Sivakarthikeyan

Sivakarthikeyan (born 17 February 1985) is an Indian as stand-up comedian, television anchor and film actor working in the Tamil film industry. He made his debut in the movie Marina and Manam Kothi Paravai (2012) before making a breakthrough in 2013 with Ethir Neechal (2013) and Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013).

Personal life

Sivakarthikeyan was born in Singampunari. His father was police officer, and he has a sister, who is a doctor in Tiruchirapalli. He completed his schooling in Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli and then undertook his Bachelor of Computer Engineering at JJ College of Engineering and Technology and he also completed MBA in Indian Institute of Planning and Management Chennai. He married Aarthi on 27 August 2010 and has a baby girl Aaradhana, born on 22 October 2013.

Career

2008–2012

During his college days he took part in various cultural events and performed mimicry and standup comedy on stage. Between his engineering graduation and the commencement of his MBA course he had three months break and during this period his friends convinced him to go for auditions of Kalakka Povathu Yaaru, a reality show for comedy aired on STAR Vijay. Despite initial reluctance to participate, he won the show. He then continued his television appearances by participating in dance-reality shows, pairing up with Aishwarya Prabhakar in Jodi Number One Season 3 and then in Boys Vs Girls Season 1 and 2.