| Shree Karthick | |
| Birth Name: | S. S. Shree Karthick |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma Mater: | SRM Valliammai Engineering College |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
Shree Karthick is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Tamil cinema.[1] Karthick directed a number of short films[2] and commercials before venturing into the feature films with his directorial debut being Oke Oka Jeevitham,[3] a bilingual starring Sharwanand and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures.[4] He was nominated for the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu for the film.
Shree Karthick was born in Chennai to a Telugu mother and a Tamil father.[5] [6] He did his schooling from SBOA Matriculation School and subsequently, his B.Tech, in Computer Science Engineering, from SRM Valliammai Engineering College.[6]
Shree Karthick married Sinduja Ramanan in Chennai on 28 June 2017.[7]
Shree Karthick started off his dance career with a dance company based out of Chennai, which he had joined at a young age. He credits his passion for dance with helping in the overall development of his filmmaking skills.[8] He became a senior company dancer there and began teaching other students.[9] Upon graduating from there, he left to pursue his engineering degree. In his first year, a dance reality show Attam Pattam was announced, to be aired on Kalaignar TV. Karthick decided to participate and eventually became the title winner.[10] He then received an offer from another dance reality show Jodi Number One, and was a semi-finalist in the same.[11]
Shree worked as an actor in a few movies like Arrambam (2013) and Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka (2015) before realizing his interest for writing and subsequently moving onto screenwriting and filmmaking.[7] [6] He began working on stories and scripts, aiming to turn them into short films and motion pictures.
In 2013, Shree Karthick, along with Dev, founded Madboys Creatives, a media company focused on creating commercials, digital films and web-series. Shree Karthick ventured into filmmaking with his short film debut Vyugam starring Dev.[12] He went on to create Happy To Be Single, the first-ever Tamil web series,[13] [14] later distributed by Sony Music.[15] He made the short film Childhood Diaries,[16] which was included in the anthology film Mamakiki (2020).[17]
In 2019, Shree Karthick's directorial feature-film debut Oke Oka Jeevitham (titled Kanam in Tamil) was announced, produced by Dream Warrior Pictures and starring Sharwanand, Amala Akkineni and Ritu Varma.[18] Amidst the pandemic, he also created and produced I Hate You - I Love You under the banner of his content studio Madboys Entertainment. A few episodes were written and directed by him.
| 2013 | Arrambam | Tamil | ||||
| 2014 | Vyugam | short film | ||||
| 2015 | Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka | |||||
| 2016 | Childhood Diaries | short film | ||||
| 2022 | Oke Oka Jeevitham | rowspan=2 | rowspan=2 | Telugu | ||
| Kanam | Tamil |
| 2014 | Happy To Be Single | ||||||
| 2021 | I Hate You – I Love You | Voice Role |