Adhik Ravichandran
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. Following a setback with two consecutive failures, his career revitalised with Mark Antony, which grossed at the box office.
Early life
Adhik was born on 17 January. He is the son of Ravichandran "Ravi" Kandaswamy, 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 in Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute University to appease his mother, though he began writing scripts from the first semester to the final.Career
After graduating college, Adhik trained as an assistant director under Major Ravi before making his directorial debut with Trisha Illana Nayanthara. The film was a major success. However, his next film Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan 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. He later wrote the dialogues for the Tamil-dubbed version of the Hindi film Dabangg 3.Adhik's third film as director, Bagheera, did not succeed commercially and was criticised for relying on misogynistic tropes. However, Mark Antony, which released later the same year, hugely revitalized his career as it grossed over at the box-office, worldwide. After Mark Antony, Adhik directed Good Bad Ugly, which grossed over. He is also confirmed to direct a film tentatively titled AK64.