Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer and film producer. Madhavan has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations. He has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, appearing in films from seven different languages.
Madhavan began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the Zee TV prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat in 1996. After appearing in commercials and in small roles, he later gained recognition in the Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnam’s successful romance film Alaipayuthey (2000).
In addition to his acting career, Madhavan has worked as a writer on his films, hosted television programmes and has been a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.[5] He has also worked as a film producer, first making Evano Oruvan with Leukos Films, before setting up Tricolour Films to produce Saala Khadoos (2016). Madhavan is noted for his philanthropic activities and promotes various causes such as environment, health and education. He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and was awarded PETA’s Person of the Year recognition in 2012.
Madhavan was born to a Tamil family. His father Ranganathan was a management executive in Tata Steel and his mother, Saroja was a manager in the Bank of India. His younger sister, Devika, is a software engineer settled in the United Kingdom.[6] He had a Tamil-speaking upbringing in Bihar.
R. Madhavan Biography / Wiki
| Name | R. Madhavan |
| Also Know | R. Madhavan, மாதவன௠|
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India |
| Date of Birth | 1970-06-01 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 52 |
| Deathday |
R. Madhavan Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Guru En Aalu | Guru | 2009-04-24 | Guru (Madhavan) wants to start a company of his own. He works for his boss Krishna (Abbas), who is a successful entrepreneur leading a happy married l… |
| Kannathil Muthamittal | Thiruchelvan | 2002-02-14 | A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, … |
| Dum Dum Dum | Adhithyan | 2001-04-13 | Adityan, a city slicker’s marriage is fixed by his dad in the village to Ganga, a village belle. He is not happy with it, as he wants to marry a city … |
| Mumbai Meri Jaan | Nikhil Agarwal | 2008-08-22 | Shortly after 1800 hours, 11 July 2006, Mumbai was shattered by seven bomb blasts on Western Railway stations: Matunga, Mahim, Khar, Bandra, Jogeshwar… |
| Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein | Madhav Shastri (Maddy) | 2001-10-19 | Cupid’s arrow and a lot more strike at Madhav Shastri’s when he first has a glimpse of beautiful Reena Malhotra. Thereafter he meets her again and fin… |
| Minnale | Rajesh Shivakumar | 2001-02-18 | Rajesh Shivakumar is a college hoodlum who has his first crush on Reena Joseph, who unfortunately, is engaged to be married to Rajiv Samuel, an Indian… |
| Vettai | Thiru Murthy | 2012-01-13 | Guru always helps his timid brother win accolades and promotions in his career as a policeman. But a brutal incident makes Guru realise that he needs … |
| Aarya | Aarya | 2007-08-10 | Deepika (Bhavana) is an arrogant rich girl. A medical college student, she dictates terms at the college. Sister of local don Kasi (Prakash Raj), she … |
| Rendu | Sakthi / Kannan | 2006-11-24 | Sakhti moves to Chennai in search of a job but lands himself in trouble when a CBI officer chases him for a series of murder committed by his lookalik… |
| Evano Oruvan | Sridhar Vasudevan | 2007-12-07 | A common man who represents his society, gets tired of the illegal activities happening around him and decides to take law into his own hands by punis… |
| Paarthale Paravasam | Dr. Madhava | 2001-11-14 | A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about … |
| Thambi | Thambi Velu Thondaiman | 2006-02-22 | A man cannot tolerate injustice and opposes it in any form; this earns him the wrath of a local goon, who plans to get rid of him at all costs…. |
| Vaazhthugal | T. Kadhiravan | 2008-01-14 | Kadhiravan, a businessman, desires a wife who should respect his parents. After seeing Kayalvizhi on TV, he meets her on the pretext of being a home c… |
| Run | Siva | 2002-05-09 | Siva comes to Madras from a small Tamil Nadu town to study. He instantly falls in love with elusive stranger Priya who resists his charms quite persis… |
| Priyasakhi | Sandhana Krishnan (Sakhi) | 2005-04-14 | Sakhi, a car company manger, falls in love with Priya, a model. They decide to get married, but their different family backgrounds seem to ruin their … |
| Yavarum Nalam | Manohar | 2009-03-06 | Manohar, along with his family, moves into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television s… |
| Jodi Breakers | Sid | 2012-03-02 | Jodi Breakers is a Hindi film directed by Ashwini Chaudhary featurring R Madhavan and Bipasha Basu in the leading roles with Omi Vaidya and Dipannita … |
| Tanu Weds Manu | Manoj “Manu” Sharma | 2011-02-25 | Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but Tanu, a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him…. |
| Priyamaana Thozhi | Ashok | 2003-07-11 | Two childhood best friends, who does not share any love interest, get married to two other people. But, problem arises when his wife doubts their frie… |
| Jay Jay | Jagan | 2003-11-14 | Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes back… |
| Dil Vil Pyar Vyar | Krish Kumar | 2002-10-18 | Three friends, who have known each other for a long time, decide to enter a singing and musical competition. The events that lead to this competition,… |
| Aethiree | Subramani aka ‘Bottle’ Mani | 2004-04-23 | Subramani poses as a criminal to evict bachelor tenants from a Brahmin’s house, but ends up helping one of them to kidnap his lover from her marriage…. |
| Alaipayuthey | Karthik Varadharajan | 2000-04-14 | Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of ro… |
| Nothing but Life | Roby Thomas | 2004-12-25 | Two East Indian men move to the United States and take work in Las Vegas, hoping to earn enough to move back home and live comfortably…. |
| Irudhi Suttru | Prabhu Selvaraj | 2016-01-28 | A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle … |
| Vikram Vedha | Vikram | 2017-07-21 | A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in … |
