Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, playback singer
In this Indian name, the name Ravichandran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Adhik.
Adhik Ravichandran | |
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| Born | (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 35) |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
| Spouse | Aishwarya Prabhu (m. 2023) |
Adhik Ravichandran () 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 was born on 17 January.[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. 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]
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]
In December 2023, Adhik married Aishwarya, daughter of actor Prabhu.[10]
Adhik sang "I Love You Di" in his own directorial Mark Antony under G. V. Prakash Kumar's composition. He also wrote the lyrics alongside Rokesh.[13]