Karthik Subbaraj, famous for his movies Pizza and Jigarthanda made his way up starting from short films. In just 2 films made by him, he has already created a niche for himself. His scripts, casting and core story have been different and highly applauded by fans and critics.

Not just his movies, he is a different personality by himself which he proved by launching an online platform to support short film and independent film makers. A former software engineer from Madurai, he has definitely worked hard to be where he is now. Hard work never goes unappreciated and what more can be happy and interesting for the young director to receive the 'Amitabh Bachchan Youth Icon' award?

Yes! The award which was instituted by Amitabh Bachchan himself has been won by Karthik Subburaj this year (12th edition of Chennai International Film Festival). Anirudh grabbed it last year. Galatta Media congratulates this young man and wishes him many more successes.