In this Indian name, the name is a patronymic, and the individual ought to be alluded to by the given name, Ranganathan Madhavan.
R. Madhavan (conceived 1 June 1970) credited as R. Madhavan, casually known as Maddy, is an Indian entertainer and producer who overwhelmingly shows up in Tamil and Hindi movies. Throughout his profession, he has been a beneficiary of a few honors including one Public Film Grant, four Filmfare Grants South, two Tamil Nadu State Film Grants and five SIIMA Grants. At present, he fills in as the Leader of Film and TV Foundation of India (FTII), Pune.[3][4]
Madhavan earned respect in Tamil film by featuring in Mani Ratnam’s heartfelt show film Alai Payuthey (2000). He before long fostered a picture as a heartfelt legend with outstanding jobs in two of the greatest earning Tamil movies of 2001, Gautham Vasudev Menon’s first time at the helm Minnale and Madras Talkies’ Dumm Dumm.[5][6] He had further film industry hits with films, like Run (2002), Jay (2003), Thambi (2006) and Rendu (2006) and acquired acclaim for his exhibitions in Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Anbe Sivam (2003), Nala Damayanthi (2003) and Aayutha Ezhuthu (2004).[7][8][9] during the 2000s, Madhavan additionally effectively sought after a lifelong in Hindi movies, by showing up in supporting jobs in three profoundly fruitful creations, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti (2006), Mani Ratnam’s biopic Master (2007) and Rajkumar Hirani’s parody 3 Nitwits (2009),[10] which proceeded to turn into the most noteworthy netting Indian film ever at the hour of its delivery. During this time, Madhavan additionally all the while kept working in Tamil film with the movies Evano Oruvan (2007) and Yavarum Nalam (2009).[11]
Subsequent to conveying two additional business triumphs, Tanu Marries Manu (2011) and Vettai (2012), Madhavan had some time off from acting. Returning following a three-year vacation in 2015, his rebound films, the lighthearted comedy show Tanu Marries Manu Returns (2015), the bilingual games show Irudhi Suttru (2016) and the wrongdoing movie Vikram Vedha (2017) all opened to positive basic gathering and arose blockbusters at the container office.[12][13] His depiction of an ill-mannered confining mentor Irudhi Suttru got him Best Entertainer grants at the Filmfare, IIFA and SIIMA grant ceremonies.[14][15][16] Madhavan then chipped away at his most memorable movie as a chief with Rocketry: The Nambi Impact (2022), a biopic on Indian scientific genius Nambi Narayanan, which accomplished general praise. Among a few honors, the movie strikingly won him the Public Movie Grant for Best Element Movie as a chief and as a producer.[17][18] He got further recognition for playing the main bad guy in extraordinary repulsiveness thrill ride Shaitaan (2024), which ended up being a significant basic and business success.[19]
Notwithstanding his acting profession, Madhavan has filled in as an essayist on his movies, facilitated TV programs and has been a noticeable VIP endorser for brands and products.[20] He has likewise functioned as a film maker, first making Evano Oruvan with Leukos Movies, prior to setting up Tricolor Movies to create Saala Khadoos (2016). Madhavan is noted for his charitable exercises and advances different causes like climate, wellbeing, and schooling. He is especially vocal about the assurance of creatures and was granted PETA’s Individual of the Year acknowledgment in 2011. In 2021, he was presented the privileged level of Specialist of Letters by D. Y. Patil Schooling Society, Kolhapur, for his commitment to expressions and cinema.[21]
Early life
Madhavan was brought into the world on 1 June 1970 in Jamshedpur, Bihar (presently in Jharkhand), India, to a Tamil Brahmin family.[22] His dad, Ranganathan, was an administration leader in Goodbye Steel and his mom, Saroja, was a director in the Bank of India. His more youthful sister, Devika, is a product engineer.[23] He had a Tamil-talking childhood in Jharkhand.[22] Madhavan did his tutoring from D.B.M.S. English School Jamshedpur.[24]
In 1988, Madhavan acquired a grant to address India as a social envoy from Rajaram School, Kolhapur and spent a year in Stettler, Alberta, Canada, as a component of a trade program with Rotating International.[25][26] He got back to Kolhapur and finished his schooling, graduating with a BSc in Hardware. During his school years, Madhavan turned out to be effectively associated with extra-curricular military preparation, and at 22, he was perceived as among the main NCC trainees in Maharashtra, which permitted him to make an excursion with seven others as NCC recruits to England.[27] because of this open door, he got preparing with the English Armed force, the Illustrious Naval force and the Imperial Flying corps, which he had, at a point, considered joining.[28] Anyway he missed the age cut-off by a half year and was thusly unfit to join the program. After he missed out on the spot, he started showing seminars on open talking and character improvement abilities in Kolhapur, and the fulfillment he acquired through educating, provoked him to seek after a post-graduation in broad daylight talking at Kishinchand Chellaram School in Mumbai. During the period, he likewise brought home the Indian Title for Public Talking and in this manner addressed India at the Youthful Money managers Meeting in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.[29] During his spell in Mumbai, he selected to make a portfolio and submit it to a displaying organization to acquire pay to set up an office.[26][27]
