Adhik Ravichandran
Adhik Ravichandran | |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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Aishwarya Prabhu (m. 2023) |
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
[edit | edit source]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 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
[edit | edit source]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 was 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 crore (US$12 million) at the box-office, worldwide.[9] After Mark Antony, Adhik directed Good Bad Ugly, which grossed over ₹240 crore (US$28 million).[10]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In December 2023, Adhik married Aishwarya, daughter of actor Prabhu.[11]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]As a film director
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2015 | Trisha Illana Nayanthara | Cameo appearance |
| 2017 | Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan | |
| 2023 | Bagheera | |
| Mark Antony | ||
| 2025 | Good Bad Ugly | co-writer |
As a writer
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Writer | Notes |
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| 2019 | Dabangg 3 | Dialogues | Tamil dubbed version |
As an actor
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2019 | K-13 | Vijay | [12] | |
| Nerkonda Paarvai | Vishwa | [13] | ||
| 2022 | Cobra | Bhavana's relative |
As a playback singer
[edit | edit source]| Year | Song | Film | Composer | Lyricist | Ref. |
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| 2015 | "Bittu Padam Di" | Trisha Illana Nayanthara | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Rokesh | [14] |
| 2023 | "I Love You Di" | Mark Antony | Rokesh, Himself | [15] | |
| 2025 | "OG Sambavam" | Good Bad Ugly | Vishnu Edavan | [16] |
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