Karthika NairKarthika Nair ( is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film actress. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 film, Josh

Josh (2009 film)

Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju. An initial date of the 3rd of September for release, was delayed due...

opposite Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Telugu films. He made his debut in the 2009 college film, Josh His second film, Gautham Menon's Ye Maaya Chesave became a commercial as well as critical success, with his portrayal of a love-torn film director winning him critical acclaim...

. She rose to fame starring in her second and her first successful tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film Ko

Ko (film)

Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...

opposite Jeeva.

After birth

Karthika was born to former Indian actress Radha

Radha (actress)

Udaya Chandrika, better known by her screen name Radha is an Indian actress popular in the 80s and early 90s. She has acted in numerous movies with top actors of the South Indian cinema such as Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan , Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Vijayakanth, Chiranjeevi, Karthik, Suresh, Mohan,...

 and hotelier Rajasekharan Nair and is the niece of actress Ambika

Ambika (actress)

Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....

. She has two siblings, a brother and a sister. She did her studies in Podar International School

Podar International School

Podar International School is a high school located in Podar Education Complex in Mumbai, India. It was awarded the status of International Baccalaureate World School in 2005, and in 2011 was CIS certified.-External Links:*...

 in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and is now studying an international degree in Business from college affiliated to London School of Economics

London School of Economics

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

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Career

She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 film, Josh

Josh (2009 film)

Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju. An initial date of the 3rd of September for release, was delayed due...

opposite Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Telugu films. He made his debut in the 2009 college film, Josh His second film, Gautham Menon's Ye Maaya Chesave became a commercial as well as critical success, with his portrayal of a love-torn film director winning him critical acclaim...

. Her second movie was in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 called Ko

Ko (film)

Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...

pairing with Jeeva and Ajmal Ameer

Ajmal Ameer

Ajmal Ameer is an Indian film actor, who works in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.-Background:He was born in Aluva, Kerala. He studied medicine in National Pirogov Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, and had plans to open a hospital in future. Shortly after completing his...

 which did very well at the box office. She then appeared in the Malayalam film, Makaramanju

Makaramanju

-External links:* at the Malayalam Movie Database* at Nowrunning.com...

directed by Lenin Rajeendran, starring alongside ace cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who has worked in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi cinema....

. She was also considered for the Hindi remake of Ko

Ko (film)

Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...

with Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Josh Josh (2009 film) Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju. An initial date of the 3rd of September for release, was delayed due...	Vidhya	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
2011	Ko Ko (film) Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...	Renuka Narayanan	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
2011	Makaramanju Makaramanju -External links:* at the Malayalam Movie Database* at Nowrunning.com...	Anjali Bhai, Urvasi	Malayalam Malayalam language Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
2012	Dammu Dammu Dammu is an upcoming Telugu family entertainer film directed by Boyapati Seenu under Creative Commercials banner. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Trisha Krishnan and Karthika Nair in the lead roles and Veteran actress Bhanupriya, Kota Srinivasa Rao and hero Venu in supporting roles.-Cast:*N. T...	Neelaveni	Telugu	Filming
2012	Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum is a 2012 Tamil film directed by veteran director Bharathiraja.It features Ameer and Iniya in the lead roles. The film has music by G. V...	Annakodi	Tamil	Filming
2012	Mallu Singh Mallu Singh Mallu Singh is an upcoming Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by Vyshakh, starring Unni Mukundan, Kunchacko Boban and Karthika Nair in the lead roles.-Cast:* Unni Mukundan as Mallu Singh aka Harvinder Singh* Kunchacko Boban as Ani...		Malayalam	Pre-production

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