Karthik (singer)

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{{short description|Indian playback singer (born 1980)}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Karthik
| image = Karthi rev.JPG
| caption = Karthik
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|07|df=yes}}
| origin = [[Chennai, Tamil Nadu]], India
| instruments = Vocals, keyboard
| genre =
| occupation = [[Playback singer]], composer
| years_active = 2000–present
| label =
| associated_acts =
| website =
}}

''' Karthik''' (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian [[playback singer]]. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung in multiple languages including [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Hindi]].

The Amrita Film Awards honoured Karthik for his versatility in the industry which gave him the opportunity to sing a variety of songs.<ref name= Amrita05052012>{{cite news| url=http://www.singerkarthikz.blogspot.in/2012/05/amrita-film-awards-will-honour-singer.html| location=Chennai, India | work=Amrita | title=Amrita Film Awards will honour Singer Karthik today with the Best Versatile SInger Award | date=5 May 2012}}</ref>

== Early life==
Karthik was born into a [[Tamils|Tamil]] family. Karthik developed an interest in music, early in his life. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist and has been training since his school days. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ''[[Saarang]]''. An ardent fan of [[A. R. Rahman]], Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from ''[[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]]''. Karthik eventually got the opportunity and recorded for the song. Having spent over a year being a backing vocalist, Karthik got his break during the Rahman's scoring of ''[[One 2 Ka 4]]''. For the background score, A. R. Rahman wanted a high-pitched [[alap]] and he eventually chose Karthik to sing the alap. Soon after, Rahman asked him to sing the song "Nendhukittaen" from the film ''[[Star (2001 film)|Star]]''.

== Career ==
{{main|Karthik discography}}
Karthik has sung a number of songs for many popular music directors, including A. R. Rahman, [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[Hamsalekha]], [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]], Devi Sri Prasad, [[Harris Jayaraj]] and [[Manisharma]], in several languages – Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. "Ennaku Oru Girlfriend" from the Tamil film ''[[Boys (2003 film)|Boys]]'' was one of the biggest hits of the year as was "Oru Maalai" (''[[Ghajini (2005 film)|Ghajini]]''; 2005). His songs for Telugu films for ''Kotha Bangaru Lokam'' (Nijanga Nenenaa), ''Happy Days'' (Arare Arare, Oh My Friend), "Badhulu Tochanai" (''[[Mr. Perfect (film)|Mr.Perfect]]''), "Manase Guvvai" (''[[Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film)|Naa Peru Shiva]]''), "Oh Oh My Friend" (''[[Oh My Friend]]''), "Yedhuta nlichindhi choodu" (''[[Vaana]]''), "Meghama" (''[[Engeyum Eppodhum|Journey]]''), "Yevvaro" (''[[Bodyguard (2012 film)|Bodyguard]]'') are very popular. His other popular songs include "Ava Enna" from the ''[[Vaaranam Aayiram]]'' (2009), the title track from ''[[Unnale Unnale]]'', "Behka" from ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]''.

Karthik has sung Kannada songs and has many super hit chart buster songs to his credit like Ale Ale, Anuraaga Aralo Samaya, Thangaliyalli Theli Hode, Nee Chummu Chummu Munjaaneli, Manasaithu Ninna Myaale, Sum Sumne Yaako, Hosadondu hesaridu Nanange, Kanne Koodiruvaaga, Madhumasa, Nenapidu Nenapidu, Thanthaane Thannamthaane, Baruve Odi Odi Nalidu, Raktha Sambandhagala, Saluge Saluge, Mannige Mara Bhaarave and many more.

In 2010, he sang a track "Behene De", from Hindi film ''[[Raavan]]'', which is widely considered as the biggest song in his career.<ref name="BeheneDe">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-23/news-and-interviews/28314644_1_hindi-version-tamil-number-lyrics | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103220307/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-23/news-and-interviews/28314644_1_hindi-version-tamil-number-lyrics | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 November 2012 |title=Karthik is on a high | work=[[The Times of India]]|date= 23 May 2010|access-date= 16 September 2011}}</ref> The track, which topped music charts for many continuous weeks, also received rave critical reviews.<ref name="BeheneDe" /> Karthik also performed the Tamil and Telugu versions of the same song, titled "Usure Poghudhey" and "Usire Poyene" respectively. He also sang "Adhigora Choodu" in the movie Mirapakaay.

