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 (2011).
[5][6] In 2014, he appeared in the horror drama Yaamirukka Bayamey, which performed well at the box office, and subsequently reprised his role in the Kannada remake, Namo Bhootatma (2014).
[8] In 2016, Aadhav worked simultaneously on two projects, Pagal by Ezhil Bharathi and Vadaname Chandra Bimbamo by Srinivas, but both films remain unreleased.
[9][10][11] On the slow start to his acting career, Aadhav noted that he was poor at networking and apprehensive about approaching production houses for opportunities.
[12] He made his web series debut through the ZEE5 original High Priestess (2019), working alongside Amala Akkineni and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar.