Karunakaran

Karunakaran

Nacimiento : 1981-09-21, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Historia

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.

Perfil

Karunakaran

Películas

Kasethan Kadavulada
Murali
Vallavanukkum Vallavan
Two conmen, who believe that money can solve all their problems, decide to extract money from wrongdoers. Trouble begins when a mad policeman crosses their way.
Jiivi 2
Mani
Saravanan restarts his life by marrying Kavitha, the daughter of his house owner, and takes up the job of a share-auto driver. As Mani, his friend, comes back into his life, the cycle of events start again putting Saravanan's life in a challenging situation.
Kaatteri
Gajaa
To escape the wrath of the gangster whom they work for, a gang of treasure-seeking, bumbling criminals go to a hillside village, which, they don't realise is a ghost town, literally!
Maha
A mother who loses her child to psycho killer's killing spree goes in search for answers
Panni Kutty
Uthrabathi
A down-on-luck man has to run over a piglet that had caused a minor accident to get lucky in life. But the animal belongs to a man who has to keep it safe for his wedding to happen!
Payanigal Gavanikkavum
Antony
After spending two sleepless nights taking care of his sick daughter, Ezhilan, a person with hearing and speech disability falls asleep in a metro. A Social Media Addict captures this moment and uploads it on social media with a caption saying 'Drunkard On A Public Transport'.
Manmatha Leelai
Two one-night stands in the life of a man that happen 10 years apart seem to mirror each other. Is there something more to them than what meets our eyes?
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
Chandran
Three women, who belong to different walks of life, go through severe identity crisis because of the patriarchal system in their respective families. Set in three different time periods, the movie throws light on their helplessness and other myriad issues faced by these married women despite them having their life partners by their side.
Maanaadu
Syed Baasha
A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
Jango
Krishnamoorthy
A neurosurgeon who is stuck in a time loop tries to save his estranged wife from being killed by a mystery man.
Enemy
Babu
It's the story of two childhood friends and their escalating competitive nature. To what extent are they ready to go?
Enemy
Babu
Two childhood friends end up on opposite extremes of morality, and face each other in a good vs evil war.
La corte de Tughlaq
Vasu
Un político en ciernes tiene planes tortuosos para ascender en las filas desu partido, hasta que de repente desarrolla un alter ego que interfiere con todos sus movimientos torcidos.
Malaysia to Amnesia
Prabhu
Malaysia To Amnesia revolves around two childhood friends who plan to get married. However, they face complications as they are unable to cope with married life.
Teddy
Karthik
A youngster with OCD sets out to save a girl from the clutches of an international medical mafia with the help of a teddy bear which behaves like humans.
Kutty Story
(voice)
An anthology of four stories that revolve around man-woman relationships.
Trip
A group of friends mistake two harmless individuals for murderers during a trip to the forest, leading to series of events that turns serious by the minute, putting them all in danger.
R. K. Nagar
Things look up for a Chennai man struggling to make ends meet when he falls for a politician's daughter until he gets entangled in a murder case.
Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene
Tamil Version
A young couple gets involved in an accident in the middle of nowhere. When they go out looking for help, they stumble across an old cemetery. They somehow reach home and things seem normal, except when they look into the mirror, they see someone else.
Jiivi
Mani
Frustrated at his failed romance, Saravanan decides to steal from his landlady’s house. Even as he comes up with clever ways to outsmart the cops, he realises that his actions are echoes from the past.
Monster
A compassionate man faces a test of his faith from a rat that shows no sign of leaving his home.
Kalavu
After being attacked by three unidentified men, Shruti is rushed to the hospital. The very same night three drunk friends, Sujith, Ramesh and Stephan, are arrested by police under the suspicion of attacking Shruti. Meanwhile, Shruti passes away in the hospital under mysterious circumstances and the three friends struggle to prove their innocence.
Podhu Nalan Karudhi
The lives of a few people get affected when ego clash erupts between a few cut-throat loan sharks
Silukkuvarupatti Singam
Bhaskar
A constable who prefers to mind his own business gets into a situation where he has to hide from a most-wanted gangster.
Seethakathi
Advocate
A veteran theatre artist who lives for his art 'enters' the world of films. Can the film industry hold on to his inimitable artistry?
Ratsasan
Himself (Guest Appearance)
Las circunstancias fuerzan a Arun (Radha Ravi), un aspirante a director de cine, a aceptar el trabajo como subinspector de policía que deja vacante su padre tras fallecer. Además de tener que adaptarse al tipo de vida de un agente de policía, Arun se enfrenta a un misterioso caso de jóvenes que están siendo asesinadas por doquier en su ciudad.
