ABOUT KARTHIKEYA DEV
Indian screen actor, model, and dancer who exploded onto the scene in Telugu cinema as a child actor. He earned both critical and popular acclaim for his portrayal of the young Vardharaja in the 2023 film Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire. He also starred on the Telugu web series Parampara as well as the multilingual film Music School in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
He was raised in the Rajupalem village in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. In 2023, he was studying in the 10th standard at a school in Hyderabad.
He appeared in the Malayalam film L2: Empuraan and also starred in the leading role of the Telugu fantasy-comedy Tuk Tuk.
His mother is Kavitha Podilapu. He has one younger sister.
In 2025, he made his Tamil cinema debut starring as the son of Ajith Kumar in Good Bad Ugly.
