Karan

Acting

Karan

Born

1967-08-19 (59)

Place of birth

Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Karan is an Indian actor. He started his career as child actor under the name Master Raghu for more than 20 films in Malayalam. Ina and Kuyiline Thedi were huge hits. After a few years he made his debut as an adult in Nammavar starring opposite Kamal Hassan. Then he was a part of many films, especially starring Ajith Kumarand Vijay. In the year 2006, Karan became a solo hero with Kokki and continued with films like Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar and Kathavarayan. His forthcoming films are Kantha and Sooran.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 17 titles

Vallarasu poster
5.7

Vallarasu is the honest Deputy Commissioner of Police who has arrested Wasim Khan, a terrorist from Pakistan. His wife is Anjali, and they both have two children. Vallarasu kills his senior police officer and father-in-law because he knows the latter is working alongside terrorists.

Vallarasu

2000

Kokki poster
NR

Kokki arrives in Chennai to go to Malaysia for a job arranged by a friend. Somehow, he gets trapped in a situation where a superstitious gangster refuses to free him since Kokki brings him luck.

Kokki

2006

No artwork available
NR

A college student is against the unruly behaviour of his co-students. He meets a girl on the city bus and falls in love with her but a misunderstanding between the two causes a rift.

Ilaiyavan

2000

Arasatchi poster
6.0

Siddharth has suffered at the hands of corrupt lawyers and decides to kill all lawyers who help criminals evade the law. He doesn't even refrain from going against a lawyer who turns out to be family.

Arasatchi

2004

No artwork available
9.0

Nagaveni is murdered by four rogues. She gets divine assistance to exact revenge on those who wronged her

Nageswari

2001

Thirunelveli poster
NR

Thulasi, A Highly Respected Man In A Village, Is Known For His Truthfulness In All Circumstances. But The Real Testing Time Arrives When His Good Trait Brings A Lot Of Troubles To The Family.

Thirunelveli

2000

Budget Padmanabhan poster
5.6

Padmanabhan has earned the nickname Budget as he is a miser. However, he struggles to save his father's house from money lenders as his wife is a spendthrift and never lets him save enough.

Budget Padmanabhan

2000

Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai poster
5.2

Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai is the story of three brother and their families who live together.

Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai

2000

Kabadi Kabadi poster
NR

Pandian falls in love with his neighbor Maithili and anonymously helps her continue her education. However, Pandian's room-mate Prakash gets all the credit for the good things done by Pandian.

Kabadi Kabadi

2001

Alli Arjuna poster
5.3

Rebellious Arivu (Manoj) -- who's incessantly at odds with his father -- shocks his family with his gallantry in this unconventional romantic drama. Forced to attend a wedding with his parents, Arivu graciously offers to marry Savitri (Richa Pallod) when the groom is a no-show. Though the jilted bride rejects the startling proposal, she later turns to Arivu after losing a cherished friend to suicide.

Alli Arjuna

2002

Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar poster
7.0

Karan plays this happy go lucky guy next door who is a small time contractor for cycle stands. When not at work, he kills time with his friends taking part in their mimicry troupe where he is famous for his Rajini look-alike acts. Life goes on for the protagonist until Meenakshi stumbles upon in his life. An aspiring medical student, she relates Karan’s benevolence to her late mother’s. Soon after, they both become victim of the stupid cupid’s bait. Although in love with the uncle, Karan insists that education should be her priority over romance. Besides, their love affair wreaks havoc in Meenakshi’s upper caste family, which is known for cast prejudices. With a family to resist and her education to pay attention to, Meenakshi find it tough to get along. Finally, a seamless climax tells it all as to how the couple manages to pull it off against all the odds, predominantly Meenakshi’s family.

Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar

2007

Kottai Mariamman poster
NR

Bhairavmurthy tries to steal Goddess Durga's eyes from an idol in a temple after he gets to know that they possess supernatural powers. However, his plans are intercepted by the goddess herself.

Kottai Mariamman

2001

Paarvai Ondre Podhume poster
NR

Vinodh (Kunal) and Manoj (Karan) are best friends. Manoj gives Vinodh a manager job of his three-star hotel. They both are in love with Neetha (Monal), but Neetha is actually in love with Vinodh. This causes a strain in their friendship, and Manoj fires Vinodh from his manager job. The film ends with a message to the audience that 'love is divine (pleasing) but friendship is pristine (unspoilt)

Paarvai Ondre Podhume

2001

Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala poster
NR

Roja, a part-time singer, works at a finance company where her colleague, Murali, is madly in love with her. However, Roja rejects his proposal as she is the sole breadwinner of her large family.

Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala

2001

Thee Nagar poster
NR

Yamaha Murugan (Karan) is a do-gooder, who commands respect from student’s community for his good deed as students chairman in a city college. Unable to find a lucrative job, he sets up a tea shop in front of the college from here he passed out. Life goes smooth for Murugan until he comes across a corrupt cop FIR Murthy (Shanmugarajan). Murugan is targeted for no fault of his by FIR Murthy. Nadhiya (Udhayathara), a girl next door falls for Murugan's good conduct. Both develop romance. However a bloody duel between Murugan and Murthy brings a change in the former's life. The rest is the battle between the two to assert their supremacy over one other that ends with a riveting climax.

Thee Nagar

2007

Kunguma Pottu Gounder poster
5.2

Kandasamy is desperate to enrol his son in a good school. Trouble ensues when his wife spots him with an educated woman who is posing as their child's mother in order to help him get admission.

Kunguma Pottu Gounder

2001

Engalukkum Kaalam Varum poster
NR

Kuppan stays at his uncle Mannangatti's house who has three daughters and one son. When Mannangatti decides to get his children married, one of his daughters marries Kuppan secretly.

Engalukkum Kaalam Varum

2001

1990s · 26 titles

Suswagatham poster
5.8

Ganesh is in love with Sandhya throughout their college years, but she does not reciprocate. In his quest to gain her love, he ends up losing more than he bargained for.

Suswagatham

1998

Kangalin Vaarthaigal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kangalin Vaarthaigal

1998

Kadhal Kottai poster
7.5

Kamali loses her bag in the railway station. Later, her bag is sent to her home, along with a letter from Surya, who found it. Kamali and Surya send letters to each other and soon fall in love.

Kadhal Kottai

1996

Thulli Thirintha Kaalam poster
NR

Kausalya faces several difficulties when she tries to discipline a group of youngsters who are idlers and always cause huge embarrassment to their families.

Thulli Thirintha Kaalam

1998

No artwork available
NR

Govindhan, a police officer, pursues Uday and Raghu, the sons of a corrupt politician, for raping a nun. When he discovers that the two are involved in a robbery too, he tries to gather evidence.

Theechatti Govindhan

1991

No artwork available
NR

Kannathal is the eldest of five sisters and believed to possess divine powers. A man offers to relieve the family of their debts if Kannathal marries him. But he shows his true colours after marriage.

Kannathal

1998

Nammavar poster
7.8

Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.

Nammavar

1994

Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen poster
5.5

Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen starring by vijay and Dimple. Kannan (Vijay) is the only son of Jaisankar and Sri Vidya. Since he's rich, Kannan spends a lot of money everyday. Kannan is in charge of arranging the college cultural function. He happens to hear Manimekalai (Dimple) sing in a temple and he asks her to sing in the college function. But she refuses. All of Kannan's attempts to make her sing fails.In that process Kannan falls in love with her. But, Manimekalai hates him. She gets him arrested for eve-teasing and triggered by that, later Kannan tries to marry Manimekalai by...

Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen

1997

No artwork available
NR

Prathapan, a young dynamic person, strives hard to find a job. However, his life takes a turn, when he meets Nair, who offers him a job in his soap factory.

Apaaratha

1992

Nerrukku Ner poster
6.3

Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.

Nerrukku Ner

1997

Unnai Thedi poster
NR

Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith Kumar and Malavika in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya.

Unnai Thedi

1999

Poovellam Kettuppar poster
6.6

A young couple needs to get the rivalry between their families sorted out so that they can get married with full consent of their parents.

Poovellam Kettuppar

1999

Annamalai poster
7.3

A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades.

Annamalai

1992

Minsara Kanna poster
6.5

Indira hates men and only employs women in her company and personal staff. Kasi enters her life as a driver and soon, one by one, his entire family starts working in the same household.

Minsara Kanna

1999

Kannupada Poguthaiya poster
5.0

Vetrivel, a respected man, dearly loves his brother and sacrifices his love for him. Problems arise when his brother, Subramaniyam, starts suspecting him of having an affair with his wife Gowri.

Kannupada Poguthaiya

1999

Love Today poster
6.2

Ganesh is obsessively in love with Sandhya, but she is not interested in him. His relentless pursuit leads to a lot of problems. However, everything changes the day he loses his father in an accident.

Love Today

1997

Manam Virumbuthe Unnai poster
10.0

Shanmugam, a widower, has two daughters Kavita and Anita. In fact, the children were abandoned and he has brought up them without they know that they were orphans.

