Adhik Ravichandran
Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, playback singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adhik Ravichandran (/ɑːðɪk/) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with the successful comedy Trisha Illana Nayanthara (2015). Following a setback with two consecutive failures, his career revitalised with Mark Antony (2023), which grossed ₹100 crore (US$12 million) at the box office.[1]
Early life
Adhik was born on 17 September 1990.[2] He is the son of Ravichandran "Ravi" Kandaswamy,[3] who has worked as an assistant director for nearly two decades, but has not made his directorial debut. Because of Ravi's struggles in the film industry, Adhik's mother forbade Adhik from pursuing that as his career, though he still remained passionate. Adhik aspired to study visual communication in college, but instead took up engineering to appease his mother, though he began writing scripts from the first semester to the final.[4]
Career
After graduating college, Adhik trained as an assistant director under Major Ravi before making his directorial debut with Trisha Illana Nayanthara (2015). The film was a major success.[4] However, his next film Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (2017) was a box-office bomb, and he accused the lead actor, Silambarasan, of interfering creatively and causing problems during production. As a result, a proposed sequel and continuation of the film was subsequently shelved.[5] He later wrote the dialogues for the Tamil-dubbed version of the Hindi film Dabangg 3 (2019).[6]
Adhik's third film as director, Bagheera (2023), did not succeed commercially and was criticised for relying on misogynistic tropes.[7][8] However, Mark Antony, which released later the same year, hugely revitalized his career as it grossed over ₹100 crores at the box-office, worldwide.[9] After Mark Antony, Adhik signed on to direct Good Bad Ugly with Ajith Kumar as the lead, produced by Mythri Movie Makers.[10]
Personal life
In December 2023, Adhik married Aishwarya, daughter of actor Prabhu.[11]
Filmography
As a film director
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
2015 | Trisha Illana Nayanthara | |
2017 | Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan | |
2023 | Bagheera | |
2023 | Mark Antony | |
2025 | Good Bad Ugly | |
As a writer
Year | Title | Writer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Dabangg 3 | Dialogues | Tamil dubbed version |
As an actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Trisha Illana Nayanthara | Cameo | ||
2017 | Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan | Himself | Cameo | |
2019 | K-13 | Vijay | [12] | |
Nerkonda Paarvai | Vishwa | [13] |
As a playback singer
Year | Song | Film | Composer | Lyricist | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | "Bittu Padam Di" | Trisha Illana Nayanthara | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Rokesh | [14] |
2023 | "I Love You Di" | Mark Antony | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Rokesh, Himself | [15] |
2025 | "OG Sambavam" | Good Bad Ugly | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Vishnu Edavan | [16] |
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