During the recent success meet of Karthi's Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru, the star bared his heart on his friend producer Ashok Kumar's suicide in the latest loan shark controversy.

Referring to Ashok as his annan (elder brother), he stated that the late producer was the first person to take him to the sets of Paruthiveeran, which would go on to become one of the biggest films of Karthi's career.

Ruing the state of his two girls that he has left behind, Karthi said that he could still not believe that Ashok would take his own life, who according to Karthi was not a very emotional person.