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T.M. Karthik Srinivasan Biography

Birth Name:T.M. Karthik

Birth Place:India

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • He has been on stage more than 500 times since he started acting in 1994
  • Attended Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
  • Quote: "A software or a corporate job pushes you to do something you like․ You constantly tell yourself: I can't be living a life doing this․ You are desperate to do something else and that's how theatre happened․"
  • Quote: "Training is a job that's closest to acting․ It's a long play․ You have an audience; you have a performance; you have a script․ It's a captive audience; they want to believe you․"
  • Co-founder and chief mentor of Sideways Training, which develops art-based workshops for businesses and colleges
  • Best known for his role as the Science Teacher in the 2012 film "Life of Pi․"
  • He works as a corporate trainer during the day and rehearses and performs in plays at night
  • Got called for auditions for "Life of Pi" because one of the casting managers was a fan of his plays