Itz All About : Singer Karthik – 1
Its the time some singers can be counted as sinners for their injustice to lyrics. There are very few singers who are real swimmers irrespective of the language they sing in. Karthik, is one of such most versatile and happening singers. His voice suits the best for all young heroes. He has become a mandatory singer for many music directors. Karthik can’t think anything beyond singing. This handsome, humble, dedicated singer has got many offers as hero but declined them politely. He has an interesting past that drove him into the industry. Go ahead to explore it…
Some of his hit songs in Telugu:
- Arey Rey Arey Rey (Happy Days)
- Oh My Friend (Happy Days)
- Yeduta Nilichindi Choodu ( Vaana)
- Anaganagaa Kadhalaa (Venky)
- Aaley Aaley (Boys)
- Happy Preyasi Lekunte (Happy)
Favorites:
Holiday Destination: Tirupathi
Singers: Hariharan, SPB
Place: Los Angeles
Cricketer: Sachin
Dish: Sambar Sadham
Songs: oliyilae, ulaga azhaiyae, paalpole
Actors: Kamal and Rajni
Friend: Raghav
- Karthik was born on November 7 1980.
- He debuted in 1999.
Family:
Interviewer: If god gives a boon what would you do
Karthik: Management Degree from IIM
Background:
Few years back Karthik was a regular college goer . He had good interest in music and was learning Carnatic music right from his school days. He was singing for his college band. They used to participate regularly in IIT Madras Fest ‘Sarang’. He never dreamt that he would become a professional singer. He is an ardent fan of AR Rahman. It was one of his life ambitions to see ARR atleast once. He used to call studios but the studio manager or someone used to pick and keep the phone. Singer Srinivas(’Priya Priya Champoddey’ song in Jeans) is a good friend of Karthik’s cousin. Srinivas introduced Karthik to ARR. He could not believe this and was on Cloud 9.
At that time ARR asked him whether he can sing. He said yes and ARR asked him to sing something for him. He was surprised and sang a song. ARR was impressed and advised him to look into singing as a career. Karthik could not believe this as meeting ARR was itself a memorable moment for him and ARR giving such a compliment was totally unbelievable. He left everything and again started practising regularly. However, he could not get a singing chance immediately.
Atlast the debute day came in an interesting way. It was one of his friend’s birthday. They went to a snooker parlour. They planned a surprise birthday gift for their friend and wanted to spend till midnight there. Only one of them was having a cell phone. Rahman was looking for some fresh voices for chorus. Singer Srinivas was trying to reach Harish Raghavendra, Tippu, Gopal Rao..etc He could not get one of them right away and so was trying to reach Karthik through his residence number. Karthik’s Mom was trying to call to his friend’s cell phone but the signal was poor in the snooker parlour. Srinivas was continuously calling Karthik’s Mom for about 8 times and his Mom literally started crying as she knows the importance of that chance and how much interested Karthik was in singing.
It was around 12 that they came upstairs. Atlast he attened his Mom’s call and on knowing this rushed to the studio on his bike. It was for the Pukar movie and he had to sing chorus with Tippu, Harish. It was his debute which was finished in 30 Mins at around 1 AM. He could not believe what had happened. Even none of his friends took it seriously when he told them that he sang for Rahman. Unfortunately that song in Pukar didn’t come out. He started singing chorus with Tippu, Harish for about an year.
Rahman always used to get confused in indentifying Tippu and Karthik. He always mistook Karthik to
Tippu. One day during a chorus session, Rahman observed all the singers and said ‘You the guy without spectacles stay back and others can leave’. It was Karthik. He took it very seriously and was knowing that Rahman would ask him to sing and its a lovely chance to prove his mettle. He decided to take it as a do or die situation. Rahman asked him to sing an aalaap. He was singing and Rahman was giving some suggestions by playing the chords. Rahman was expecting more grief in the aalaap and thus Karthik forgot about himself and got very much immersed into it by singing continuously, closing his eyes. After some time, he opened his eyes and saw that everyone was laughing.
Rahman was standing next to him and said ‘Good job. You did well’.
Next day Rahman asked him to come for a track with which he was trying something new and if it works he will use it. It was for the movie ‘Jodi’. He was nervous but Rahman was jovial with him and made him feel comfortable. After the recording Rahman said its good. This is how he got his first break with Rahman.
None would be knowing how a song comes out under Rahman. Because it undergoes lots of transformations. ‘Girl Friend’ song in Boys was the one everyone believed beforehand that its gonna rock. When Karthik started singing this, Rahman interrupted and asked him to sing like a saxaphone. It was interesting to sing like an instrument.
