Won t touch dad s Agni Natchathiram : Gautham Karthik

Chennai June 16 (IANS) Actor Gautham Karthik basking in the success of his latest Tamil film Rangoon says he won t ever star in the remake of his father s most memorable yesteryear Tamil classic Agni Natchathiram.

The 27-year-old has won over audiences and critics with Rangoon.

Some even described his performance as his career best.

Thrilled with the response and love Gautham told IANS: It feels really special that I finally have a hit film. I know I made some wrong career choices and that s why this success means a lot. It motivates me to work harder.

Gautham son of veteran Tamil actor Karthik was launched by Mani Ratnam in Kadal.

The film tanked but he still considers it a special debut.

I owe my career to Mani sir and Kadal . If not for that film I wouldn t have ventured into acting and done ten films so far. The film s failure didn t affect me he said.

Gautham doesn t want to be compared with his father.

I try to be as different as possible. Dad raised me very independently and let me learn things on my own. I ll always be grateful for that but I don t want to be compared with him.

I want to carve my own niche he said adding he won t touch his Agni Natchathiram.

I believe Agni Natchathiram is dad s trophy and I wouldn t risk doing a bad job in its remake. I won t touch that film he added.

Gautham currently has three more Tamil projects in his kitty.

--IANS
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