R. Madhavan
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 10.107 |
Birthday | 1970-06-01 |
Place of Birth | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India |
Also Known As | R. Madhavan, மாதவன், R. Mathavan, Мадхаван, |
2009
Guru En Aalu
3.5/3
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...
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Guru En Aalu
2009
3 Idiots
8/2380
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...
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3 Idiots
2006
Rang De Basanti
7.1/441
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...
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Rang De Basanti
Adhirshtasaali
0/0
The life and achievements of GD Naidu.
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Adhirshtasaali
2003
Anbe Sivam
7.563/72
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Anbe Sivam
2010
Teen Patti
4.1/7
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...
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Teen Patti
2002
Kannathil Muthamittal
7.6/46
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,...
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Kannathil Muthamittal
2007
Guru
6.8/122
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
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Guru
Test
0/0
Three people's worlds collide during a historic international cricket test match in Chennai, ultimately forcing them to make difficult life-changing d...
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Test
2004
Aayitha Ezhuthu
7.161/31
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...
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Aayitha Ezhuthu
2001
Dum Dum Dum
5.8/7
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...
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Dum Dum Dum
2008
Mumbai Meri Jaan
7/24
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Mumbai Meri Jaan
2001
Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein
6.3/37
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Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein
2001
Minnale
6.9/28
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Minnale
2003
Nala Damayanthi
7.5/6
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Nala Damayanthi
2000
Alaipayuthey
7.357/42
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Alaipayuthey
2009
Yavarum Nalam
6.3/69
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Yavarum Nalam
2010
Manmadhan Ambu
5.4/16
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Manmadhan Ambu
2012
Vettai
6.5/21
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Vettai
2006
Thambi
6.2/4
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Thambi
2007
Aarya
6.2/3
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...
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Aarya
2007
Evano Oruvan
8/2
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...
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Evano Oruvan
2006
Rendu
4/2
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...
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Rendu
2001
Paarthale Paravasam
3.3/3
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...
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Paarthale Paravasam
2005
Priyasakhi
3.8/4
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Priyasakhi
2002
Run
6.8/17
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Run
2008
Vaazhthugal
4/1
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...
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Vaazhthugal
2005
Kettavarellam Padalam
0/0
Three friends struggle to cope with their personal and professional lives as they deal with jealousy and loss of loved ones.
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Kettavarellam Padalam
2012
Jodi Breakers
5.5/5
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2025
Shankara
0/0
Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair was known for being a passionate advocate for social reforms and a firm believer in the self-determination of India.
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Shankara
2011
Tanu Weds Manu
6.8/93
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Tanu Weds Manu
2003
Lesa Lesa
6.8/5
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Lesa Lesa
2003
Jay Jay
7.2/5
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...
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Jay Jay
2011
Big in Bollywood
7.5/4
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2002
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
5.3/5
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,...
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Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
2004
Aethiree
6/2
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....
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Aethiree
2024
Shaitaan
6.1/47
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Shaitaan
2022
Dhokha: Round D Corner
4.9/17
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2000
Ennavale
0/0
When a man and his friends start a music troupe that performs at weddings, he is highly motivated by his landlord's daughter.
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Ennavale
2003
Priyamaana Thozhi
6.4/6
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...
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Priyamaana Thozhi
2004
Nothing but Life
0/0
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.
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2015
Tanu Weds Manu: Returns
6.871/151
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...
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2016
Irudhi Suttru
7.391/55
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Irudhi Suttru
2015
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
5.3/18
A group of survivors trapped in a New York apartment fight to stay alive against legions of zombies.
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2025
De De Pyaar De 2
0/0
A sequel to De De Pyaar De.
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1997
Operation Cobra
4.6/9
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Operation Cobra
2007
Delhii Heights
5/1
Delhii Heights is a high-rise apartment in Delhi, where Abi (Jimmy Shergill) and his wife (Neha Dhupia) lives, a married couple who work for rival com...
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Delhii Heights
2008
Halla Bol
5.1/17
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...
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Dhurandhar
0/0
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Dhurandhar
2017
Vikram Vedha
7.4/188
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Vikram Vedha
1996
Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
4.8/4
An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is...
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2005
Ramji Londonwaley
6.7/7
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...
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Ramji Londonwaley
2017
Magalir Mattum
6.8/13
A progressive-minded documentary filmmaker reunites three older women who have been separated since college and takes them on a trip.
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2010
Om Shanti
0/0
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2018
Savyasachi
5.2/14
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...
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Savyasachi
2018
Zero
5.2/101
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.
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2022
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
7.5/40
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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
2020
Nishabdham
5.6/14
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...
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Nishabdham
2009
Sikandar
6.3/3
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...
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Sikandar
2021
Maara
6.6/25
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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Maara
2020
Putham Pudhu Kaalai
6.6/16
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai
2013
Sunglass
0/0
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...
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Sunglass
2022
Amriki Pandit
0/0
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0/0
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