Advait Chandan

Advait Chandan (; born 26 January 1987) is an Indian film director works in Hindi film.  He had his debut as a director with the movie  Secret Superstar.

Career
In 2007, Advait started his career with Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. 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 next film as a director is the upcoming  Aamir Khan starrer Lal Singh Chaddha which was supposed to begin shooting  in October 2019.

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Category:Living people
Category:1987 births
Category:Indian film directors
Category:Hindi-language film directors
Category:Indian screenwriters
Category:Film directors from Mumbai
Category:21st-century Indian film directors
Category:Screenwriters from Mumbai