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R. Madhavan
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Indian actor, film director, and producer
Film & TV
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
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…
Known for
- G.D.N — GD Naidu2026
- Dhurandhar: The Revenge — Ajay Sanyal2026
- Test — Saravanan2025
- Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh — Neville McKinley2025
- De De Pyaar De 2 — Rakesh Khurana2025
- Dhurandhar — Ajay Sanyal2025
- Aap Jaisa Koi — Shrirenu Tripathi2025
- Shaitaan — Vanraj Kashyap2024
- Hisaab Barabar — Radhe Mohan Sharma2024
- The Railway Men - The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 — Rati Pandey2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Ranganathan Madhavan , ( 1970-06-01 ) 1 June 1970 (age 56) , Jamshedpur , Bihar (now in Jharkhand ), India
- Occupations
- Actor screenwriter film producer film director
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Sarita Birje ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 )
- Children
- Vedaant Madhavan
- Awards
- Padma Shri (2026)
- Preceded by
- Shekhar Kapur
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Jamshedpur
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Shivaji University
- Languages spoken
- Malayalam
- Image
- Madhavan Saala Khadoos (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Mumbai
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- Madhavan
- date of birth
- 1970-06-01
- name in native language
- ஆர். மாதவன்
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- nickname
- Maddy
- short name
- R. Madhavan
- social media followers
- 3093110
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Encyclopedic overview
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director who predominantly works in Tamil and Hindi cinema. Madhavan has appeared in over 70 films, he has won one National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and five SIIMA Awards. He was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India in 2026 in field of Art. Since September 2023, Madhavan is the President of FTII, Pune.
Madhavan attained his first break in Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam's romantic drama Alai Payuthey (2000) and followed it with romantic roles in Gautham Vasudev Menon's directorial debut Minnale (2001) and Madras Talkies' Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001). He had major commercial successes in Run (2002), Thambi (2006) and Rendu (2006) and gained praise for his performances in Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Anbe Sivam (2003), Nala Damayanthi (2003) and Aayutha Ezhuthu (2004). Towards the late-2000s, Madhavan inclined to Hindi films with pivotal roles in three highly successful productions: the patriotic Rang De Basanti (2006), Mani Ratnam's biopic Guru (2007) and the comedy-drama 3 Idiots (2009), which went on to become the highest-grossing Indian film of all time at the time of its release. Simultaneously, he continued to appear in Tamil films like Evano Oruvan (2007) and Yavarum Nalam (2009).
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