Director

Karthik Subbaraj

Directing

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 1All crew credits: 33

TMDB ID: 1123763

IMDb ID: nm5366274

Known for: Directing

Born: March 19, 1983

Age: 42

Place of birth: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2025

Years active: 17

Average TMDB rating: 6.45

Wikidata: Q6373535

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Biography

Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian director, writer and producer working in the Tamil film industry. Known for quirky, visually flamboyant genre films, he is considered a prominent director in modern Tamil cinema. He debuted with the film Pizza (2012), which is considered one of the best modern horror films from India, and has gone on to direct several successful films which have garnered critical acclaim and cult status among fans, including Jigarthanda (2014), Iraivi (2016) and Petta (2019). His latest film, Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023) was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year.