Besides playing in the cinema, Karthik Sivakumar and Surya Sivakumar had always shown interest to help the needy with their welfare trusts. While Suriya has been assisting the students to get a good education, now Karthi announced a competition for the farmers. After the super hit movie Kadaikutty Singam, he launched a welfare trust named Uzhavan Arakattalai. He stated that to help the farmers the trust was started and it will motivate the farmers and they will be awarded. The latest competition announced by the trust is that farmers who invent the latest agricultural equipment to make the farming easier will be awarded prize money of Rs 1.5 lakh. Three farmers will be chosen to receive this award, said Karthi.
In the professional front, Karthi has been expecting the release of his next movie “Kaithi” directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Besides this movie, he has been playing in a film with his sister-in-law Jyothika Saravanan and “Sathyaraj” directed by Jeethu Joseph of “Papanasam” fame. He will also be seen in a yet to be titled film with Rashmika Mandanna, directed by “Remo” director Bakkiyaraj Kannan.