Shivakumar, son to visit US

By: Settu Shankar
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Actor Sivakumar and his son Karthi will be flying off to North America to attend a function being organized by the Federation of Tamils, and Carolina Tamil Association on the 17 th July. The function will last till the 19th of the month.

As a veteran actor, Sivakumar will deliver a lecture to the Tamil audience there on his rich experience in Tamil cinema which has lasted more than 40 years. The actor has attained a stature equivalent to that of the legends of Tamil cinema, MGR, and Shivaji Ganesan, and is reckoned as one of the best performers in the industry. Apart from his acting skills, he has carved a niche for himself as a good painter too.

His younger son and the new darling of teenage girls, Karthi, will also share his experience of working with director Ameer in Paruthi Veeran. Karthi has completed his MS in engineering in the US a few years ago, and later he worked under Manirathnam as an assistant to learn direction.

The father, son duo will be off to USA on the 17th of July, and will be back on the 20th of the same month.