Karthik received wide appreciations for the theme song of 10th [[World Tamil Conference]] by Composer [[Rajan Somasundaram]] from the album [[Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil]]. The album was featured in Amazon's Top#10 International Music albums in July 2020.<ref>https://www.dinamalar.com/news_detail.asp?id=2290362</ref>

== Composing ==
He has composed music for a multi lingual Coca-Cola Advertisement (for Rajeev Menon featuring actor Vijay)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-09-03/karthik-20-03-09.html |title=Karthik to score for Vijay – Behindwoods.com – Tamil Movies News – Karthik Vijay Rajiv Menon |publisher=Behindwoods.com |access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref> and Prince Jewellery advertisements. He is the music director of [[Vasanthabalan]]'s period film ''[[Aravaan]]'' and Srinivas Raga's ''[[Okkadine]]'' starring ''[[Nara Rohit]]'' and ''[[Nithya Menen]]'' in Telugu.

He has also released an album called "Music I Like". It is based on carnatic ragaas and it is a contemporary take on some well known keerthanas.<ref>[http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/music-i-like-karthik-by-karthick-music-5099908214522-3916886 Music I Like – Buy online at]. Landmarkonthenet.com (28 September 2011). Retrieved on 25 September 2012.</ref>
The Orchestration was done by Music director Sai Madhukar.
He also performed in Oxford engineering college Bengaluru.

He has also composed a new song 'Koova'.

He is the composer of the segment 'Guitar Kambi mele Nindru' directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in the Netflix anthology movie [[Navarasa (web series)|Navarasa]] (2021)

He has also composed music for an upcoming film "Joshua "Directed by Gautham Vasudhev Menon

== Filmography ==

=== As Composer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
![[Tamil language|Tamil]]
![[Telugu language|Telugu]]
![[Hindi]]
![[Malayalam]]
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2012
|''[[Aravaan]]'' •
|''Eka Veera''
|''Jungle-The Battleground''
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|
|-
|rowspan="1"|2013
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|''[[Okkadine]]'' •
| ''Aur Ek Dushman''
| ''Kanalattam''
|
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2016
|''[[Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum]]'' •<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Success-as-a-singer-never-made-me-complete-Karthik/articleshow/49191704.cms|title=Success as a singer never made me complete|work=The Times of India|date=2 October 2015 |access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref>
|''[[Courier Boy Kalyan]]'' • || ''Courier Boy Kalyan'' ||||
|-
|2020
|[[Paava Kadhaigal]] (Vaanmagal)
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
|[[Kutty Story]] (Edhirpaara Muththam)
|
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha]]'' •
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Navarasa (web series)|Navarasa]]
(Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru)

|
|
|
|
|}

* The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
* The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
* • indicates original language release. Indicates simultaneous makes, if featuring in more languages
* ♦ indicates a remade version, the remaining ones being dubbed versions

=== As Independent Musician ===
Karthik is a part of a band called Arka which is a contemporary fusion band.

Arka denotes the [[Sun]] in [[Sanskrit]] and to rightly interpret the meaning, it is the warmth and radiance of music that spreads across everyone listening. With the exclusive intention of extending a new musical outreach, few renowned artists in unison have created this band and intend to broaden the horizons of Indian fusion music.

Arka is the epicenter of an erupting musical form with core and artists like Karthik, [[V. Selvaganesh|SelvaGanesh]], [[Gino Banks]], Ravichandra Kulur, Santhosh Chandran, Mishko M'Ba, and guest artists like the legends [[Vikku Vinayakram|Vikku Vinayakaram]] and Swaminathan.

=== As dubbing artist ===
Dubbed and sang for the character Aladdin for its 2019 [[Aladdin (2019 film)|version]].

== Television ==
*He co-judges some Musical Shows Occasionally.
*2016 He co-judges the Musical Show [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs]] with [[Vijay Prakash]] and [[Sujatha Mohan]]
*2017-2018 He co-judges the Musical Show [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors]] with [[Vijay Prakash]] and [[Srinivas]]
*2018 He co-judges the Musical Show [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs]] Season 2 with [[Vijay Prakash]], [[Srinivas]] and [[Sujatha Mohan]]
*2019 He co-judges the Musical Show [[Sun Singer]] Season 6 with [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] and [[Remya Nambesan]]

