Shree Karthick is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in

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. Karthick directed a number of short films and commercials before venturing into the feature films with his directorial debut being ''

Oke Oka Jeevitham ''Oke Oka Jeevitham'' () is a 2022 Indian science fiction melodrama film written and directed by debutant Shree Karthick and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures. The film is simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil languages, the latter titled '' ...

'', a bilingual starring

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and produced by

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Early life

Shree Karthick was born in

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to a

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mother and a

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father. He did his schooling from SBOA Matriculation School and subsequently, his

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, in Computer Science Engineering, from SRM Valliammai Engineering College. Shree Karthick married Sinduja Ramanan in Chennai on 28 June 2017.

Career

Shree Karthick started off his dance career with a dance company based out of Chennai, which he had joined at a young age. He credits his passion for dance with helping in the overall development of his filmmaking skills. He became a senior company dancer there and began teaching other students. Upon graduating from there, he left to pursue his engineering degree. In his first year, a dance reality show ''Attam Pattam'' was announced, to be aired on

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. Karthick decided to participate and eventually became the title winner. He then received an offer from another dance reality show

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, and was a semi-finalist in the same. Shree worked as an actor in a few movies like ''

Arrambam ''Arrambam'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. Produced by A. Raghuram and co-written by Subha, the film stars Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayanthara and Taapsee Pannu, with Kishore, Rana Daggubati, ...

'' (2013) and ''

Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka ''Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka'' () / ''Malupu'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-Telugu bilingual comedy thriller film written and directed by Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty. The film stars his brother Aadhi Pinisetty and Nikki Galrani . Mithun Chakraborty, Ric ...

'' (2015) before realizing his interest for writing and subsequently moving onto screenwriting and filmmaking. He began working on stories and scripts, aiming to turn them into short films and motion pictures. In 2013, Shree Karthick, along with

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, founded Madboys Creatives, a media company focused on creating commercials, digital films and web-series. Shree Karthick ventured into filmmaking with his short film debut ''Vyugam'' starring

. He went on to create ''Happy To Be Single,'' the first-ever Tamil web series, later distributed by

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. He made the short film ''Childhood Diaries'', which was included in the anthology film ''

Mamakiki ''Mamakiki'' is a 2020 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic comedy film starring Preetha Anandan, Ramesh Thilak, Maanas Chavali and Dev (Tamil actor), Dev Ramnath. The film released on ZEE5 after being delayed for several years. Plot ...

'' (2020). In 2019, Shree Karthick's directorial feature-film debut ''

'' (titled ''Kanam'' in Tamil) was announced, produced by

and starring

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and

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. Amidst the pandemic, he also created and produced ''I Hate You - I Love You'' under the banner of his content studio ''Madboys Entertainment.'' A few episodes were written and directed by him.

Filmography

Television

* ''All works are in Tamil''

References

External links

* {{IMDb name, 7393457 1988 births Living people Tamil film directors Tamil-language film directors Tamil screenwriters 21st-century Indian film directors Telugu film directors Film directors from Chennai Telugu screenwriters