Introduced
by
Bharathiraja
in
Alaigal
Oivadhillai,
actor
Karthik,
the
son
of
veteran
actor
the
late
Muthuraman,
dominated
the
Tamil
cinema
as
its
only
popular
'romantic
young
hero',
till
the
arrival
of
Vijay
and
Ajith.
In
fact
his
films
like
Harichandra
even
competed
with
films
of
Viay,
Prashanth
and
Ajith
in
the
late
nineties.
However
due
to
his
personal
reasons,
he
faded
out
of
the
scene
and
even
tried
to
establish
a
career
in
politics,
but
it
was
in
vain.
However,
Karthik
is
back
to
do
what
he
knows
the
best.
Karthik
seems
to
have
decided
to
follow
the
footsteps
of
his
fellow
actor
Prabhu,
who
had
almost
started
his
career
along
with
him.
Nowadays,
Prabhu
is
the
most
wanted
actor
in
a
father
role
in
Kollywood
and
his
hands
are
full
with
some
big
films
with
handsome
salary.
Now
Karthik
has
also
decided
to
join
this
father
club
and
announced
the
same
recently.
Karthik,
who
is
currently
playing
an
important
role
in
Mani
Ratnam's
Ravana
(Karthik
had
got
a
big
break
in
Mani's
blockbuster
Mouna
Ragam
in
the
early
80's!),
will
appear
as
Jayam
Ravi's
dad
in
a
yet-to-be-titled
film
which
is
expected
to
begin
in
April.