Nota
Sitting Chief Minister Vinodhan, who is facing imprisonment in an illegal assets case, makes his son, Varun the temporary CM until his return. The disinterested young man gradually wakes up to the sorry state of affairs and tries to bring in a change.
Lakshmi
Azhagu, Krishna's Cafe Worker
A school student, who is passionate about dance, sets out to join a national-level competition without her mother’s knowledge.
Ghajinikanth
Karuna
A forgetful young man falls in love with a girl whose father hates his condition.
Kadikara Manithargal
Shiva
The struggles of a poor family forced to rent a house owned by a cruel landlord.
Semma Botha Aagatha
Nandhu
After a night of binge drinking, a youngster decides to invite a call girl home on the advice of his friend. When the girl ends up dead in his apartment in his absence, he has to track down the person who could have murdered her.
Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu
Girish Kalyan
A sexually-starved spirit traps two couples in a bungalow in Bangkok where they have planned to stay for a week. The spirit wants one of the two men to have sex with her. Can they manage to escape?
Veera
Pachamuthu
Two friends, who aspire to take control of things in their locality, face a series of issues when they take up an assignment involving kidnapping a politician’s daughter.
Nimir
Vigadakavi
An amiable photographer in a small-town, who is nursing a breakup, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a street brawl that turns him into a man obsessed with revenge.
Vidhi Mathi Ultaa
A youngster has a nightmare and gets the shock of his life when the events from the dream start happening in his real life.
Hara Hara Mahadevaki
Kumar
The bags belonging to a young man about to break up with his lover, two bumbling criminals planning a bomb blast, a man circulating counterfeit currency, and a couple paying ransom to save their daughter get mixed up leading to so much confusion.
Vivegam
Arumai Prakasam "APS"
A group of counter-terrorism agents are brought in to track down a man who was once the head of their squad, and is believed to have gone rogue.
Thiri
Jeeva's Friend
An engineering graduate with a loving family and a caring lover, decides to go against a vindictive politician and his son who threaten to hurt his loved ones.
Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay
Son of a tabla player loses his guitar while he goes to help his friend, a security guard. A burglary attempt takes place and he is worried that he will be caught since the guitar contains his contact details. The movie is about how the hero along with his friend tries to retrieve the guitar.
Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
Ramesh
After his girlfriend breaks up with him, a guy tells his friends that he’s going to commit suicide and goes missing. Thus begins a nightmare for the friends
Parandhu Sella Vaa
Tells the story of a young man who is settled in his job and is now going through the exciting journey of finding love.
Kavalai Vendam
A chef who is separated from his wife decides to win back her love after she lands up at his doorstep asking for divorce.
Thodari
Vairam
A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force posing a threat to the passengers, and the romance.
Iru Mugan
A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.
Jackson Durai
Veera
A cop sent to investigate allegedly ghostly affairs in a village agrees to stay in a haunted bungalow for seven days to win the hand of a girl in the place.
Oru Naal Koothu
Raghavendran
A bunch of characters, each with their own set of problems, try to tackle the question of marriage that hangs over their lives.
Iraivi
Ramesh
Three men try to overcome the problems in their lives not realising the impact their efforts are having on the women in their lives.
Ko 2
Kumaran
A young man kidnaps the chief minister and sends the state into a tizzy. What is his motive?
Hello Naan Pei Pesuren
Dr. Saravanan
A thief steals the mobile phone of an accident victim not realising that her ghost now resides in the device.
Kanithan
Balaji
A reporter who gets arrested realises that he is a victim of a fake degree certificate racket, and decides to track down the person responsible for misusing his identity.
Navarasa Thilagam
Alangaram
A wastrel tries to get the hand of the girl he is in love with but, convincing her father will be most difficult.
Gethu
Kanagu
A hitman comes to a hill town to plot the murder of a top scientist. A young man and his righteous father stand in his way.
Uppu Karuvadu
Chandran
A struggling filmmaker agrees to make a film for a big shot, accepting the latter's condition that he cast his daughter as the heroine.
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga
Gautham
Childhood friends Vasu and Saravanan are thick as thieves but Vasu's newly-wed wife, Seema doesn't approve of Saravanan and wants her husband to break ties with him. So, Vasu tries to set up Saravanan with Aishwarya. But, can these friends really drift apart?
Orange Mittai
Kailasam's Son
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Indru Netru Naalai
Pulivetti Arumugam
Elango and his astrologer friend Pulivetti Arumugam come in possession of a time machine and start profiting from it. However, their meddling with time prevents the death of a gangster, who begins to wreck havoc in their lives.
