Karthik Rathnam is an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu Language films and has done many theatre plays and playlets. Karthik made his debut film in 2018's Care Of Kancharapalem as one of the lead which was the most critically acclaimed film of 2018 and the first Telugu film screened in Newyork Film Festival. Karthik Rathnam was born and brought up from Secunderabad. When he was studying IPCC(CA Intermediate). Since 2010 have been into theatres through a play "Borusu Leni Bomma" for which he has won several paramount awards including Nandi, Garuda, NTR, ANR awards etc. Performed in around 30 plays/playlets which have been showcased for more than 200 times in various cities all over india, such as Rasarajyam by Guntur Shastry which is a milestone in Telugu theatres & " Mugimpu Leni Katha" written & directed by Sri Rallapalli Venkateshwarulu and so on. Started his career acting in short films, Karthik got recognized for his role in Rosy Theatre Kanapur, The Beginning. After many years of struggle in theatre as a backstage artist, actor, side dancer, Karthik finally got an offer in Care Of Kancharapalem through an audition. In 2019, Karthik played as Ravi Reddy in Zee5 original web series God Of Dharmapuri which broke the pattern of feature film actor to work in OTT Platforms and played a very bold role in very early stages of his career. Karthik's future projects consist of Tamil remake of c/o Kancharapalem and few other projects are on the cards.