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Dhanish Karthik (born 24 July 1989) is an Indian actor. He made his debut as Sanjeev Menon in the Malayalam film Ivide (2015) directed by Shyamaprasad. He recently finished filming for the Bollywood film Chef (2017 film) with Saif Ali Khan. The film, directed by Raja Krishna Menon, is slated to release in July 2017. This will be Karthik's debut in Bollywood.
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Personal life
Karthik was born into a Malayali family. His father Nilambur Karthikeyan is a singer, having worked with singers and musicians such as K.J. Yesudas and Madhuri. Karthik was trained in music by his father, who has sung in over 50 Malayalam films. He started acting part-time in 2009 with his first role being that of "Krishan Ji" in the theaterical production Bollywood Romeo directed by Radhika Vasudeva. In 2010, he graduated from Stony Brook University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a minor in South Asian studies, after which he started working in the research department followed by the operations department at J.P. Morgan before resigning in July 2013 to a become a full-time actor. He currently studies at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Peoples Improv Theater, both located in New York, NY.
Honors
Karthik was asked to be the chief guest at the "American Days Comedy Show" kickoff event by the Malayali Association of New Jersey.