Rohit Padaki is an Indian film director, writer, lyricist and actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He made his directorial début with an independent romantic comedy film, Ashtralle Just Missoo in 2015.[2] Following this, he wrote lyrics and acted in few other films such as Aatagara (2015) and Aake (2017), before his first mainstream directorial film, Dayavittu Gamanisi in 2017.[3] His other popular films as a director include, Rathnan Prapancha (2021), Ekka (2025) and Uttarakaanda (2026) and Upcoming new directional movie Mahaniyare Mahileyare.