Nannbenda
Thangadurai
Sathya falls in love with Ramya at first sight and starts wooing her. But how will he take the revelations of his girlfriend's past?
Mahabalipuram
Kumar
The life of Panja, an orphan and a sculptor, revolves around Sathish, Othavada, Kuppan and Sammy, all of whom reside in Mahabalipuram and are close to each other. The only other person Panja considers himself close is Durai, a politician and criminal, who saved him from death when he was a boy. Panja shows his gratitude to Durai by occasionally helping him with his anti-social activities. When Sathish chooses to marry the love of his life, Sangeetha , much against the wishes of their parents, his four friends help him do so. Life is pleasant for a while with Panja too falling in love with Mahalakshmi a college student who moves into the area. However, their lives take a tumultuous turn when the friends chance upon a sleaze video which shocks them out of their wits and results in the death of the newly wed couple. Soon, more dark deeds and disturbing developments follow...
Kappal
Vaibhav has four close friends and he is pressured to make a promise that they should not marry until their death as marriage will break friendship. But Vaibhav is very keen with having affair with girls but all his love flops due to his friends acts.He goes to Madras to find a girl to love. He finds Sonam and they both like each other. Vaibhav's friends finally come to Madras and knowing his affair with Sonam try to separate them, successfully doing so.Later their friends come to know that Vaibhav is very invested in his love and his friends try to make them rejoin again. The film ends with the success of love.
Lingaa
Kothandam
After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local villagers to build a dam themselves. A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.
Yaan
Shaji
Yaan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ravi K. Chandran. The film stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in lead roles.
Aadama Jaichomada
Panneer
Panneer, a taxi driver unknowingly gets friendly with a cricket bookie during a trip. The next day, when the bookie is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Panneer is accused of killing him.
Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani
Paalpandi
An uneducated and naive young man from a family of Siddha doctors wants to marry an educated woman so that he won't be cheated in life. He marries a girl lying that he is a doctor but the girl has her own secrets...
Yaamirukka Bayamey
Sharath
Kiran gets his dad's property and decides to turn it into a hotel. Intriguingly, all the customers who come to stay there, dies inexplicably. What's happening?
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru
Screenplay
A man falls in love with a woman, a new recruit in his company. He seeks guidance from the `Love Guru' to win her heart, but problems arise when the guru learns that the man is in love with his sister.
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru
Special Appearance
A man falls in love with a woman, a new recruit in his company. He seeks guidance from the `Love Guru' to win her heart, but problems arise when the guru learns that the man is in love with his sister.
Soodhu Kavvum
Arumai Pragasam
Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.
Pizza
Raghavan
La historia cuenta el misterio que involucra la entrega de una pizza, con predicamentos que podrían cambiar la vida de los involucrados. Michael vive con su novia Anu, ella aspira a ser una novelista que escriba la mejor historia de horror. Michael, por otro lado, nunca ha creído en los poderes sobrenaturales, pero aún así tiene un miedo innato a todo lo fantástico. El joven comienza a considerar posible las historias de su novia cuando se da cuenta de que su jefe está poseído.
Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey
Sampath
The budding romance of a wannabe filmmaker, disturbed marital life of a techie, business troubles of the manager of the coffee shop are dealt with in detail.
Kalakalappu
Kumar
A man struggles to save his family-owned restaurant as it is running in loses. He soon falls for a health inspector keen on shutting down the place. When his brother enters the scene, things get worse.
Nenjuku Neethi
Self
Nalan Kumarasamy's first short film project for Naalaiya Iyakunar
What Happened
Self
Nalan's first short film comedy based on his college memories
Karungaapiyam
Soppana Sundari
Ahalya, who hails from a lower middle-class family, earns 10,000 per month wins a car worth 10,00,000. How does it change her life?
Mohan Das
Red and Follow
Film is under shooting
Sathish-Praveen Saravanan untitled
Indru Netru Naalai 2
Ayalaan
Shaitan Ka Bachcha
Shaitan Ka Bachcha is an upcoming Indian Tamil action comedy film written and directed by Karthik G. Krish.
Grahanam
This film is directed by Elan and features Kreshna and Nandini in lead roles.
Jeyikkira Kuthira
Jeyikkira Kuthira is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. The film features Jeevan in the leading role alongside actresses Dimple Chopade, Ambika Soni and Shravya, with a bevy of supporting actor. While the latest news is that, the movie starts shoot on 4th Jul'2016.