That brought lot of variety to the song. And the rest is history.
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hai ….,
Advance happy birthday
hi,wish u a very very greatful bithday karthick.
ths s a fan who watchd ur show a few days befre.u r superb n that show.we enjoyd a lot.personal thanks for ur present over there.
Sorry..Karthy I forgot ur B’day…(but I wished u 1 week in advance so please forgive me…! )
Science stream can surely eat somebody’s head u know….!
Sometimes I think (..Lol…I actually “think”) to myself..
Duniya mein karodon apple gire…..kuchh hazaron ke sar pe gire..par ek mahan admi the jisne apple ko khaane ke bajaye ye socha :
Ye apple gira kyun? Ye uda kyun nahi? Ye apple bhai mere upar gire to chand kyun nahin gire?
and that mahan personality was Newton….Jai ho Newton aap ki Jai ho
Agar aap apple ke baare mein sochne ke bajaay use khaa lete to hamein itna padhna nahin padta…Main hoti to free ka maal chat kar jaati..!!! U were great
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
karthik i am a great fan of ur’s
have a nice career full of success
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I am tariq (singer) “tariqsinger@yahoo.com” my id . i’m frm srilanka .
I am your fan and sing you songs since 2006.
Now i’m 19yrs old . pls mail me .
hi karthik u r jus awesum.i am crazy abt u
HAI!!!!!!
Karthik,now only i heard ur easa song frm aayirathil oruvan.It was realy amazing!!!!!!!!!! keep rocking!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey KARTHIK!!!!!!!!!!
i saw ur program in kannada i.e.,confident star singer[:)] it was awesome man!!!!!!!!!!
i couldn’t contol my excitment…
u sung like u were familiar with kannada!!!
u learnt a song in just 10 min n u sung it really really superb..
i don’t know whether u hav honey in ur voice!!!!
u r simply grt man!!!!!!!!![:)] [:)]
How to talk with you ?????????
hai…i’m sahana….i like u very much…..i love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
hi karthik,
u r simply great, u have a great voice.
first time i saw in asianet star 2 singer.
fantastic.
i karthik. I like ur songs. What a great voice for u. I like ur songs very much. especially the song like,hasili fisili, anjala, shakthi kodu songs are really very super to hear.
hi karthik i am a big fan of u …………..and really wanting to meet u……….
Karthik,v’hv met many times,not sure if u can recollect or remember me…u always bring happiness and big smile on my face. I just love ur voice so much and m one craziest fan of yours, never miss ur shows or interviews.Am infact so happy that god makes me see u often.Everyday I wake up hearing ur voice.U bring light into my life.Thanks for being around.Love u lots.
hi karthick!! Am a great fan of u karthick…i like ur voice karthick..i like the way u sing karthick…
all such lines above u should have heard frm many of ur fans…but am not gonna tell u tat too lol…i simply love the way u enjoy when ure singing karthick..i realised ure one of a singer who’ll really feel and get urself immerse into the max whenever ure singing!! That’s the most extaordinary thing that i like abt u..
I alwys closely listen to all ur songs…i will note all those extra expressions that u’ll give when ure singing..like sighing or some types of emotional sounds…that is the part that i love a lot karthick!! I have noted that in Anjalai song (varnam 1000) and siruparvaiyale song (bheema)…i used to share this wif my frnds and cousins..and they’ll look at me in surprise telling that “Oh Gosh..u note it so closely haha”…nice karthick keep moving up the hill!! Ure the best!!
Hai karthik… I’m very proud to say that i’m ur die hard fan… Ur voice is just AWESOME… Especially ANJALA, VIZHI MOODI, NIJANGA, MINNALGAL KOOTHADUM, ADATHA ATTEMELLAM n many more… U r the best… Pls sing more songs in tamil too… N ur album with dhilip (Meendum Meendum Oyaamal) There’s no words to discribe that… it’s totally mind boggling… Aiyo epdi sir ungalala mattum ipdi pada mudiyuthu! Ur way of singing is great…
thanks to coming to my college. i’m die-hard fan of urs. continue singing like this.
i’m die-hard fan of urs. continue singing like this.
Hi karthik
What a nice voice and the way you singing is very nice.
