunar". He then went on to make other films and released the 2012 low-budget thriller film Pizza which was a commercial success.
His venture Jigarthanda which deals with the Madurai underworld was released in September 2014 and has received a lot of critical acclaim. The film starred Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon, Bobby Simha and Karunakaran.
Karthik Subbaraj studied Mechatronics at Thiagarajar College of Engineering. He attended the SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai. During his college days he used to perform lot of stage shows with different themes and skits. Karthik's father Gajaraj is also an actor who has been seen portraying supporting roles in films like Onaayum Aattukuttiyum and Mundasupatti.
He had intended to direct "Jigarthanda" first but could not due to budget constraints and came up with the story "Pizza" in which he introduced the 7.1 sound system. Pizza was remade in Hindi and Kannada. Then he directed his dream movie "Jigarthanda" with actors Bobby Simha and Sidharth which also received positive reviews and yielded Simha a national award. He was also adulated famous by Tamil actor Vijay and legendary director Mani Rathnam. His third movie "Iraivi" opened to positive reviews and gained him a lot of praises for portraying the way the current society treats women. Also how the men's attitude and behaviours impact women on different layers of life.
Kathiresan, who produced Jigarthanda alleged that Karthik spent more budget and also refused to budge when the violent sequences were told to be cut short.
Producer Gnanavel Raja, who distributed the film Iraivi is peeved with Subbaraj, and in a Whatsapp audio message, regretted being associated with the film. He said that Karthik doesn't know the pain of becoming a director as he's never worked as an assistant director to anyone. He also revealed that Karthik overshot the budget and this resulted in some misunderstanding with the producer C.V Kumar. It is also being said that the producers’ council has decided to take action against Subbaraj for portraying the producer in poor light.
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