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R. Madhavan is an Indian film actor, producer and writer, who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He not only featured in the Tamil movies he also appeared in other languages like Hindi, English, Malayalam and Telugu. He made his debut movie Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin in this movie he featured as a club singer in the song “Chup Tum Raho” which is directed by Sudhir Mishra in 1996. His debut English movie is Inferno in 1997 and his debut Kannada movie Shanti Shanti Shanti in 1998. In the year 2000, he made his debut Tamil movie Alaipayuthey which is directed by Mani Ratnam and for this movie he grabbed the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. His most recent film, Rocketry, in which he acted, directed, produced, and wrote the screenplay, was a big success.
R. Madhavan was born on 1 June 1970 in Jamshedpur, Bihar, India. R. Madhavan family is now residing in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His father name is Ranganathan who was a management executive in Tata Steel and his mother name is Saroja who is a manager in the Bank of India. Then he younger sister named Devika who is a software engineer. He did his schooling in D.B.M.S. English School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and he did his graduation in Rajaram College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Then in the year 1988, he gained a scholarship to represent India as a cultural ambassador from Rajaram College, Kolhapur, with that, he spends a year in Stettler, Alberta, Canada which is a part of his exchange program with Rotary International. During his college days, he involved in extra-curricular military training and at the age of 22, he was recognised as a leading NCC cadet in Maharashtra, with that, he travelled to seven others as NCC cadets to England. Then by the result of this, he got training with the British Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
R. Madhavan wife name is Sarita Birje they both got married in 1999, then this couple was blessed with a boy child named Vedant who was born in August 2005. He started his acting career from the television industry in the guest appearances in the prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat which gets aired on Zee TV in 1996. Then he appeared in some commercials and in small roles he gained recognition from the Tamil movie Alaipayuthey through Mani Ratnam in 2000. Then he soon imaged as a romantic hero with the two notable Tamil films Gautham Menon’s directorial debut Minnale and Madras Talkies’ Dumm Dumm Dumm. Again he featured in the Mani Ratnam movie Kannathil Muthamittal in 2001 as a father of adopted girl achieved commercial success. N. Linguswamy’s action and romantic movie Run has offered a great success in his career.
In the year 2003, Madhavan worked with Kamal Haasan in the movie Anbe Sivam and for this movie, he earned two notable awards for Best Supporting Actor. In the middle of the 2000’s he featured in the Bollywood industry by featuring in the supporting roles in three highly successful productions, they are Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti (2006), Mani Ratnam’s Biopic Guru (2007) and Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots (2009), which has become as a highest grossing Indian film. He simultaneously worked on Tamil films, like Evano Oruvan (2007) and a bilingual horror film, Yavarum Nalam (2009). After the movie Tanu Weds Manu (2011) and Vettai (2012), he took a break for his acting career.
He gets back after three years in 2015, he worked in the movie Tanu Weds Manu Returns which is a romantic-comedy movie. He appeared in the bilingual sports drama Irudhi Suttru (2016) with Ritika Singh and the crime film Vikram Vedha (2017) with Vijay Sethupathi has won the critical and commercial acclaim. For his performance in the movie Irudhi Suttru, he grabbed Best Actor awards at the Filmfare, IIFA and SIIMA award ceremonies. Apart from acting he worked as a writer on his films, with that, he hosted some of the television programmes and he is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products. Moreover, he also worked as a film producer, his first production movie is Evano Oruvan with Leukos Films and in 2016 he produced Saala Khadoos. He is quite notable for his philanthropic activities, with that, he promotes various causes such as environment, health, and education.
