Actor Karthik Mahesh is originally from the cultural city of Mysore. He completed his B.Sc from Maharaja College, Mysore. Later, he moved to Bangalore with the dream of becoming an actor and started his career by modeling. Karthik Mahesh had a dream of acting since his childhood. So while doing modeling, he auditioned for several serials. Later Khushi entered television through a serial. Through that, he fulfilled his childhood dream. Later, she acted in the serials Akka, Inti Nimma Asha, Devayani, Mahakali, and Raji. Recently the children of Puttakka from Zee Kannada were seen in the role of Chandru in the serial. Later, Karthik, who left this serial, portrayed the role of 'Ravi' in the Colors Kannada Antarpata serial. Sunil Puranik played the role of Karthik Khushi's father while acting in the serial. Later, his son Sagar Puranik chose him as the hero of the movie 'Dollu' directed by him. For Dollu, Karthik himself learned Dollu Badiyo and acted brilliantly. The first film without Karthik as the lead won the 2022 Best Kannada Regional Award for the 68th consecutive year.