R. Madhavan
Acting
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, writer and film producer. 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 has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations. 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.
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Filmography of
R. Madhavan
GD Naidu
... 2026
Colonel Puneet Singh
... 2026
Ajay Sanyal
... 2026
Ajay Sanyal
... 2025
Rakesh Khurana
... 2025
Shrirenu Tripathi
... 2025
Neville McKinley
... 2025
Saravanan
... 2025
Radhe Mohan Sharma
... 2024
Vanraj Kashyap
... 2024
Purab
... 2022
Yathaarth Sinha
... 2022
Nambi Narayanan
... 2022
'Maara' Manimaaran
... 2021
Narrator (segment "Ilamai Idho Idho")
... 2020
Anthony
... 2020
Kartik Srinivasan
... 2018
Arun Raj
... 2018
Surendar (Cameo)
... 2017
Vikram
... 2017
Prabhu Selvaraj
... 2016
... 2015
Manoj 'Manu' Sharma
... 2015
... 2013
Sid
... 2012
Thiru Murthy
... 2012
Himself
... 2011
Manoj "Manu" Sharma
... 2011
Madanagopal
... 2010
Prof. Shantanu Biswas
... 2010
RJ Maddy (extended cameo)
... 2010
Farhan Qureshi
... 2009
Lt. Col. Rajesh Rao
... 2009
Guru
... 2009
Manohar
... 2009
Nikhil Agarwal
... 2008
T. Kadhiravan
... 2008
Himself (uncredited)
... 2008
Sridhar Vasudevan
... 2007
Aarya
... 2007
... 2007
Shyam Saxena
... 2007
Sakthi / Kannan
... 2006
Thambi Velu Thondaiman
... 2006
Ajay Rathod
... 2006
Ramnarayan Tiwari (Ramji)
... 2005
... 2005
Roby Thomas
... 2005
Sandhana Krishnan (Sakhi)
... 2005
Roby Thomas
... 2004
Inbasekaran
... 2004
Subramani aka 'Bottle' Mani
... 2004
Jagan
... 2003
Ashok
... 2003
Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer
... 2003
Deva Narayanan (Guest Appearance)
... 2003
Anbarasu
... 2003
Krish Kumar
... 2002
Siva
... 2002
Thiruchelvan
... 2002
Dr. Madhava
... 2001
Madhav "Maddy" Shastri
... 2001
Adhithyan
... 2001
Rajesh Shivakumar
... 2001
James Vasanthan
... 2000
Karthik Varadharajan
... 2000
Inspector Ravi
... 1997
Singer in Club (Uncredited Role)
... 1996