Career
Ranganathan Madhavan 1993-1998: Early career
Preceding his movie profession, Madhavan was spotted by a TV chief while out strolling in Lokhandwala in Mumbai, and was enlisted to highlight in Hindi TV serials, showing up as a criminal in his most memorable endeavor Yule Romantic tale (1993). He showed up in driving jobs in Zee television’s Banegi Apni Baat (1993) and Ghar Jamai, while he acquired further ubiquity depicting the personality of Shekhar in Saaya. He likewise proceeded to go about as Lt. Shammi in Aarohan (The Climb), as a boat’s skipper in Ocean Falcons, as a convict in Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Murmur and filled in as a TV anchor in Tol Mol Ke Bol among other TV appearances.[30][31] Madhavan showed up in a TV series called A Significant piece of Sky in 1995, highlighting in the job of an actor.[32] He likewise showed up in an episode named Virasat of the Hindi frightfulness TV program Aahat.[33] His most memorable appearance in a component movie job got through a little job in Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), where he depicted a vocalist in a bar.[34] In mid 1996, Madhavan dealt with a sandalwood powder ad coordinated by Santosh Sivan, who later prescribed him to Mani Ratnam to participate in a screen test for a job in Iruvar (1997). Madhavan was tried out for the main job of Tamizhselvan among a few other more settled entertainers, yet Mani Ratnam at last avoided him with regard to the undertaking refering to that he thought his “eyes looked excessively youthful” for a senior role.[35][36]
In 1997, Madhavan showed up in a supporting job as an Indian cop in Fred Olen Beam’s English film, Fiery blaze, which was shot in India.[36] His most memorable possibility in Indian film came as Shanti Shanti (1998), a Kannada film, in which he showed up as a lighthearted young person close by entertainer Abbas. In any case, the movie neglected to have an effect and slipped through the cracks at the container office.[37] During the period, Hindi movie chief Vinod Pandey sent off Madhavan as a Bollywood legend, with a venture named Akeli, but the film was racked before the creation cycle had been completed.[38]
Ranganathan 1999–2001: Breakthrough
In 1999, driving Indian chief Mani Ratnam chose Madhavan to highlight in the main job of his Tamil heartfelt show, Alai Payuthey (2000) and the film’s ensuing basic and business achievement ended up being a forward leap for him. Depicting the personality of Karthik Varadharajan, a youthful spouse encountering hardships with his marriage. Madhavan uncovered that he concentrated on the specialized parts of movie making from the chief and took in the whole content of the film, regardless of regardless of whether he was in the scene. He turned into the first debutant entertainer to be projected by Mani Ratnam in the number one spot job of a movie, and uncovered that when he figured out that he was set to work with the chief he was overwhelmed with a “combination of fervor, stunningness, dread and ambition”.[39] Highlighting close by entertainer Shalini, Madhavan’s exhibition was generally welcomed by pundits and the film’s prosperity prompted it turning into a religion film.[40] A pundit from The Hindu portrayed that Madhavan “sails through the litmus test easily”, while another survey refered to that Madhavan was a “promising debutant” into the film industry.[41][42] His presentation in the film procured him the Filmfare Grant for Best Male Introduction – South, notwithstanding his most memorable selection for the Filmfare Grant for Best Entertainer – Tamil. After the outcome of his most memorable Tamil film, the makers of his past Kannada film, Shanti Shanti, named the film into Tamil and delivered it as Unwind, to benefit from Madhavan’s recently discovered success.[37] Madhavan’s next film, Ennavale (2000), collected blended surveys despite the fact that Madhavan’s depiction was commended as the “pillar” of the film, with claims that the film for him was a “simply a mundane exercise”.[43]
Madhavan’s most memorable arrival of 2001, Gautham Vasudev Menon’s first time at the helm Minnale, opened to basic approval and business achievement. Highlighting a famous soundtrack by Harris Jayaraj and promoted as a Valentine’s Day discharge, Minnale further based on the entertainer’s picture as a heartfelt legend and was subsequently recorded as an exemplary heartfelt movie from the Tamil movie industry.[44][45] He then teamed up with Mani Ratnam for the subsequent time by showing up in the chief’s creation adventure, the rom-com Dumm Dumm (2001), close by Jyothika. Showing up as a troubled lucky man attempting to stop his wedding, the movie got positive surveys and arisen as a business achievement, with Madhavan setting up a good foundation for himself as a bankable entertainer in South India.[46] Madhavan on the other hand showed up as a spouse in a wild marriage in Parthale Paravasam (2001), the 100th endeavor of veteran chief K. Balachander. Notwithstanding highlighting among a group cast and being profoundly expected before discharge, the film fizzled in the cinema world, with pundits refering to that Madhavan looked “somewhat exhausted” with the proceedings.[47] Comparably his most memorable lead job in a Hindi film, Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein (2001), a redo of his Minnale wherein he repeated a similar job for the change, was likewise fruitless in the cinema world, with the film and Madhavan’s presentation getting blended reviews.[48] Nonetheless, the film later acquired fame through screenings on TV and thusly fostered a religion following among youthful audiences.[49]