Biography
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Name | Madhavan |
Real Name | Madhavan Balaji Ranganathan |
Nickname | Maddy |
Profession | Actor, Director, Writer, Television Host, Producer |
Date of Birth | 1 June 1970 |
Age | 52 (as of 2022) |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Family | Father: Ranganathan Seshadri (Former Executive at Tata Steel) Mother: Saroja (Former Manager at the Band of India) Sister: Devika (Software Engineer) |
Marital Status | Married |
Affairs/Girlfriends | NA |
Wife | Sarita Birje (Former Air Hostess) |
Children | Son: Vedaant |
Religion | Hindu |
Educational Qualification | B.Sc. in Electronics Post-Graduation in Public Speaking |
School | D.B.M.S. English School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
College | Rajaram College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra Kishinchand Chellaram College, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Hobbies | Listening to Music, Singing, Driving |
Birth Place | Jamshedpur, Bihar, India |
Hometown | Tamil Nadu, India |
Current City | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Social Media Profiles
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Madhavan INSTAGRAM
Movies
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes |
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1996 | Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin | Club singer | Hindi | Uncredited role in the song “Chup Tum Raho” |
1997 | Inferno | Ravi | English | |
1998 | Shanti Shanti Shanti | Siddhartha | Kannada | |
2000 | Alaipayuthey | Karthik Varadharajan | Tamil | |
2000 | Ennavale | James Vasanth | Tamil | |
2001 | Minnale | Rajesh Shivakumar | Tamil | |
2001 | Dumm Dumm Dumm | Aditya | Tamil | |
2001 | Paarthale Paravasam | Madhava | Tamil | |
2001 | Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein | Madhav Shastri | Hindi | |
2002 | Kannathil Muthamittal | Thiruchelvan | Tamil | |
2002 | Run | Siva | Tamil | |
2002 | Dil Vil Pyar Vyar | Krish | Hindi | |
2002 | Anbe Sivam | Anbarasu | Tamil | |
2003 | Nala Damayanthi | Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer | Tamil | |
2003 | Lesa Lesa | Deva Narayanan | Tamil | Guest appearance |
2003 | Priyamaana Thozhi | Ashok | Tamil | |
2003 | Jay Jay | Jagan | Tamil | |
2004 | Aethirree | Subramani | Tamil | |
2004 | Aaytha Ezhuthu | Inbasekar | Tamil | |
2004 | Nothing But Life | Thomas Roberts | English | Bilingual film |
2004 | Made In USA | Thomas Roberts | Malayalam | Bilingual film |
2005 | Priyasakhi | Sandhana Krishnan | Tamil | |
2005 | Ramji Londonwaley | Ramnarayan Tiwari | Hindi | |
2006 | Rang De Basanti | Ajay Rathod | Hindi | |
2006 | Thambi | Thambi Velu Thondaiman | Tamil | |
2006 | Rendu | Sakthi/Kannan[a] | Tamil | |
2007 | Guru | Shyam Saxena | Hindi | |
2007 | That Four-Letter Word | Himself | English | Guest appearance |
2007 | Delhii Heights | Himself | Hindi | Guest appearance |
2007 | Aarya | Aarya | Tamil | |
2007 | Evano Oruvan | Sridhar Vasudevan | Tamil | |
2008 | Halla Bol | Himself | Hindi | Guest appearance |
2008 | Vaazhthugal | Kadhiravan | Tamil | |
2008 | Mumbai Meri Jaan | Nikhil Agarwal | Hindi | |
2008 | Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri | Himself | Malay | Guest appearance |
2009 | Yavarum Nalam | R. Manohar | Tamil | Bilingual film |
2009 | 13B | R. Manohar | Hindi | Bilingual film |
2009 | Guru En Aalu | Guru | Tamil | |
2009 | Sikandar | Rajesh Rao | Hindi | |
2009 | 3 Idiots | Farhan Qureshi | Hindi | |
2010 | Om Shanti | Maddy | Telugu | Guest appearance |
2010 | Teen Patti | Shantanu Biswas | Hindi | |
2010 | Jhootha Hi Sahi | Kabir | Hindi | Guest appearance |
2010 | Manmadan Ambu | Madanagopal | Tamil | |
2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Manoj Kumar Sharma (Manu) | Hindi | |
2012 | Vettai | Thirumurthy | Tamil | |
2012 | Jodi Breakers | Siddharth Khanna | Hindi | |
2013 | Taak Jhaank | Sanjay | Hindi | |
2014 | Akeli | Avinash | Hindi | |
2015 | Tanu Weds Manu: Returns | Manoj Kumar Sharma (Manu) | Hindi | |
2015 | Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn | Tom | English | |
2016 | Irudhi Suttru | Prabhu Selvaraj | Tamil | Bilingual film |
2016 | Saala Khadoos | Adi Tomar | Hindi | Bilingual film |
2017 | Vikram Vedha | Vikram | Tamil | |
2017 | Magalir Mattum | Surendhar Silkurayappan | Tamil | Guest appearance |
