R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Vanraj Kashyap
as Rati Pandey
as Purab
as Yathaarth Sinha
as Nambi Narayanan
as 'Maara' Manimaaran
as Arya Iyer
as Narrator (segment "Ilamai Idho Idho")
as Anthony
as Kartik Srinivasan
as Arun Raj
as Self
as Self - Host
as Danny Mascarenhas
as Surendar (Cameo)
as Vikram
as Prabhu Selvaraj
as Manoj 'Manu' Sharma
as Sid
as Thiru Murthy
as Himself
as Manoj "Manu" Sharma
as Madanagopal
as Prof. Shantanu Biswas
as RJ Maddy (extended cameo)
as Farhan Qureshi
as Lt. Col. Rajesh Rao
as Guru
as Manohar
as Nikhil Agarwal
as T. Kadhiravan
as Himself (uncredited)
as Sridhar Vasudevan
as Aarya
as Shyam Saxena
as Sakthi / Kannan
as Thambi Velu Thondaiman
as Ajay Rathod
as Ramnarayan Tiwari (Ramji)
as Sandhana Krishnan (Sakhi)
as Roby Thomas
as Inbasekaran
as Subramani aka 'Bottle' Mani
as Jagan
as Ashok
as Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer
as Deva Narayanan (Guest Appearance)
as Anbarasu
as Krish Kumar
as Siva
as Thiruchelvan
as Dr. Madhava
as Madhav "Maddy" Shastri
as Adhithyan
as Rajesh Shivakumar
as James Vasanthan
as Karthik Varadharajan
as Shekhar
as Inspector Ravi
as Singer in Club (Uncredited Role)
as Ashley
Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Dialogue
as Screenplay
Producer
as Producer
as Co-Producer
Director
as Director