Chakravarthy Ramachandra

Chakravarthy Ramachandra is an Indian film producer who has worked on Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam-language films. After beginning his career as an independent producer, he joined YNOT Studios as its CEO.

Career Early career After completing a diploma at the London Film Academy in 2005, Chakravarthy Ramachandra debuted in the film industry as a supporting actor in the Telugu comedy film Mr. Errababu (2005), where he also doubled up as the film's line producer. In December 2005, Ramachandra launched his first production through the Ideaz Production banner, with Shashank and Rajeev Kanakala selected for the lead roles. The project, directed by another debutant named Chakravrathy, was later dropped.

He continued working in the technical crew of Telugu films, notably serving as the line producer in Sukumar's Arya 2 (2009), Walt Disney Pictures's Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011) and Oosaravelli (2011), and developed his knowledge of film-making. Ramachandra was then set to make his debut as a co-producer with Sukumarudu (2013), but later opted out of the venture. He later set up his own production house, Bad Monkey Productions, to produce the unreleased Telugu and Tamil comedy films Antha Scene Ledu and Nondi Kuthirai (2014) starring Navdeep and Shashank.

YNOT Studios Ramachandra first became involved with YNOT Studios during the release of Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi in Telugu as Love Failure. His work on the film as an executive producer paved the way for him to join YNOT Studios' other projects. After working as the executive producer of Guru (2017) and Vikram Vedha (2017), Ramachandra became the company's chief executive officer and in the late 2010s, he co-produced films such as Tamizh Padam 2 (2018) and Game Over (2019) alongside the studio's founder S. Sashikanth.

As the company approached its tenth anniversary, Ramachandra reversed the company's collaboration with Reliance Entertainment to co-produce several of their projects, and the announcement of their subsidiaries: its distribution arm, YNOT X and the music label YNOT Music. In the early 2020s, the company alternated between producing high-budget projects featuring leading actors and technical crew, and making small-budget content-driven films featuring relative newcomers. Big-budget productions such as Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and the Hindi version of Vikram Vedha (2022), were complemented by a number of smaller ventures with "off-beat" scripts including Halitha Shameem's Aelay (2021), Madonne Ashwin's Mandela (2021), Nishanth Kalidindi's Kadaseela Biriyani (2021) and Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan's Thalaikoothal (2023).

Night Shift Studios In 2021, Ramachandra registered Night Shift Studios, a film production company focusing on making horror and thriller films. In August 2023, the studio was formally established and announced its first feature film, Bramayugam (2024). Their next feature film was Diés Iraé (2025).

Personal life Ramachandra married Pooja in Hyderabad in August 2013.

Filmography Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films produced with YNOT Studios Year Film Language Credited as Cast Director(s) Ref(s) 2012 Love Failure Telugu Executive producer Siddharth, Amala PaulBalaji Mohan 2017 Guru Venkatesh, Ritika Singh, Mumtaz SorcarSudha Kongara Vikram Vedha Tamil Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Srinath Pushkar–Gayathri 2018 Tamizh Padam 2 Co-producer Shiva, Iswarya Menon C. S. Amudhan 2019 Game Over TamilTelugu Taapsee Pannu Ashwin Saravanan 2021 Aelay Tamil Samuthirakani, K. Manikandan Halitha Shameem Mandela Yogi Babu, Sheela Rajkumar Madonne Ashwin Jagame ThanthiramDhanush, James Cosmo, Aishwarya LekshmiKarthik Subbaraj Kadaseela Biriyani Producer Vijay Ram, Hakim Shahjahan Nishanth Kalidindi 2022 Vikram Vedha Hindi Co-producer Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte Pushkar–Gayathri 2023 Thalaikoothal Tamil Samuthirakani, Kathir Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan Martin Luther King Telugu Sampoornesh Babu, Naresh, Venkatesh Maha Puja Kolluru 2025 Test Tamil Producer Madhavan, Nayanthara, Siddharth S. Sashikanth

Films produced under Night Shift Studios Year Film Language Credited as Cast Director(s) Ref(s) 2024 Bramayugam Malayalam Producer Mammootty, Arjun Ashokan, Sidharth Bharathan Rahul Sadasivan 2025 Diés Iraé Pranav Mohanlal