R. Madhavan
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.
Filmograafia
- 2025केसरी चैप्टर 2: जलियांवाला बाग की अनकही कहानी (Neville McKinley)
- 2025டெஸ்ட் (Saravanan)
- 2024शैतान (Vanraj Kashyap)
- 2022Dhokha: Round D Corner (Yathaarth Sinha)
- 2012Jodi Breakers (Sid)
- 2012வேட்டை (Thiru Murthy)
- 2011Big in Bollywood (Himself)
- 2011तनु वेड्स मनु (Manoj "Manu" Sharma)
- 2010तीन पत्ती (Prof. Shantanu Biswas)
- 20093 idiooti (Farhan Qureshi)
- 2009குரு என் ஆளு (Guru)
- 2009யாவரும் நலம் (Manohar)
- 2008Mumbai Meri Jaan (Nikhil Agarwal)
- 2007गुरु (Shyam Saxena)
- 2006रंग दे बसंती (Ajay Rathod)
- -அதிர்ஷ்டசாலி
- 2026ஜி.டி.என் (GD Naidu)
- 2026धुरंधर: द रिवेंज (Ajay Sanyal)
- 2025धुरंधर (Ajay Sanyal)
- 2025दे दे प्यार दे २ (Rakesh Khurana)
- 2025Aap Jaisa Koi (Shrirenu Tripathi)
- 2024Hisaab Barabar (Radhe Mohan Sharma)
- 2023द रेलवे मेन - भोपाल की अनकही कहानी 1984 (Rati Pandey)
- 2022Amriki Pandit (Purab)
- 2022Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (Nambi Narayanan)
- 2021Decoupled (Arya Iyer)
- 2021மாறா ('Maara' Manimaaran)
- 2020புத்தம் புதுக் காலை (Narrator (segment "Ilamai Idho Idho"))
- 2020నిశ్శబ్దం (Anthony)
- 2018शून्य (Kartik Srinivasan)
- 2018The Final Table (Self)
- 2018సవ్యసాచి (Arun Raj)
- 2018Mega Icons (Self - Host)
- 2018Breathe (Danny Mascarenhas)
- 2017மகளிர் மட்டும் (Surendar (Cameo))
- 2017விக்ரம் வேதா (Vikram)
- 2016இறுதிச்சுற்று (Prabhu Selvaraj)
- 2015Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (Tom)
- 2015तनु वेड्स मनु रिटर्न्स (Manoj 'Manu' Sharma)
- 2013Sunglass
- 2010மன்மதன் அம்பு (Madanagopal)
- 2010ఓం శాంతి (RJ Maddy (extended cameo))
- 2009Sikandar (Lt. Col. Rajesh Rao)
- 2008வாழ்த்துக்கள் (T. Kadhiravan)
- 2008हल्ला बोल (Himself (uncredited))
- 2007எவனோ ஒருவன் (Sridhar Vasudevan)
- 2007ஆரியா (Aarya)
- 2007Delhii Heights
- 2006ரெண்டு (Sakthi / Kannan)
- 2006தம்பி (Thambi Velu Thondaiman)
- 2005रामजी लोंदोंवालेय (Ramnarayan Tiwari (Ramji))
- 2005Kettavarellam Padalam
- 2005Made in USA (Roby Thomas)
- 2005ப்ரியசகி (Sandhana Krishnan (Sakhi))
- 2004Nothing but Life (Roby Thomas)
- 2004ஆயுத எழுத்து (Inbasekaran)
- 2004எதிரி (Subramani aka 'Bottle' Mani)
- 2003ஜே ஜே (Jagan)
- 2003பிரியமான தோழி (Ashok)
- 2003நள தமயந்தி (Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer)
- 2003லேசா லேசா (Deva Narayanan (Guest Appearance))
- 2003அன்பே சிவம் (Anbarasu)
- 2002दिल विल प्यार व्यार (Krish Kumar)
- 2002ரன் (Siva)
- 2002Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
- 2002கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டாள் (Thiruchelvan)
- 2001பார்த்தாலே பரவசம் (Dr. Madhava)
- 2001रहना है तेरे दिल में (Madhav "Maddy" Shastri)
- 2001டும் டும் டும் (Adhithyan)
- 2001மின்னலே (Rajesh Shivakumar)
- 2000என்னவளே (James Vasanthan)
- 2000அலைபாயுதே (Karthik Varadharajan)
- 1998सीआईडी (Self)
- 1997Operation Cobra (Inspector Ravi)
- 1996इस रात की सुबह नहीं (Singer in Club (Uncredited Role))
- -Circle
- -शैतान 2
- -Bridge
- -4 Idiots (Farhan Qureshi)
- 1998Saaya (Shekhar)
- 1997Ghar Jamai (Malayatoor Subramaniam Namboodiripad (Subbu))
- 1993Banegi Apni Baat (Ashley)
- -Legacy