Aadhav Kannadasan is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil-language films.

Career

Aadhav Kannadasan began his career in the film industry by working as an assistant director in G. N. R. Kumaravelan's team during the making of ''

Yuvan Yuvathi ''Yuvan Yuvathi'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romance film, written and directed by G. N. R. Kumaravelan that stars Bharath and Rima Kallingal. The film released on 26 August 2011. It received generally mixed reviews and became an averag ...

'' (2011). Notably, Aadhav's father Kalaivanan Kannadasan had earlier apprenticed under Kumaravelan's father G. N. Rangarajan, hence he was keen to follow the same pattern. In late 2010, he agreed terms to make his acting debut in A. C. Durai's '' Ponmaalai Pozhudhu'', and took up acting lessons with

Koothu-P-Pattarai Koothu-P-Pattarai is a prominent Tamil theatre group that has organised plays for 31 years. The group has its base in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in South India. It conducts speech training in a theatre speech laboratory and conducts workshops teaching ...

, as well as stunt and dance classes to prepare for the role. Aadhav had been 86 kilograms, and had to shed 12 kilograms for the role. Aadhav spent time with the four school children in the film to imbibe their body language and to learn how to portray a school kid. The film remained stuck for a number of years, before it was eventually released in August 2013. ''Ponmaalai Pozhudhu'' opened to mixed reviews. In 2014, he appeared in the horror drama ''

Yaamirukka Bayamey ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by debutant Deekay and produced by Elred Kumar. The cast includes Kreshna, Oviya, Rupa Manjari, Karunakaran, and Anaswara Kumar. 15 technicians ...

'', which performed well at the box office, and subsequently reprised his role in the Kannada remake, ''

Namo Bhootatma ''Namo Bhootatma'' is a 2014 Kannada horror comedy film directed by Murali in his debut. The film was a remake of the 2014 Tamil film ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'', which itself was based on the Korean movie '' The Quiet Family''. It stars Komal Kumar, ...

'' (2014). He also produced a Tamil short film ''Oliyum Oliyum'' which was selected in the Chicago South Asian Film Festival (CSAFF). In 2016, Aadhav worked simultaneously on two projects, ''Pagal'' by Ezhil Bharathi and ''Vadaname Chandra Bimbamo'' by Srinivas, but both films remain unreleased. On the slow start to his acting career, Aadhav noted that he was poor at networking and apprehensive about approaching production houses for opportunities. He made his web series debut through the

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'' (2019), working alongside

Amala Akkineni Amala Akkineni (''née'' Mukherjee) is an Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and animal welfare activist. She has predominantly worked in Tamil films, in addition to Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada-language films. She was a leading ac ...

and

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (born 5 March 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. She made her debut with the Tamil film ''Podaa Podi'' (2012). Early life and family Varalaxmi w ...

. Aadhav then portrayed a supporting role in the crime thriller ''

Kaalidas ''Kaalidas'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sri Senthil. The film stars Bharath and Ann Sheetal, while Suresh Menon and Aadhav Kannadasan portray other pivotal roles. The film began production dur ...

'' (2019), appearing as a mysterious tenant. In 2020, he notably directed on a short film titled ''Lockdown'' featuring

Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah is an Indian actress, playback singer, and a musician, who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Malayalam language films. She made her acting debut in Tamil language, Tamil film ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007 ...

. He will also be seen in a feature film alongside actress

Vani Bhojan Vani Bhojan (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian actress who works in Tamil cinema. She made her Telugu film debut with ''Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'' in 2019 and her Tamil film debut with '' Oh My Kadavule'' in 2020. Early life and family Bho ...

Personal life

His grandfather is the renowned poet

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

, while his father Kalaivanan Kannadasan, also worked in the film industry as a director. In December 2017, Aadhav married Vinodhnie Suresh in a ceremony held in Chennai.

Filmography

Films

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kannadasan, Aadhav Living people Male actors in Tamil cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)