Ken Karunas
Born (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 25)
Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations Actor, director, composer, playback singer, lyricist
Years active 2013–present
Parent Karunas (father)
Grace Karunas (mother)[1]

Ken Karunas (born 18 April 2001) is an Indian actor, director, composer, playback singer, and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. He is the son of Karunas.

Career

Ken made his acting debut in the film Ragalaipuram (2013), where he played a supporting role alongside his father, Karunas. He also starred in Asuran (2019) as one of Dhanush's sons who is caught in tumultuous circumstances.[2]

He worked as an assistant director to Dhanush in Vaathi (2023),[3] Thiruchitrambalam (2022) and Raayan (2024) before making his debut as an independent director and lead actor through Youth (2026).[4][5]

Filmography

  • Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Ragalaipuram Ganesh Child artist
2014 Nedunchaalai Mani
2016 Azhagu Kutti Chellam Murugu Subramani
2019 Asuran Chidambaram [6][7]
2023 Vaathi Young Muthu Tamil-Telugu bilingual film
Sir Young Murthy
2024 Viduthalai Part 2 Karuppan
2026 Youth Praveen Also director and lyricist

Discography

As composer
Year Title Notes
2026 Salliyargal Composed alongside Easwar
As playback singer
Year Film Song(s) Composer Notes
2023 N/a "Vaada Raasa" Himself
Easwar		 Music video
2026 Salliyargal "Oorae Oorae"
Youth "Mutta Kalakki"
"Paranthene Penne"

"Loveah Sollitalea" "Jilpanso"
"Chamiki" (Telugu dubbed version)

 G. V. Prakash Kumar Debut as lead actor

References

  1. ^ "Dhanush says he has a "lot to learn" from Ken at Youth pre-release event: 'You proved me wrong...'". Cinema Express. 13 March 2026. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. ^ S, Srivatsan (October 5, 2019). "Dhanush praised me for the climax scene, says Ken Karunas on 'Asuran'". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "Ken Karunas joins Dhanush on the sets of Vaathi". The Times of India. March 31, 2022.
  4. ^ Kumar, Akshay (January 16, 2026). "Ken Karunaas: Working as an AD to Dhanush made me interested in direction". Cinema Express.
  5. ^ "Exclusive|Ken Karunaas: 'My only ambition was to...'". Cinema Express. March 13, 2026.
  6. ^ "Ken Karunas to play a crucial role in Asuran". Cinema Express. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ^ "Dhanush praised me for the climax scene, says Ken Karunas on 'Asuran'". The Hindu. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 20 April 2026.