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Karunakaran (born 28 January 1981) is an Indian actor and comedian who mainly appears in
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. He made his breakthrough in the film ''
Soodhu Kavvum ''Soodhu Kavvum'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, who co-wrote the story with Shrinivas Kaviinayam. Produced by C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment, the film stars Vijay Sethupathi, ...
'' (2013). He also appeared in supporting roles in ''
Yaamirukka Bayamey ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by debutant Deekay and produced by Elred Kumar. The cast includes Kreshna, Oviya, Rupa Manjari (in her penultimate appearance), Karunakaran, a ...
'' (2014), '' Jigarthanda'' (2014) and ''
Indru Netru Naalai ''Indru Netru Naalai'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by R. Ravikumar. The film stars Vishnu Vishal and Miya George, while Karunakaran, P. Ravi Shankar, Jayaprakash and T. M. Karthik pl ...
'' (2015).


Career

Karunakaran's father is a former RAW agent and he grew up in
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, before moving to
Trichy Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...
with his parents, where he met short film maker and friend Nalan Kumarasamy. He completed his secondary schooling at Sri Akilandeswari Vidyalaya, Trichy. He initially made a career as chemical engineer, graduating from
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, and then as an IT professional at
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, before Nalan 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
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's ''
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'' (2012), after which he left work and concentrated on a career in films. Nalan subsequently cast him in his feature film debut ''
Soodhu Kavvum ''Soodhu Kavvum'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, who co-wrote the story with Shrinivas Kaviinayam. Produced by C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment, the film stars Vijay Sethupathi, ...
'' (2013), 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 ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by debutant Deekay and produced by Elred Kumar. The cast includes Kreshna, Oviya, Rupa Manjari (in her penultimate appearance), Karunakaran, a ...
'' (2014) was appreciated by critics.
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wrote, "A large part of the credit should go to Karuna, who manages to make Sharath both ambivalent and funny", while
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wrote that he was "a scream" and
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called it an "exceptional performance". Karunakaran, rose to fame in comical roles he did in such films as ''
Yaamirukka Bayamey ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by debutant Deekay and produced by Elred Kumar. The cast includes Kreshna, Oviya, Rupa Manjari (in her penultimate appearance), Karunakaran, a ...
'' (2014) and '' Jigarthanda'' (2014). Karunakaran was awarded the Best Comedian Award for his role in the movie ''
Indru Netru Naalai ''Indru Netru Naalai'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by R. Ravikumar. The film stars Vishnu Vishal and Miya George, while Karunakaran, P. Ravi Shankar, Jayaprakash and T. M. Karthik pl ...
'' (2015). In 2019, he made his TV début with ‘Asaalta Alaravidum Pullingo’ on Discovery Network's Tamil channel. These movies like ''
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'' (2019) and ''
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'' (2021) which have been successful. After delays, the comedy ''
Panni Kutty ''Panni Kutty'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Anucharan Murugaiyan. The film stars Yogi Babu and Karunakaran, and also features Singampuli, Ramar, Thangadurai, Dindigul I. Leoni, Lakshmipriya and T. P. Gajendran ...
'', in which Karunakaran starred with
Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. He has won Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), '' Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018), '' Pariyerum Perumal'' (2018), '' Love Today'' ( ...
, was finally released in 2022.


Filmography


Films


Television


Web series


Shortfilms


References


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Karunakaran
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