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Sivakarthikeyan's inspiring journey from television to the big screen

ETimes.in | Last updated on - Feb 17, 2022, 17:57 IST
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Sivakarthikeyan's inspiring journey from television to the big screen

Actor, lyricist, producer and singer and many more titles attached to – Sivakarthikeyan is celebrating his birthday on February 17. The actor just turned 37 years old but has achieved many milestones in the Tamil film industry. He entered the film industry by doing an important role in Pandiaraj’s ‘Marina’. Following this, he took up a comical role in Dhanush’s ‘3’ directed by Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth. After crossing many landmark achievements, he is now one of the top actors in South India.

Here is a brief summary of Sivakarthikeyan's journey from television to the big screen.

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​Contestant in a comedy show

Sivakathikeyan started his career in television as a stand-up comedian and won the show title as the best comedian in 2007. Following that he became a popular host of many shows on a private channel. He was celebrated as an anchor by the people of Tamil Nadu for his witty comebacks and humble nature. He even carried out hosting award shows later on.

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D​ebuting in Tamil cinema

He made his first film debut in 2012 and did over 7 films in a span of two years which were all family entertainers or comical films. It was only after 2014, the actor reduced the number of commercial films he did and stepped in to take serious roles in the movie.

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As a producer

After giving a few hit films, he stepped in with the role of the producer under the banner of SK Productions in 2018. He has produced the movie ‘Kanaa’ which featured Aishwarya Rajesh and Sathyaraj in the lead roles. He is now producing his upcoming film ‘Don’.

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A​s a lyricist and singer

Sivakarthikeyan started his career as a playback singer in 2013 and has sung over 10 songs in Tamil cinema. His famous hits are ‘Vaayadi Petha Pulla’ which also has his daughter singing along with him and ‘inna Mayilu’. He then debuted as a lyricist for Nelson Dilipkumar’s ‘Kolamaavu Kokila’. He has written over 9 songs and the most famous ones are ‘Kalyana Vayasu’, ‘Chellama’ and the most recent one for ‘Beast’ – ‘Arabic Kuthu’

A glimpse from 'SK 20' movie sets released on Sivakarthikeyan's birthday

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Achievements

Being an actor, he has crossed many landmark achievements. He is one of the actors who has crossed the box office earning more than Rs 100 crore in Tamil Nadu. His latest film ‘Doctor’ is a turning point in his career as an actor. Starting off as an anchor to be a lyricist for actor ‘Vijay’ he has developed a lot in the last 10 years.

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