Manam Virumbuthe Unnai

1999

Chandralekha poster
4.2

Chandralekha starring by vijay and Vanitha vijayakumar. An orthodox brahmin girl falls in love with Muslim boy Rahim. Their families don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to run away from everybody, but are caught by militants in the forest.They are rescued from the militants by the police and brought safely to the village. Finally they overcome all of their problems thanks to their love. The message of the movie is that love should be beyond religion, caste, and creed.

Chandralekha

1995

No artwork available
2.0

Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga is a 1997 Tamil language film directed by Balu and produced by Sivasakthi Pandian. The film featured Murali, Kausalya, Gemini Ganesan and Manivannan in lead roles.

Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kelikottu

1990

Kadhal Mannan poster
5.9

Strict and authoritarian, Rudran disowns his elder daughter for eloping. His younger daughter, Thilothama, lives under his rigid rules until she falls for Shiva, a kind-hearted mechanic. Fearful of her father’s, she struggles to confess her love. As emotions and traditions clash, will Thilothama and Shiva defy the odds, or will Rudran’s unyielding stance on love tear them apart?

Kadhal Mannan

1998

Kadhal Kavithai poster
4.7

Vishwa spends his time hanging out with Anandham to avoid his mother, who always quarrels with his dad. To find peace, he plays tricks on others. Among the victims is Jothi. The story moves to London, where Vishva visits Princess Diana's grave and leaves a beautiful poem behind. At the same time, Jothi too visits the grave and leaves a note after reading the poem. Then begins a warm relationship between Jothi and Vishwa without seeing each other. Whether the two are united form the rest of the story.

Kadhal Kavithai

1998

No artwork available
NR

Rani, an orphan, meets Pichai in college and falls in love with him. Rani becomes a top cop and Pichai, a collector. But soon Pichai becomes the target of smuggler Rajarathnam, an influential, ruthless crook and his son Murali.

Thottil Kuzhandhai

1995

Raman Abdullah poster
7.0

A comedy tale of two thick friends, one Musilm and the other a Hindu, their misadventures to save their face from a strict Haji.

Raman Abdullah

1997

Kannedhirey Thondrinal poster
NR

Vasanth learns that the girl he is in love with is his close friend Shankar's sister. When Shankar shares his bitter past with Vasanth, he decides to sacrifice his love to protect his friendship.

Kannedhirey Thondrinal

1998

Gokulathil Seethai poster
NR

Rishi, the son of a wealthy man, leads a carefree lifestyle. However, his life begins to change when he meets Nila, a college student, and gradually falls in love with her.

Gokulathil Seethai

1996

1970s · 11 titles

No artwork available
9.0

Bhagwan Shri Karthikeya faces challenges when he decides to woo a princess as well as assist his devotees.

Sree Murugan

1977

No artwork available
10.0

A criminal plans his biggest heist and subsequent escape with his lover, a club dancer. However, things change when he stumbles upon a beautiful but ailing widow, while breaking into a house.

Puthiya Velicham

1979

No artwork available
NR

Nagalingam, a rich landlord, kills the village leader, Shanmugam. Shanmugam's brother, Kumar, kills one of Nagalingam's aide and escapes from the police to take revenge on him.

Enga Pattan Sothu

1975

Appooppan poster
8.0

Movie starring Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Kamal Haasan, Jayabharathi, Sumithra and is directed by P Bhaskaran.

Appooppan

1976

Sreedevi poster
7.0

Movie starring Kamal Haasan, Sharada, M G Soman and is directed by N Sankaran Nair.

Sreedevi

1977

Thiruvonam poster
9.0

Thiruvonam is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi and produced by K. P. Mohanan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by R. K. Shekhar and songs composed by M. K. Arjunan.

Thiruvonam

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chennaaya Valarthiya Kutty

1976

No artwork available
8.0

Sarasa, a village girl, gets cheated by Soman, who visited the village for a few days. She dies giving birth to a boy, and Radha, her close friend, decides to look after the baby.

Rajahamsam

1974

Avalude Ravukal poster
4.5

Raji is forced into prostitution to support her brother's education after their parents' death. She falls in love with Babu, who faces social ridicule after their affair becomes public.

Avalude Ravukal

1978

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chattambi Kalyani

1975

Swami Ayyappan poster
7.0

Swami Ayyappan is a 1975 Indian bilingual film. Directed and produced by P Subramaniam, it was simultaneously shot in Malayalam and Tamil languages. The film met with critical acclaim and became a box office success. It won four Kerala State Film Awards.

Swami Ayyappan

1975