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Karthik Subbaraj (born 19 March 1983) is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter working mainly in Tamil cinema.
He made the short film Kaatchipizhai in Madurai, which was selected for Nalaya Iyakunar.
His third movie, Iraivi (2016), received positive reviews, and Subbaraj was praised for the film's portrayal of society's treatment of women. The movie also observed the various ways men's attitudes and behaviors impact women throughout life. He also showcased the pain he went through from the producer of his second film, through the character of S. J. Suryah. He then went on and directed a silent thriller, Mercury (2018), starring Prabhu Deva in the lead, which was not a commercial success. He produced Kallachirippu, a web series under his banner Stone Bench Creations.
Subbaraj directed the action drama Petta (2019) with Rajinikanth's 166th film. He also produced the Amazon original movie Penguin starring Keerthy Suresh in the lead role. He then produced the Hotstar Originals web series Triples starring Jai and Vani Bhojan.
He then directed Miracle, a short film for the Amazon Prime anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020), and Peace, an episode for the Netflix anthology web series Navarasa (2021). In 2021, Karthik directed Jagame Thandhiram, which received mixed reviews.
He next film was the Vikram starrer Mahaan (2022) which was directly premiered on Amazon Prime Video. In 2023, he went on to direct Jigarthanda DoubleX.
He then directed Retro, starring Suriya and Pooja Hegde. It opened to positive reviews from critics praising his direction and storytelling. The film became a commercial success at box office.
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