[1] He made his big screen debut through the 2016 film Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru which went on to become a sleeper hit.

[3] Naren made his directorial debut at the age of 22 with the critically and commercially successful thriller Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016).

Starring Arvind Swamy, Shriya Saran, Sundeep Kishan and Indrajith, the shoot of the film has been completed in 41 days.

[9] He has also directed the segment ‘’Project Agni’’, as part of Navarasa (2021), an anthology web series produced by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan for Netflix.

[10] Karthick Naren's next film is titled Maaran (2022), starring Dhanush and Malavika Mohanan.