R. Madhavan

Indian actor R. Madhavan, also known by his birth name Madhavan Ranganathan, has won a Filmfare Award. Unlike other well-known actors in India, Madhavan started acting after getting married at the age of 29, and during the course of his brief acting career, he has played a variety of characters. He has won numerous Filmfare Awards in different categories. In the love drama Alaipayuthey from the year 2000, Madhavan made his first significant cinema debut as a spouse going through the difficulties of marriage. Together with Simran, he played the father of an orphaned child in the blockbuster movie Kannathil Muthamittal in 2002.

Early Life and Education:

Ranganathan, a senior management executive with Tata Steel, and Saroja, a manager at the Bank of India, were Madhavan's parents when he was born in Jamshedpur, India. Sister of Madhavan, Devika Ranganathan, works as a software engineer in London, United Kingdom. After graduating from college in 1988, Madhavan was selected to represent India as its cultural ambassador to Canada.

When he was 22, he received the Maharashtra Best Cadet award, which enabled him and three other NCC Cadets to travel to England. This honor allowed him to receive training for the Royal Army, Navy, and Air Force, which he had previously intended to join. He was turned down nevertheless since he was six months older than the required age.

He started taking public speaking classes after he was rejected from the position, which finally enabled him to break into the movie business. As a result of his success at the Indian Public Speaking Championship, he was chosen to represent India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992.

Career:

Santosh Sivan recommended Madhavan to Mani Ratnam for a screen test for a role in Iruvar after seeing him in Madhavan's sandalwood talc advertising in early 1997. Madhavan was invited for a screen test later that year, but Mani Ratnam rejected him from the project because he felt Madhavan's eyes appeared too youthful for a senior part.

Madhavan turned to acting in Hindi television serials after his film career fizzled out. In the serials Saaya, Sea Hawks, Banegi Apni Baat, Tol Mol Ke Bol, and Ghar Jamai, he played supporting roles. In Fred Olen Ray's Inferno, which was released in 1998, Madhavan and Don Wilson played an Indian police officer in his first acting role. His first opportunity in Indian cinema came in the form of the Kannada film Shanti Shanti Shanti, where he played the second lead to Abbas, a known actor. The movie, however, failed to have an impression and was ignored.

Family:

The parents of Madhavan, Ranganathan, and Saroja, disapproved of their son's involvement in telefilms and commercials, but they were understanding when he was cast in Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey. Madhavan's parents insisted that he attend management school and get a degree in electronics despite his desire to join the army. He continued to instruct communication and public speaking in workshops all throughout India after receiving his degree. He met Sarita Birje, an air hostess, at the Maharashtra workshop, and they were married in 1999.

After the birth of their first child, Vedant, on August 21, 2005, they decided to move from Kilpauk to the boat-club neighborhoods of Chennai. Both Madhavan's parents and his in-laws still reside with him.

1. “I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success.”

2. “I learned different ways of working out. I learned a lot about my body.”

3. “Success, or the lack of it, has a way to make you realize what your boundaries are.”

4. “I am an extremely selfless but, at the same time, supremely confident actor.”

5. “There is a difference between being educated and academics.”

6. “One needs to be super intelligent and have an above-average IQ to be able to work in movies.”

7. “People have this misconception that people with six-pack abs can deliver hits, but that’s not the case.”

8. “I’m a Gemini, and my attention span is limited. So, I don’t dwell on long-term goals.”

9. “I have been very cautious about the films that I do. I hope to always entertain my audience. The day I am not able to do that, I will quit acting.”

10. “I am one of those really short-tempered people, but I don’t lose it unless it is justified.”

11. “I am not someone who would raise my voice to seek publicity. I am a responsible citizen, and I continue to be so.”

12. “When you go into the realm of a double role, you have to take it to another level to make it believable.”

13. “When it comes to filmmaking, we have to deal with ego, anger, and a lot more; barring all these, how the team works towards the outcome matters.”