Really you attracted all and you r shining a brightful star among the young singers in tamil field.I am very much fond of your voice….
hey karthik i’m a BIG fan of u………………i love ur magical voice………..ur voice is soooooooooooooooooooo cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…………….wish u all d best……..may the God bless u………………..
hi karthick……. how wu???? wu aa keep doing great job yaar…. it was 15th year of mine.. i have fell in wur voice…
still i din know wat made ma feet to be swept bywur voice.. for the second time i was dare to leave out ma life for wur song…
and the first priority goes to rahmanji…
hey dude.. keep throwing wur voice for us……..i have heard vtv songs more than 120 times rae!!!!! all the best for wur up coming projects!!!!!!!!!!!!..
Hi Karthik!
I’m your great fan,
becouse your singing is very very very
gooo.
KEEP IT!
hello evrybdy….
try catchin karthik n ambika n FB….dey r der……!!!
n sumbdy try gettin his lil daughter’s pic……..!!!
heard she s reely sweet………
Hai karthik! This is Priya again… I got a confusion… did u sing tht puyale puyale song frm kovil? I searched in wikipedia too… but i didn’t get answer… Reply ur answer pls! To plz plz plz plz plz plz plz… Plz sir…
hi priya..u mean he’s using FB??wad his ID there?i wanna add him:))
sorry i mean to sandhya …is he on fb?
Hiii karthik,
hoppppppppppe you are doin gud. Your thantane thanam tane and hudugata aadi songs in kannada are really superb. Keep giving songs lik tat in kannada industry. your voice is too sweet nd m fell in love wid your voice.All the best for your carreer.keep Rocking!!!!!!!!!
Take care
All the very best!!!!!!!!
hai karthik. i am a big fan of you. your voice is mesmerising and soft like you. your concet in ceg(anna univesity) yesterday was fantastic and mindblowing. beginning of the concert with “Oru malai…”was superb. especially “mituva..” and “nila kaigirathu..” was unbelievable. your performance on stage was very lively and energetic. it was very pleasing to see u like that. to end the concert with “mustafa” was excellent. we all could feel the happiness of friendship. the concert was excellent and we had the best time with you. thanks a lot 4 coming and entertaining us. plz do come often . – your die heart fan arthi
hai karthik.. i like your voice soooooooooooo much..all the best
hii karthik
This is santosh i love ur songs alot im big fan of ur’s. ur song in ”ye maya chesav” vintunava was outstanding…. keep on going…. rocking ….
hii karthik
This is shankar i really love ur songs alot nd im a biggest fan of SPB sir,AR RAHMAN sir and next you.
I had a collection of songs sung by u in telugu,tamil,hindi>>>>>>>
orumalai song is my favourite song in ghazini
yeduta nilichindi song frm vaana movie
recently from “YE MAYA CHESAVO” Swasye sagamye and vintunaava songs sung by u was outstanding
karthik… im proud to be ur fan
keep ROCKING………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL THE VERY BEST TO UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU……………..
bye bye
HI KARTHIK SIR!!!!!!!
am goin more crazzzzzzyyyy bout u day by day!!
ur “MOUNI NAANU” frm ’suryakanti’ is outstandin!!!
wat a feel!!!!
i forget myself every time i listen to tat song!!!
i hope i ll meet u once in ma whole lifetime!!!!!!
way to go…..!!!!
ALL THE BEST!!!!!!
hai karthik………..u r the legend of young generation singers……..am ur fan since 2002……..i like ur voice so much..its magical…when i listen to ur songs i ll overcm my sadness…am crazy abt u.want to meet u once……..hai friends…….if any one of u hav karthiks e-id……..pls pls pls pls pls giv me……
hai frns
hai………U….ROCKZZZZZZ…..KARTHIK
hai karthik,
i am a great fan of yours. i always listen to your songs. i wish you to carry on with your proffession sucessfully.
hai karthik,
i am a great fan of yours. i always listen to your songs. i wish you to carry on with your proffession sucessfully.i like
Hey guys..
Did u check out Behene De song from Raavan…? Karthik has sung it. Its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi KARTHIK!!!!!
I heard behene de song… its awesome man!!!
even ur new song nenapidu nenapidu from prithvi is outstandin..
ur pronunciation… wah!!!!
get goin!!
I WISH U SING NICE SONGS LIKE THIS!
ALL THE BEST!!!!
HI Karthk,
U r voice is so goooooooooooood. ur voice is amazing to hear.Believe whatever sing u sing is heared even or long period for example and best example is kan pesum vaarthai for ur variety of voice and tone in tht song.Ur looking good like the voice u have.All the best for ur future.KEEP GOING and ROCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saranya.
hi karthik,i am a big fan of urs and ur voice is awesome.i really love the song hasili fisili.keep rocking buddy!!!
