actor madhavan

R. Madhavan (Tamil: ர.மாதவன், born 1 June 1970 as Madhavan Ranganathan) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Indian films in seven languages, predominantly Tamil and Hindi. Unlike other prominent actors in India, Madhavan began to appear in films after marriage, at the age of twenty-nine, and his career has seen performances in diverse roles. He has received several Filmfare Awards in various categories.
Madhavan's first major film appearance was in 2000s romantic film, Alaipayuthey, in which he played a husband going through the trauma of marriage. In the 2002 blockbuster Kannathil Muthamittal, he portrayed a father of an orphaned child alongside Simran. He then played the role of an action hero, for the first time in the successful project, Run (2002) and, the year after, won critical acclaim as a henchman in Mani Ratnam's film, Aayutha Ezhuthu. In 2007, Madhavan set up his own production company, Leukos Films, which will distribute several of his forthcoming films. In recent years, Madhavan has also appeared in Hindi films appearing in three blockbusters, Rang De Basanti, Guru and 3 Idiots amongst other critically acclaimed films.
Madhavan, a Tamilian, has taken an activist role in supporting various political and social causes. He appeared in PETA advertising, campaigning against cruelty towards animals, and has promoted vegetarianism causes.

  

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Filmography

Further information: R. Madhavan filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1997	Inferno	Ravi	English
1999	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Siddharth	Kannada
2000	Alaipayuthey	Karthik	Tamil
	Ennavale	James Vasanth	Tamil
2001	Minnale	Rajesh Shivakumar	Tamil
	Dumm Dumm Dumm	Aditya	Tamil
	Parthale Paravasam	Madhava	Tamil
	Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein	Madhav Shastri	Hindi	Nominated, Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut Nominated, Star Screen Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Thiruchelvan	Tamil	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor also for Run and Anbe Sivam
	Run	Siva	Tamil	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor also for Kannathil Muthamittal and Anbe Sivam
	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Krish	Hindi
2003	Anbe Sivam	Anbarasu	Tamil	Winner, ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor also for Kannathil Muthamittal and Run
	Nala Damayanthi	Ramji	Tamil
	Lesa Lesa	Deva Narayanan	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Priyamana Thozhi	Ashok	Tamil
	Jay Jay	Jegan	Tamil
2004	Nothing But Life	Thomas Roberts	Malayalam
	Aethiree	Subramani	Tamil
	Aayutha Ezhuthu	Inba Shekar	Tamil	Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award
2005	Priyasakhi	Sandhana Krishnan	Tamil
	Ramji Londonwaley	Ramji Tiwari	Hindi	Also writer
2006	Rang De Basanti	Ajay Rathod	Hindi	Guest appearance
	Thambi	Velu Thondaiman	Tamil
	Rendu	Sakthi, Kannan	Tamil
2007	Guru	Shyam Saxena	Hindi
	Delhii Heights	Himself	Hindi	Cameo appearance
	Aarya	Aarya	Tamil
	That Four-Letter Word	Himself	English	Cameo appearance
	Evano Oruvan	Sridhar Vasudevan	Tamil	Winner, ITFA Best Actor Award Also producer and writer
2008	Vaazhthugal	Kathiravan	Tamil
	Mumbai Meri Jaan	Nikhil Agarwal	Hindi
	Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri	Himself	Malay	Cameo appearance
2009	Yavarum Nalam	Manohar	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Hindi as, 13B
	13B	Manohar	Hindi	Simultaneously made in Tamil as, Yavarum Nalam
	Guru En Aalu	Guru	Tamil
	Sikandar	Rajesh Rao	Hindi
	3 Idiots	Farhan Qureshi	Hindi	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010	Om Shanti	Maddy	Telugu	Guest appearance
	Teen Patti	Shantanu	Hindi
	Naan Aval Adhu	Aditya	Tamil	Post-production
	Tanu Weds Manu	Manu	Hindi	Filming
	Karunyam		Tamil	Pre-production
	Sunglass		Hindi	Delayed
2011	Freedom		Hindi	Pre-production