Adhik Ravichandran

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Adhik Ravichandran
Adhik Ravichandran from Mark Antony.jpg
Born (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • playback singer
Years active2015–present
Spouse
Aishwarya Prabhu
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(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]

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Early life

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]

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 and screenwriter

List of film directing and writing credits
YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2015 Trisha Illana Nayanthara YesYesCameo
2017 Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan YesYesCameo
2019 Dabangg 3 NoDialoguesTamil version
2023 Bagheera YesYes
Mark Antony YesYes
2025 Good Bad Ugly YesYesFilming

As an actor

List of film acting credits
YearTitleRoleRef.
2019 K-13 Vijay [11]
2019 Nerkonda Paarvai Vishwa [12]
2022 Cobra

As a playback singer

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Mark Antony' producer gifts director Adhik Ravichandran a brand new luxury car over the film's success!". The Times of India . 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Adhik Ravichandran celebrates birthday on the sets of Bagheera". The Times of India . 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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  4. 1 2 Menon, Vishal (8 August 2015). "'There's an S.J. Surya in all of us'". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "'AAA' director and producer blame Simbu for film's failure, warn other producers". The News Minute . 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. ↑ சனா (24 December 2019). "நான் ஒழுக்கமா இருக்கக் காரணமே அஜித் சார்தான்; ஏன்னா?! - ஆதிக் ரவிசந்திரன்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Prabhu Deva's 'Bagheera' to stream on OTT from March 31". The Times of India . 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Adhik Ravichandran: Mark Antony is my ode to retro mass masala films". The New Indian Express . 18 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "'Good Bad Ugly': Ajith's film with Adhik announced, to release on Pongal 2025". India Today . 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Director Adhik Ravichandran Ties The Knot With Aishwarya Prabhu In Intimate Ceremony". News18 . 16 December 2023. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Director Adhik to play a cameo in Arulnithi's K-13". Cinema Express . 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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  13. ↑ "I Love You Di: 'Soup' song from Vishal's Mark Antony out". The Indian Express . 24 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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