gautham karthik dad and i are two different individuals but the world doesnt see us that way sustenance comes from within but no my dad has his own style and i want to have my own too he will chat have fun but never gets distracted these years in the industry what have they taught youkarthik actually both mom and dad dont interfere in my choices karthik we like to give every festival its due when thiru gave me a narration i fell in love with it we are best of friends we share everything karthik i was writing a script to direct and i was keen that our pairing be unique gautham karthik laughs who me he has been the eternal heartthrob of kollywood and continues to impress audience with his performance energy and charisma and i firmly believe that no one can tamper with it i got to work with so many legends and then its us actors we used to gather around the pot and sing aloud but after that how do you sustain from when i met mani sir mani ratnam and he became part of kadal to this point i know what he has done to get here gautham is fighting the battle on his own like i had to like my father had to thats how much fun we have i dont mean to demean other professions but collectively we entertain others gautham karthik ive consciously decided to never repeat a role sometime it works sometimes it doesnt in fact its even unfair when you look at it from someone elses point of view he is always engrossed in the script because for us every festival is an occasion to celebrate im not saying this because he is my son karthik do you advise gautham on the kind of films he should dokarthik you both are star kids do you agreekarthik on the contrary its always tough for an actors child and i grew up in bengaluru but when you look at it people believe in it and its not just a sport for them the next few years i saw what all could possibly go wrong in the industry and experienced smallest things that gave me a bump in my career they always say that its easy for a star kid in the industry he is the one who gives me a lot of advice we laugh on the set have a lot of positive energy he is naturally intelligent and hardworking i went to a boarding school and wouldnt get leave for pongal people think its a cakewalk but no sometimes i am so scared to talk to dad because i know i will end up laughing for three hours straight he will be like gautham you are still in the scene so when thiru suggested he play my father on screen too i told him he had to go through proper channels and i cant put in a favour mooda nambikkai