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
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 1991.^[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

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

In December 2023, Adhik married Aishwarya, daughter of actor Prabhu.^[11]

Filmography

As a film director

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

As a writer

Year	Title	Writer	Notes
2019	Dabangg 3	Dialogues	Tamil dubbed version

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	K-13	Vijay		[12]
	Nerkonda Paarvai	Vishwa		[13]

As a playback singer

Year	Song	Film	Composer	Lyricist	Ref.
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]