Eashvar Karthic is an Indian film director and actor who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu cinema.
[2][4] He initially set out to become an actor after leaving his bank job and worked in theatre, where he also discovered his talent for writing.
Vijay Sethupathi was impressed with one of his scripts and asked him to reach out to Stone Bench Films, leading to the inception of Penguin (2020).
[6] His debut directorial has also been mentioned in several research journals that discuss women-centric films, OTT during the COVID-19 pandemic and representation of the subaltern.
[6] In 2024, Eashvar made his Telugu directorial debut Zebra, a financial crime thriller film starring Satyadev, Dhananjaya, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Amrutha Iyengar.