Vishnu Edavan

Vishnu Edavan is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. Born and raised in Coimbatore, he studied at Lisieux Matriculation Higher Secondary School and later at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, before moving to Chennai. He started as an associate director under Lokesh Kanagaraj and, in parallel, became known as a lyricist whose punchy mass lines reached a wide audience. That dual path — writing songs that travelled on their own, while learning direction from inside major film units — set him apart from most first-time filmmakers. He later made his feature debut as a director with a feel-good family drama, a shift from the high-octane world he had worked in. His career now sits across lyrics, writing and direction.