Acting · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Born September 21, 1981
Karunakaran 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.
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as Partha
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as Chitti
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as Govindharaman
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as Murali
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as Anthony
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as Ice Box Owner
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as G Arumai Pragasam
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as Bobby
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as Jagadeesh
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as Moorthy
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as Sugirtharaja
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as Selvam Arumugam
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as Murali
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as Pastor David
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as Michael
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as Durai
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as Mani
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as Gajaa
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as Tiger
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as Uthrabathi
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as Antony
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as Chandran
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as Syed Baasha
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as Krishnamoorthy
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as Babu
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as Vasu
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as Prabhu
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as Karthik
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as (voice)
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as Buggy
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as Tamil Version
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as Mani
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as Bhaskar
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as Advocate
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as Himself (Guest Appearance)
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as Azhagu, Krishna's Cafe Worker
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as Shiva
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as Karuna
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as Nandhu
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as Girish Kalyan
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as Pachamuthu
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as Vigadakavi
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as Kumar
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as Arumai Prakasam "APS"
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as Jeeva's Friend
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as Ramesh
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2016
MovieKavalai Vendam
2016
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2016
as Vairam
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as Peter
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as Veera
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as Raghavendran
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as Ramesh
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as Kumaran
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as Dr. Saravanan
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as Balaji
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as Alangaram
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as Kanagu
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2015
as Chandran
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as Gautham
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2015
as Kailasam's Son
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as Pulivetti Arumugam
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as Thangadurai
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2015
as Kumar
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2014
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2014
as Kothandam
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2014
as Shaji
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2014
as Panneer
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as Paalpandi
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2014
as Oorni
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2014
as Sharath
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2013
as Special Appearance
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as Arumai Pragasam
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2012
as Raghavan
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as Sampath
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2012
as Kumar
MovieNenjuku Neethi
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as Self
MovieNadanthathu yenanau
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as Self
MovieIndru Netru Naalai 2
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as Tirupathi
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