Advait Chandan

Advait Chandan
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active2017–present

Advait Chandan is an Indian film director who works primarily in Hindi films. He made his directorial debut in 2017 with the film Secret Superstar.

Career

In 2007, Advait started his career as the third assistant director and Taare Zameen Par as the assistant production manager. Collaborating with Aamir Khan again, Advait worked as the casting director and post-production supervisor on Kiran Rao's debut venture Dhobi Ghat.

After donning various roles in the film industry, Advait finally made his directorial debut in 2017 with the film Secret Superstar featuring Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim in the lead. He also wrote the screenplay of the film. It was the highest-grossing 2017 Hindi film and the second-highest-grossing Hindi film of all time behind only Dangal (2016). It is also the third-highest-grossing Indian film of all time behind only Dangal and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), after surpassing Aamir Khan's own PK (2014). His most recent film as a director is the Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor starrer Loveyapa which was released on 7 February 2025.

Filmography

As director

YearTitle Notes
2017Secret Superstar Also writer
2022Laal Singh Chaddha
2025Loveyapa

Other credits

YearTitle DirectorNotes
2007 Taare Zameen Par NoAssistant production manager
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. AssistantAlso portrayed Hippy boy 1
2009Positive AssistantShort film
Bollywood Hero Assistant
2010Dhobi Ghat AssistantAlso casting director and
post production supervisor

Accolades

YearAwardsCategory WorkResultRef
2017Zee Cine AwardsBest Director Secret SuperstarNominated
Best WriterNominated
Most Promising DirectorWon
Screen AwardsMost Promising Debut DirectorNominated
201863rd Filmfare AwardsBest DirectorNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
Indian Film Festival of MelbourneBest DirectorNominated
News18 Reel Movie AwardsBest ScreenplayNominated

References

  1. ↑ "Advait Chandan-Bio". BookMyShow.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Abhishek Shrivastava (10 October 2017). "Secret Superstar director Advait Chandan: 'I was too scared to narrate my film to Aamir Khan'". Firstpost. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "SHOCKING: After directing Secret Superstar, Advait Chandan wants to now be Aamir Khan's assistant". Bollywood Hungama. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 Raveendran, Karthika (10 February 2018). "Aamir Khan's Secret Superstar BEATS PK, rakes in Rs 833 crore gross at the worldwide box office". Bollywood Life. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 Archives – Zee Cine Awards". Zee Cine Awards. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nominations for the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Indian Film Festival Melbourne". www.iffm.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Reel Movie On Screen Awards 2018 | Best Film, Actor, Actress, Director and More". News18. Retrieved 27 February 2018.