Ken Karunaas

Ken Karunaas is a former child artist actor director singer and lyricist working in Tamil cinema He is the son of actor comedian and politician Karunaas and playback singer Grace Karunaas He was born into a Tamil Christian family on April 18th 2001 Ever since he was 11 he has played smaller comedic roles as a child artist notably in the film Ragalaipuram alongside his father He gained notoriety after starring alongside famed actor Dhanush in Vetrimaarans period action drama Asuran Playing Chidambaram the main protagonists youngest son he formed a good friendship with Dhanush This correlates later on as he worked as an assistant director on Dhanushs Vaathi Thiruchitrambalam and Raayan the latters return to direction after 7 years Since that point he wrote his own screenplay for a comingofage comedydrama film Youth The film was produced as a smallerscale project and was released on March 19th 2026 as his debut directed film credited under Ken Gang This film became a blockbuster cementing Ken Karunaas as a new young bankable star in Kollywood cinema