Vishnuvardhan (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian A long-time associate of Santosh Sivan, he made his directorial debut in 2003 with Kurumbu, which did not fare well at the box office.

However, his subsequent films, Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005), Pattiyal (2006), Billa (2007), Panjaa (2011) with Pawan kalyan as main lead and Arrambam (2013) went on to become highly successful ventures, turning him into a household name in Tamil Nadu.

He made his debut in Hindi cinema with Shershaah (2021), produced by Karan Johar, under Dharma Productions, for which he received positive reviews and even won filmfare award for best director.

After Vishnuvardhan returned from Mumbai, Gemini Color Labs that had produced The Terrorist offered him to remake the Telugu comedy film Allari in Tamil.

[8] The film, titled Kurumbu (2003), featuring Allari Naresh, who played the same role in the original,[5] alongside Nikita Thukral and Diya, did not do well at the box office.

Sify called it "a taut and fairly engrossing entertainer"[10] and the film was termed a "super hit" having collected twice its cost at the box office.

[18] He directed a Hindi film Shershaah (2021) is based on the life of the late Captain Vikram Batra and features Sidharth Malhotra in the titular role.

[19] He is make his comeback in the Tamil film industry after a long hiatus with Nesippaya (2025) starring Akash Murali and Aditi Shankar in the lead roles.