Karthik Kumar is one most recognized in India, with over 600 shows across the globe. Karthik has a distinct style of performance - clubbing high energy with topics that are meaningful.
Over the last five years, he’s performed across India, USA, UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand. Karthik has finished three solo standup specials, all of which toured and sold out across multiple venues in the country and overseas. With his enthusiastic charisma and the energy he brings on stage, Karthik is one of the most sought-after comedians right now. His first special “Poke Me” has more than a million views on YouTube.
On 7th September, 2018 Karthik Kumar launched his debut book Don’t Startup on entrepreneurship, using his journey with Evam as a reference. The book was written from a perspective of 'I wish I had known these things when I started up my own Entrepreneurship!’.
Through this never-before-seen side of entrepreneurship, Karthik Kumar explores the various emotional challenges an entrepreneur faces and also tells you how to overcome them. “Entrepreneurship is not a short-term advantage but a long-term resilience” he quotes in his book.
Karthik is a coffee addict. When he is not drinking coffee or forcing others to do so – he is an actor, speaker, writer, director and standup comic! But his most prized avatar is being the co-founder of Evam, an arts-based entrepreneurship.
The story dates back to when Karthik, a chemical engineer from Chennai and Sunil, a B.Com graduate from Bhopal met at Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA), Ahmedabad, where they were pursuing their MBA in Marketing Communications. Sankalp, MICA’s theatre group, was virtually dead but the duo took over and pumped life into it. What started as a part-time, fun time-killer during college took over their lives.
With over 25 years of stage experience, Karthik Kumar is known for his work in the Theatre Fraternity in India as an Actor and Director. Under the Evam banner, Karthik and Sunil changed the way theatre was consumed by the young people in the South Indian Metros, making it fun and more accessible. He has starred in multiple plays such as Ali J, ART, The Ödd couple, Barefoot in the park, Chapter two, Love Letters, Death, Long Way Home and also recreated the bizarre world of Monty Python’s “The flying circus” on stage.
Through this never-before-seen side of entrepreneurship, Karthik Kumar explores the various emotional challenges an entrepreneur faces and also tells you how to overcome them. “Entrepreneurship is not a short-term advantage but a long-term resilience” he quotes in his book.
