Karthikeyan S Ponnuswamy is an ex-corporate employee turned Actor, rapper, Music Director and Director. He was in the corporate field for 12 years with companies like Amazon, Dell, WNS, First Advantage & 24/7 and found his passion in 2019 which triggered his Career change. He is also the founder of the Youtube channel “karsp” which has many music albums all of them music directed & Directed by him and a social media influencer on Instagram under the name “Karthikeyan S Ponnuswamy”. He currently freelances his acting & Music direction to Feature films, Short films and Music albums. He is also a versatile actor who featured in many Music albums also a Member of SWA(Screenwriters association) who has many registered scripts and lyrics. He received an award for the “Best Music album” in 9 th Indian Talents film festival for his song “Kai Rap”
Q- How did he acquire the knowledge?
He has been one of the lead singer of Ancient Thirupugazh in Om Shri Angalingeshwarar temple since the year 2000, where, apart from singing he also learnt basics of Indian instruments like Harmonium, Jalra, Thabla and Mirdhangam. In 2013, there was a requirement for a singer online by a music director who was making an album for his Church. Karthikeyan had made a few minor corrections which is when he realised he has a niche for Music and this is where he got the idea of Music direction.
He started his first music direction on an outdated iPhone 5s Everything from then on was self taught from google, youtube and conversations with Music experts. He was very fond of Chritmas carols and was a part of a choir and also acquired knowledge of western music. He can play Thabla, Mirdhangam, Keyboard (Western), Harmonium and Accoustic Guitar.
Sports and Academics:
He is a National level Boxer and Kickboxer. He has won a national level gold medal in WAKO India Federation Cup 2019. He has also won many State and zonal medals in Boxing and has worked as a Asst Chief Coach in an international fight Club. He funded his own education during college and used to work the night shift while he attended his engineering college in the daytime. He is a Computer Science engineering graduate with 12 years of work experience with companies like Amazon, Dell, WNS, First Advantage & 24/7 and found his passion for Music & acting in 2019 which triggered his Career change.