== Awards ==

* '''[[Filmfare Awards South]]'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="55%"
|- bgcolor="#d1e4fd"
! Year || Category
!Language|| Song || Film
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2005 || [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Tamil)|Best Male Playback Award]]
|Tamil|| Oru Maalai || [[Ghajini (2005 film)|Ghajini]]
|-
| 2007 || [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Telugu)|Best Male Playback Award (Telugu)]]
|Telugu|| Arey Rey || [[Happy Days (2007 film)|Happy Days]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2008 || [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Telugu)|Best Male Playback Award]]
|Telugu|| Nijanga Nenena || [[Kotha Bangaru Lokam]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Tamil)|Best Male Playback Award]]
|Tamil|| Hasili Fisili || [[Aadhavan]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2010 || [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Tamil)|Best Male Playback Award]]
|Tamil|| Usure Poguthey || [[Raavanan]]
|-
| 2016 || [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Telugu)|Best Male Playback Award (Telugu)]]
|Telugu|| Yellipokey Shyamala || [[A Aa]]
|}

* '''Other Awards'''
{| class="wikitable" width="68%"
|- bgcolor="#d1e4fd"
! Year || Category || Song || Film||Language
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2003 || [[ITFA Best Male Playback Award]] || Oru Ooril || [[Kaakha Kaakha]]||Tamil
|-
| 2007 || [[Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] || rowspan="2" | Oh..My Friend || rowspan="2" | [[Happy Days (2007 film)|Happy Days]]
| Telugu
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2008 || [[CineMAA Awards]] – Best Male Playback Singer ||Telugu
|-
| 2009 || Tamil Isaiaruvi Music Awards 2010 || rowspan="2" | Hasili Fisili || rowspan="2" | [[Aadhavan]]||Tamil
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2009 || Vijay Awards 2010 ||Tamil
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2010 || [[Asiavision Awards]] Best Male Playback Singer || Neelathamara || [[Neelathamara (2009 film)|Neelathaamara]]|| Malayalam
|-
| 2010 || [[Vijay Music Awards]] – Popular Singer Male || rowspan="3" | Usure Poguthey || rowspan="3" | [[Raavanan]]|| Tamil
|-
| 2010 || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback]] singer ||Tamil
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2010 || [[Mirchi Music Awards South]] – Best Male Playback Singer|| Tamil
|-
| 2011 || TSR TV9 National film awards – Best Playback Singer (Male) || Choosthunna || [[Mogudu (film)|Mogudu]]||Telugu
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2012 || Amrita Film Awards 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amritatv.com/afa/winners.html |title=Amrita TV Film Awards |work=Amrita TV |access-date=2013-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014060735/http://www.amritatv.com/afa/winners.html |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> – Versatile Singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala9.com/malayalam/v/events/amrita+tv+film+awards+2012+photos/amrita+tv+film+awards+2012+photos00-354.JPG.html|title=amrita tv film awards 2012 photos00-354.JPG – Kerala9.com|website=kerala9.com}}</ref> ||various songs ||Ordinary, [[Spanish Masala]]||Malayalam
|-
| 2012 || Ghantasala Puraskar Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=294020327328310&set=pb.156924861037858.-2207520000.1381556618.&type=3&permPage=1|title=Caatik|website=facebook.com}}</ref> – Young Achiever Award 2012 || || ||
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2012 || [[Mirchi Music Awards South]] – Best Male Playback Singer || Kaatrai Konjam || [[Neethane En Ponvasantham]]||Tamil
|-
| 2012 || [[Mirchi Music Awards South]] – Best Upcoming Music Director || Nila Nila || [[Aravaan]]|| Tamil
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2013 || Globus Style Awards 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/event-photos-pictures-stills/globus-style-awards-2013/globus-style-awards-2013-stills-photos-pictures.html#27|title=Globus Style Awards 2013, Event Gallery, Globus Style Awards 2013, KS Ravikumar|website=behindwoods.com}}</ref> – Stylish Singer Award || || ||Malayalam
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2013 || [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer]]||Janmandarangalil|| [[Orissa (film)|Orissa]]|| Malayalam
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| 2017 || Asiavision Awards Best Male Playback Singer || ee Kaatu|| [[Adam Joan]]|| Malayalam
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
|2018||Mazhavil Music Awards -/Best Male Singer ||Kadavathoru thoni||[[Poomaram]]|| Malayalam
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=1220020|name=Karthik}}
* [http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/artist/Karthik.html Listing of Karthik's songs in alphabetical order of albums]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090220005222/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/tamil/s/singer.4552/ Listing of Karthik's songs in alphabetical order of songs]

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