Ranganathan Madhavan 2005–2008: Increased work in Hindi films
Madhavan showed up in another marriage dramatization film, Priyasakhi (2005) co-featuring Sadha – with the pair playing an alienated a couple. The film got acclaim for the lead pair’s exhibitions with Madhavan being commended as “top class”, while it likewise turned into the primary Tamil film to be named into Zulu.[73][74]
From 2005 onwards, Madhavan expanded his work in Hindi movies and featured and composed the Hindi exchanges for the parody Ramji Londonwaley (2005), a redo of his prior film Nala Damayanthi. Pundits portrayed his presentation as “a victory”, however the film fared moderately in the cinema world because of the arrival of other large spending plan films during the period.[75] He encountered film industry progress in Hindi movies interestingly through his part in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti (2006). Highlighting in a group cast drove by Aamir Khan, Madhavan tried the visitor job of Ajay Singh Rathod, a flight lieutenant, whose passing triggers a progressive development against corruption.[28] The film was in this way designated for the Best Unknown dialect Film at the 2006 BAFTA Grants, while it was likewise picked as India’s true section for the Brilliant Globe Grants and the Foundation Grants for the Best Unknown dialect Film classification. Madhavan then worked together with Mani Ratnam for the fifth time in the biopic Master (2007), co-featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vidya Balan. His job of Shyam Saxena was enlivened from the existence of genuine writer S. Gurumurthy, who was a challenger to the business mogul, Dhirubhai Ambani, whose life drew suggestions with Bachchan’s job. The film turned into a blockbuster and furthermore got basic praise, with a commentator refering to that Madhavan acts with “outrageous, trustworthy earnestness” naming him as “genuinely a banner kid for India”, while one more guaranteed he played out “a frail job with élan”.[76][77]
His Tamil movie, Thambi (2006) coordinated by Seeman, had a postponed discharge yet turned into a beneficial endeavor around and town centres.[78] Madhavan’s depiction of a rural do-better, got positive surveys from pundits however an analyst from The Hindu guaranteed the entertainer “couldn’t shed off his tasteful looks”.[79][80] He then showed up in Sundar C’s satire film Rendu (2006), where he assumed double parts interestingly and in the long-deferred rom-com Aarya (2007), showing up as a clinical student.[81] Madhavan composed the exchanges, delivered and highlighted in the number one spot job in Nishikanth Kamat’s Evano Oruvan (2007), playing a working class bank representative who turns out to be so disturbed with the debasement he faces in his everyday life that he turns into a vigilante. In the wake of setting up a creation studio, Leukos Movies, he advanced the film in worldwide film festivals[which?] before the dramatic delivery in December 2007.[82][83] Pundits considered the film a “should watch” and a commentator from The Hindu expressed that the film was “Madhavan’s best exhibition to date”, while he likewise proceeded to win the ITFA Best Entertainer Grant for his depiction.[84][85] Anyway Evano Oruvan and his ensuing delivery, Seeman’s Vaazhthukal (2008) didn’t perform well in the cinema world, while one more finished film named Naan Aval Adhu neglected to have a dramatic release.[86] Madhavan’s last arrival of the year was the docudrama Mumbai Meri Jaan, in light of the 2006 Mumbai Bombings. The film, which included him close by Soha Ali Khan, Irrfan Khan and Kay Menon turned out to be widely praised with Madhavan’s depiction of a man with a post-horrendous pressure problem being valued by reviewers.[87][88]
Ranganathan Madhavan Other projects
Ranganathan Madhavan Film and television work
Madhavan was first credited as a piece of the specialized group for his work in Ramji Londonwaley, a transformation of his Tamil film Nala Damayanthi. Aside from depicting the lead job, Madhavan dealt with the film as an exchange essayist and assumed a functioning part in deciding the team of the movie.[168][169] In October 2007, Madhavan established the creation organization, Leukos Movies, and thusly purchased the freedoms of his film, Evano Oruvan, from makers Abbas-Mustan and K. Sera. Getting sponsorship manages HSBC and Santoor, Madhavan premièred the film across North America and the Center East before its Indian dramatic delivery, with the advancement technique being utilized without precedent for Tamil cinema.[82] Nonetheless, since the general film industry disappointment of the task, Madhavan minimized future contribution underway ventures.[170] The film, which Madhavan alluded to as a “part of his life” during 2007, likewise saw him compose the exchanges for the film alongside Seeman by deciphering lines from the undertaking’s unique variant in the Marathi language.