| Ennavale | James Vasanthan | 2000-12-22 | When a man and his friends start a music troupe that performs at weddings, he is highly motivated by his landlord’s daughter…. |
| Ramji Londonwaley | Ramnarayan Tiwari (Ramji) | 2005-09-02 | Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook and is familiar with all aspects of vegetar… |
| Nala Damayanthi | Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer | 2003-07-03 | A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian’s home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the d… |
| Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Nambi Narayanan | 2022-07-01 | Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for… |
| Sikandar | Lt. Col. Rajesh Rao | 2009-08-21 | 14-year-old Sikandar Raza has been living with his uncle and aunt in Kashmir, ever since his parents were killed by militants 10 years ago. The young … |
| Maara | ‘Maara’ Manimaaran | 2021-01-08 | When Paaru sees a fairy tale she heard from from a stranger as a child painted across the walls of a costal town, she goes in search of the man who pa… |
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| Dhokha: Round D Corner | Yathaarth Sinha | 2022-09-23 | When a delusional housewife with a personality disorder is taken hostage by a terrorist on the loose and a husband accused of cheating on his wife hav… |
| 3 Idiots | Farhan Qureshi | 2009-12-23 | Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius… You’ve never met a college student quite like “Rancho.” From the moment he arrives at India’s most prestigious unive… |
| Anbe Sivam | Anbarasu | 2003-01-14 | Nalla Sivam and Anbarasu meet under different circumstances and their lives are changed as they take the journey of their life…. |
| Aayitha Ezhuthu | Inbasekaran | 2004-05-21 | A goon, who dreams of making it big in life, a student leader, who strives to keep politicians away from college election and a third guy who wants to… |
| Manmadhan Ambu | Madanagopal | 2010-12-23 | Madhan is convinced that Ambu is unfaithful and refuses to pay detective Mannar when he reports otherwise. Wanting to make money to help a friend, Man… |
| Tanu Weds Manu: Returns | Manoj ‘Manu’ Sharma | 2015-05-22 | After Tanu and Manu’s marriage breaks apart, the latter finds himself smitten by Datto, a lookalike of his ex-wife. But the estranged couple’s feeling… |
| Savyasachi | Arun Raj | 2018-11-02 | A twin brother of the protagonist is absorbed due to Vanishing Twin Syndrome and controls his left hand. When his life is threatened, the twin brother… |
| Nishabdham | Anthony | 2020-10-02 | Seattle PD is investigating the murder of a man and Sakshi, a deaf and mute artist, and her husband Antony, a renowned cello player, are related to it… |
| Sunglass | 2013-11-10 | A bilingual satirical comedy about the seven-year itch of a married couple, and how their life turns topsy-turvy with the entry of what seems to be an… | |
| Teen Patti | Prof. Shantanu Biswas | 2010-02-26 | A professor uses the three-card game to prove his probability thesis. He involves some of his students on his research and later realizes it was a big… |
| Lesa Lesa | Deva Narayanan (Guest Appearance) | 2003-05-16 | Chandru’s grandfather is going to visit him but Chandru has spent all his money. So he requests his wealthy friend, Rakesh, to pose as the owner of al… |
| Guru | Shyam Saxena | 2007-01-12 | Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he mar… |
| Herova? Zerova? | Self | 2008-09-11 | The film highlighted the importance of childhood education and sought to create awareness of early dropouts and child labour in Tamil Nadu…. |
| Rang De Basanti | Ajay Rathod | 2006-01-26 | After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she’s … |
| Operation Cobra | Inspector Ravi | 1997-12-05 | When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he’ll hunt down the killer. Yanked of … |
| Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn | Tom | 2015-10-05 | A group of survivors trapped in a New York apartment fight to stay alive against legions of zombies…. |
| Zero | Kartik Srinivasan | 2018-12-21 | Short in stature but big on love, a bachelor meets two very different women who broaden his horizons and help him find purpose in life…. |
| Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Narrator (segment “Ilamai Idho Idho”) | 2020-10-16 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema – Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Men… |
| Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin | Singer in Club (Uncredited Role) | 1996-06-07 | An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is… |
| Om Shanti | RJ Maddy (extended cameo) | 2010-01-13 | Om Shanti (Telugu: à°“à°‚ శాంతి) is a 2010 Telugu film directed by Prakash Dantuluri released on 13 January 2010.[1]. It stars Navdeep and K… |
| Magalir Mattum | Surendar (Cameo) | 2017-09-15 | A progressive-minded documentary filmmaker reunites three older women who have been separated since college and takes them on a trip…. |
| Halla Bol | Himself (uncredited) | 2008-01-11 | Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed da… |
R. Madhavan Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Director | 2022-07-01 | Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for… |
R. Madhavan Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Evano Oruvan | Co-Producer | 2007-12-07 | A common man who represents his society, gets tired of the illegal activities happening around him and decides to take law into his own hands by punis… |
| Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Producer | 2022-07-01 | Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Irudhi Suttru | Screenplay | 2016-01-28 | A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle … |
| Ramji Londonwaley | Dialogue | 2005-09-02 | Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook and is familiar with all aspects of vegetar… |
| Ramji Londonwaley | Screenplay | 2005-09-02 | Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook and is familiar with all aspects of vegetar… |
| Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Writer | 2022-07-01 | Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for… |
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