Hi karthik how are U & family? i,am big fan in your voice and much more time listen to ravanan songs it is very good lyrics and your voice also.
ALL THE BEST IN YOUR BRIGHT FUTURE GOOD LUCK
Thank you
hi KARTHIK
i heard ur song “naanu eega naanena” in ‘gaana bajaana’
u hav once again proved tat u r a vesatile singer…
of course a best singer too!!!
sing plenty of songs like this!!
Hi Karthik
Na madhu….hope ellarum nalla irukanga nu..even ur chester…u must be havng less time to c all these comments..so i ll finish it fast..
ALL THE BEST FR UR CAREER..LET ALL UR DREAMS COME TRUE..GIVE US MORE BEAUTIFUL SONGS..NERAIYA AWARDS WIN PANNA ENN VALTHUGAL..
With Regards,
Madhumitha.
Hi karthik i am a big fan of you your voice is always rocking
hi friends………..
m a die hard fan of karthy……
i always wished 2 contact him…
but of no use…..
can any1 giv me karthik sir’s address?????????
hi karthick………… i am a g8t fan of urs………….. ur voice s wat i breath…………. ur voice rocks……… no 1 can replace u. i llllllllllllllllllooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeee uuuuuuu. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaa…. i wanna contact u…….. tis s my mail id-mercilin@yahoo.co.in keep rocking dear…………..
Hi Karthik
Ur song in Raavan ‘Behene dee behene de’ really man its awesome………..
Just keep on going and going and going………..
Surabhi…….. one day u will get u r karthik dear keep on trying
I have read all of mesg of u to karthik……. Its really gud seeing u
Nice meeting u everyone byeeeeeee
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i like u so much ur voice is so wonderful im a big fan of urs
hi karthik im die hard fan of u. wat a voice u having..keep rocking.. i like u so much.. all d best for ur upcoming projects.
Hai karthik anna i m ur big fan. continue ur music journey wih joy.
hey man what a voice u have …………..
god give such a great voice to u………..
so keep singing
u always rocks man
in total karthik ji has sang more than 3500 songs!heard tat he’s gonna judge sangeetha maha yutham show in sun tv:)…guys pls listen to his recent telugu hit neeve leni from e film chalaki!
hi krathik…i like ur voice so much….i always listen to your songs….keep rocking…
hai, karthik i m ur big fan of you. miss you so much i want here of u r voice i like it for u voice can send me email from u …….. keep smile of you
love ur voice ur songs r soulful and iam addictive to ur songs
hii karthik how r u? i m ur big big big fan.i like your voice sooooooooooooooooo muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
hiiiiiiii karthiiiiiii u r voice is soooooooooo cute
i miss u very much
hi karthik annayyya.i lov ur voice……….
hai brother……….yr song is very nice……………..i am yr fan……….
hiiiiiii
i like u r voice
u r sweet
hey Karthik omg i luv u n ur voice…. ur voice is so sweet n i always feel lik listening to ur voice wen im upset… i luv all ur songs n dieing to meet u…………….
<3<3 keep up the good work luv u luv u luv u 
karthik garu… ur voice is amazing….ur song in ravaan is awesome…..hope ur career continues in the same……….gubluck
hai sweet karthik ur my favorite singer i like ur combination with surya u r so sweet and ur voice too wow sing more sngs for dear surya pls
hai karthik…i like ur voice veryyyyyyyyyyyy much..see many more mile stonz in ur life…all the best…
hai kathik i like ur singing
haiiii!!!!!
i am ur great die hard core fan of u sir.
i like d sng asala pilla in ghatikudu.and i listen many songs of u.nd i would forget about my self while listening ur song.
while listening i involve twice than u invole in singing.
hiiii…sir hwa…u???? u r so cute…..and ur voice is also so sweeeeeeeeet…hope ur career goes on in the same way……….
Dear Karthik,
Please come to Muscat and we like your song very much and all are waiting for your arrival. You are really a great singer
…………… really great
Ramakrishnan.V
Muscat
how u got such a sweet voice,u r the luckiest to get such a great voice.im a great fan of u.keep rocking with ur voice.
hey karthik..i saw ur performance in complete jam sessions.. i was searchin for some video n found tat..u r the ultimate one..u r awesome, outstandin, marvellous….
u r makin me go mad karthik!!!!
hey KARTHIK!!!!
WISH U MANY MAORE HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY
May all ur dreams come true..
all the best!!
HAPPY DIWALI!!!