Adhik Ravichandran

In this Indian name, the name Ravichandran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Adhik.

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]

Adhik Ravichandran
Born	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 33)
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Film director screenwriter actor playback singer
Years active	2015–present
Spouse	Aishwarya Prabhu ​ (m. 2023)​

Early life

Adhik was born on 17 September.^[2] He is the son of Ravichandran "Ravi" Kandaswamy,^[3] who has worked as an assistant director for nearly two decades, but has yet to make his directorial debut; he often features in his son's films in cameo roles. Because of Ravi's struggles in the film industry, Adhik's mother forbade him from pursuing that as his career, though he still remained passionate. Adhik aspired to study visual communication in college, but instead took 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 Adhik accused its lead actor Silambarasan of interfering creatively and causing problems during production.^[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,^[7] but Mark Antony, released later the same year, revitalised his career.^[8] After Mark Antony, Adhik signed on to direct Good Bad Ugly with Ajith Kumar as the lead.^[9]

Personal life

In December 2023, Adhik married Aishwarya, daughter of actor Prabhu.^[10]

Filmography

As a film director

List of film directing credits

Year	Title	Notes
2015	Trisha Illana Nayanthara
2017	Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
2023	Bagheera
	Mark Antony
2025	Good Bad Ugly

As a writer

List of film writing credits

Year	Title	Writer	Notes
2019	Dabangg 3	Dialogues	Tamil dubbed version

As an actor

List of film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Trisha Illana Nayanthara		Cameo
2017	Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan	Himself	Cameo
2019	K-13	Vijay		[11]
	Nerkonda Paarvai	Vishwa		[12]

As a playback singer

List of film playback singing credits

Year	Song	Film	Composer	Lyricist	Ref.
2023	"I Love You Di"	Mark Antony	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Rokesh, Himself	[13]