Sivakarthikeyan Becomes Father

Sivakarthikeyan, who is basking in the success of Ethir Neechal, is very happy man. The actor has become a proud father of a baby girl.

The 28-year-old is blessed with a baby girl. His wife Aarathi has given birth to the baby earlier today (October 22) at a private hospital in Madurai. Both the mother and the new arrival are healthy, says source close to the actor.

Sources add that Sivakarthikeyan was busy shooting his forthcoming Tamil movie near Santhome High School when the news of his wife delivered the baby. As soon as he heard, the actor wasted no time and left the shoots to join his family. The actor took a flight from Chennai to Madurai to see the new arrival.

Sivakarthikeyan and Aarthi got married on August 27, 2010. However, the moment after the news was out, he was showered with congratulatory messages from his followers and friends from the industry on social networking site Twitter.

Actor Gautham Karthik, director Venkat Prabhu, producer Udayanidhi Stalin, music director Imman, UTV South Chief Dhananjayan Govind, multifaceted Radhika Sarathkumar, actress Priya Anand and a few other celebrities from Tamil film industry wished him. Continue reading the story on the slideshow...

His Career Begun

The actor started his career as as one of the contestants on STAR Vijay's Kalakka Povathu Yaaru, a comedy reality show.

Presenter

The success of the show made the same channel to offer him job as a presenter.

Marina

After working in small screen for a few years, he made his debut as an actor with films in Marina.

His Movies

Since then, he has played lead roles in in Manam Kothi Paravai (2012), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), Ethir Neechal (2013) and Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013).

His Next Movie

Meanwhile, Sivakarthikeyan is busy with his next movie Maan Karate, which also features Hansika Motwani, directed by Thirukumaran.