[171] Madhavan then, at that point, decided to turn out to be effectively engaged with the creation of his 2016 bilingual movies, Irudhi Suttru in Tamil and Saala Khadoos in Hindi, to guarantee the film finished recording and had a dramatic delivery. Dazzled by the strength of Sudha Kongara’s content for the Tamil film, Madhavan felt that the story had container Indian allure and took the film’s content to Rajkumar Hirani, who consented to deliver and direct work on the movie’s Hindi variant. Madhavan co-delivered the Hindi adaptation of the film through his new creation house, Tricolor Movies, while driving the film’s dish Indian advertising effort. The entertainer likewise settled the film’s lead entertainer, Ritika Singh, and was likewise credited as an extra screenplay essayist in the films.[172]
Madhavan has showed up as host for TV programs on Hindi channels, while he has likewise been a host at film grant capabilities. During his TV vocation during the 1990s, Madhavan previously filled in as a host on Tol Mol Ke Bol. He was reported as the host of Sony Amusement TV’s Arrangement Ya No Arrangement, the Indian variant of the American game show Arrangement or No Arrangement, in October 2005. In any case, Madhavan quit as the lead anchor of the show in January 2006 guaranteeing he was discontent with the manner in which the shoot plans were taken care of by the creation house. As per the entertainer, when he took on the show, he had clarified that he would go on with his South Indian film tasks, and as the show was being recorded in Mumbai, he had found it hard to continue to go all through India from Chennai to film the ten days per month he had pursued. Madhavan added that he was limited by the makers to go through one day practicing in fact, which left him with fatigue.[173] Mandira Bedi thusly supplanted Madhavan as the anchor in February for Series 2 of the game show. In June 2010, Madhavan got back in the saddle to the game show design by tolerating an agreement with Envision television’s Enormous Cash show, marking on to have a solitary season, and afterward facilitated an episode of the wrongdoing show Savdhaan India in January 2016.[174] Besides, he has been a visitor judge in the Indian TV program, Popularity Gurukul.[175] In 2016, Madhavan expressed that he would just partake in TV responsibilities for cash, while he doesn’t consider his installment while marking on to show up in films.[176] Madhavan has likewise facilitated live occasions, remarkably the Public Film Grants in 2013 with Huma Qureshi. He was likewise the host of the 55th Filmfare Grants South in Chennai in 2008 and afterward additionally the Vijay Grants in 2013.[177]
Brand ambassado
Madhavan is among the main brand ministers for items in India.[178][179] His initial work included ads for brands including Bajaj, Lakes, Fair and Exquisite and televisions, prior to marking a significant embracing manage Pepsi and showcasing organization, IMG.[180] In 2007, Madhavan supported UniverCell, a multi-brand cell phone corporate store claimed by UniverCell Broadcast communications India Pvt Ltd.[181] Madhavan marked an agreement with the cell phone organization, Airtel for advancements in South India prior to being advanced as the skillet Indian diplomat for the brand a year after the fact. His notices with Vidya Balan for Airtel won basic recognition, and got film offers for the pair to highlight together.[182] In June 2010, advertisers from Arun Excello advanced a lodging project in Oragadam, Chennai likewise to the arrival of another film highlighting Madhavan. With film-propelled banners and boards set up around Chennai, the promotion crusade pulled in immense interest and the task turned into a success.[183] His drawn out work with gems brand, Euphoria Alukkas, prompted the organization making life size wax models of him to put in their display areas from January 2011.[184] Maruti Suzuki, for whom Madhavan is the brand minister, sent off an extraordinary version of the Suzuki Cart R vehicle calling it the Madhavan Mark Version in September 2013.[185] In 2015, online commercial center Snapdeal endorsed on Aamir Khan and Madhavan to be the organization’s diplomats, with Snapdeal endeavoring to involve Madhavan’s ubiquity in South India to marker their services.[186]
Filmography
Main article: R. Madhavan filmography
Awards
- 2000: Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for Alai Payuthey[234]
- 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[235]
- 2015: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for Irudhi Suttru
- 2016: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for Irudhi Suttru[236]
- 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 – Tamil (Critics) for Vikram Vedha[237]
- 2017: SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Tamil for Vikram Vedha
- 2017: Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Vikram Vedha
- 2022: National Film Award for Best Feature Film for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect[238]
- 2022: IIFA Award for Best Director for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
- 2022: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil (Critics) for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect[