2018 | Savyasachi | Arun Raj Varma | Telugu | |
2018 | Zero | Kartik Srinivasan | Hindi | Guest appearance |
2020 | Nishabdham | Anthony Gonsalves | Telugu | Bilingual film |
2020 | Silence | Anthony Gonsalves | Tamil | Bilingual film |
2021 | Maara | Manimaaran (Maara) | Tamil | |
2022 | Rocketry | Nambi Narayanan | English | |
2022 | Rocketry | Nambi Narayanan | Tamil | |
2022 | Rocketry | Nambi Narayanan | Hindi | |
2022 | Amriki Pandit | Purab | Hindi | Completed |
2022 | Dhokha Round D Corner | TBA | Hindi | Completed |
Other Crew Positions
Year | Film | Position | Language | Notes |
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2005 | Ramji Londonwaley | Screenwriter | Hindi | |
2007 | Evano Oruvan | Producer, dialogue writer | Tamil | |
2016 | Saala Khadoos | Producer | Hindi | |
2020 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Narrator | Tamil | Voiceover in Ilamai Idho Idho segment |
2020 | Soorarai Pottru | Narrator | Tamil | Voiceover in credits scene |
2022 | Rocketry | Director, producer, screenwriter | English | |
2022 | Rocketry | Director, producer, screenwriter | Tamil | |
2022 | Rocketry | Director, producer, screenwriter | Hindi |
Television
Web Series
Year | Title | Role | Language | Network |
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2018 | Breathe | Denzel Mascarenhas (Danny) | Hindi | Amazon Prime Video |
2021 | Decoupled | Arya Iyer | Hindi | Netflix |
2022 | The Railway Men | TBA | Hindi | TBA |
Documentaries
Film | Year | Role | Language | Network |
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2008 | Herova? Zerova? | Himself | Tamil | Tamil Nadu Department of Higher Education |
2011 | Big In Bollywood | Himself | English | Cinterra Entertainment |
2018 | Mega Icons | Host | English | National Geographic |
2021 | India’s Space Odyssey | Narrator | Hindi | Discovery+ |
Television Series
Year | Title | Role | Language | Network |
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1993 | Yule Love Story | Crook | Hindi | Zee TV |
1993 – 1997 | Banegi Apni Baat | Ashley | Hindi | Zee TV |
1995 | A Mouthful of Sky | English | DD National | |
1995 | Suhana Safar | Hindi | Zee TV | |
1996 | Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum | Raj Parmar | Hindi | Zee TV |
1995 | Badalte Rishtey | Abhilash Verma | Hindi | DD National |
1996 | Hum Dono | Rahul | Hindi | Sahara One |
1995 – 1996 | Aarohan | Shammi | Hindi | DD National |
1996 | Aahat | Raj | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television |
1997 | Raj Kahani | Aditya / Mungi[b] | Hindi | DD National |
1997 | Neeyat | Hindi | Zee TV | |
1997 | Jeene Bhi Do Yaaro | Hindi | Sony SAB | |
1997 – 1998 | Ghar Jamai | Subodh | Hindi | Zee TV |
1997 – 1998 | Sea Hawks | Preet | Hindi | DD Metro |
1997 | Kabhie Kabhie | Hindi | Star Plus | |
1998 | Saaya | Shekhar | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television |
2000 | Rishtey | Sameer | Hindi | Zee TV |
2009 | CID | Himself | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television |
Television Shows
Year | Title | Role | Language | Network | Notes |
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1997 | Tol Mol Ke Bol | Host | Hindi | Zee TV | Game show |
2005 – 2006 | Deal Ya No Deal | Host | Hindi | Sony Entertainment Television | Game show |
2010 | Big Money | Host | Hindi | Imagine TV | Game show |
2018 | The Final Table | Judge | English | Netflix | Episode 5; Cooking show |
Awards
- 2000 – Filmfare Award For Best Male Debut – south for Alaipayuthey
- 2002 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award For Best Actor for Run, Kannathil Muthamittal & Anbe Sivam
- 2003 – ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award for Anbe Sivam
- 2004 – Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actor – Tamil for Aaytha Ezhuthu
- 2016 – Filmfare Award For Best Actor – Tamil for Irudhi Suttru
- 2016 – SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Critics) – Tamil for Irudhi Suttru
- 2016 – IIFA Utsavam Award For Best Actor – Tamil for Irudhi Suttru
- 2017 – Filmfare Award For Best Actor (Critics) – South for Vikram Vedha
- 2017 – SIIMA Award For Best Actor – Tamil for Vikram Vedha
- 2017 – Norway Tamil Film Festival Award For Best Actor for Vikram Vedha
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