Ananth Mahadevan is an Indian-Canadian screenwriter, actor and director. He has been an integral part of the Indian television serials and Hindi movies since the 1980s and is also actively involved in the professional English and Hindi theater. A few of his most notable directorial outings are Dil Maange More!!! (2004), Red Alert: The War Within (2009), Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (2010), The Xpose (2014) RoughBook (2015) and Dastaan - The Freedom File (2015), Aksar 2 (2017). His 2018 releases include Life's Good and Kamal Haasan's bilingual spy thriller titled Vishwaroopam II in Tamil and Vishwaroop II in Hindi.