Udhay Avishek Karthik is an Indian actor who has appeared in

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language films. Closely associated with director

Gautham Vasudev Menon Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu, Hindi cinema, Hindi and Ma ...

, Karthik has worked previously as Menon's assistant in the films ''

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'' (2007) and ''

Vaaranam Aayiram ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Suriya in the main dual lead role as father and son alo ...

'' (2008), before making a breakthrough as an actor through the director's experimental thriller '' Nadunisi Naaygal'' (2011).

Early life

Karthik was born to Mohan Reddy, who hails from

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, and Suryakala Yalamanchili, who belongs to

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speaking community in

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. He is the brother of actress

Maheswari Maheswari is an Indian former actress, who appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil language films. She was one of the leading actresses in Telugu and Tamil films from 1994 to 2000. She appeared alongside major South Indian stars like Jaga ...

and the nephew of veteran actress

Sridevi Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of ...

Career

Karthik joined Gautham Menon's directorial team in 2006 and worked with him during the production of ''

'' (2007), before being announced as one of the four new male leads in a film titled ''Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam'' to be directed by Menon. The film, set in the backdrop of Chennai's IT industry, began its shoot in mid-2007 with Trisha leading an ensemble cast but was later delayed and then eventually shelved. Karthik then continued his work with Menon as an assistant director, and featured in the supporting role of Mahesh,

Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil films. One of the highest-paid Tamil actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian ...

's friend in ''

'' (2008). He subsequently opted against continuing in Menon's team for '' Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' (2010), but was approached to act in the director's experimental film '' Nadunisi Naaygal'' (2011) alongside Veera and

Sameera Reddy Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu language films. She made her film debut with the 2002 film ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. Reddy is bes ...

. Credited in the film as Deva, he worked out and built his body to portray a cop convincingly. The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from Rediff.com noting "Deva, as the serious Assistant Commissioner of Police, does a neat job", while Behindwoods.com wrote "Deva who plays a cop has nothing much to do but he does it well". The film was later also dubbed and released in Telugu, with Karthik's link to actress Sridevi garnering the film further attention from the media. In mid-2014, he began work on '' Kaathadi'', which eventually had a delayed release in February 2018.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karthik, Avishek Indian male television actors Tamil male actors Living people Male actors from Chennai 21st-century Indian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)