# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karthik-q6373530
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:38.525Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karthik-q6373530"
name: "Karthik"
slug: "karthik-q6373530"
description: "Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman, better known by his stage name Karthik, is an Indian actor, playback singer and politician who works in Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran actor R. Muthuraman. Karthik was one of the prominent stars in the industry in the 80s and 90s. He was first introduced by Bharathiraja in the Tamil film Alaigal Oivathillai (1981) and became a lead actor in Tamil films eventually. He has also appeared in some Telugu films where he was initially credited as Murali. Karthik is known in the industry as Navarasa Nayagan, as he is often appreciated for his ability to emote all forms of actions and emotions. He has acted in more than 125 films. He has been the recipient of four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Nandi Award and four Filmfare Awards South."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Navarasa_nayagan_karthik_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1960-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.22
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.47949866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440231/"
    handle:    "nm0440231"
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    title: "Karthik Muthuraman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump