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Biography / Biodata

Name	R. Madhavan
Nick Name	Maddy
Real name	Madhavan Ranganathan
Date of Birth	June 1, 1970
Birth place	Jamshedpur, India
Nationality	Indian
Madhavan Height	6′ 1″
Eye colour	Black
Hair Color	Black
Father	Ranganathan
Mother	Saroja
Sister	Devika Ranganathan
Spouse	Sarita [1998]
Son	Vedant [Aug 21, 2006]
Languages	Hindi, English, Tamil
Profession	Actor, Model
Kannada First movie	Shanti Shanti Shanti [1999]
Tamil debut	Alaipayuthey [2000]
Hindi debut	Rehna Tere Dil Me [2001]

Hot facts in Biography

# R Madhavan’s first on-screen kiss was with Vidya Balan in Guru, after that there are rumours about their relationship. Madhavan has claimed that the kiss will be his first and last on-screen.
# The Actor has taken an active role in political and social causes. He appeared in PETA advertising, campaigning against cruelty towards animals, and has promoted vegetarianism causes.
# He loves pets and has two dogs and an African parrot at home.
# In July 2006, Paradox Studios Limited launched two new mobile games, with Madhavan as the lead character.
# In 1988, he was chosen to represent India as its cultural ambassador from his college to Canada.
# At 22, the actor was awarded the Maharashtra Best Cadet, he went to England as NCC Cadet. As a NCC cadet he received training with the Royal Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
# R. Madhavan won the Indian Championship for Public Speaking and was selected to represent India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Japan in 1992.
# After completion of his education Madhavan went on to teach communication and public speaking at workshops around India.
# R. Madhavan was voted the “cutest male vegetarian” by an online poll conducted by the NGO. [July 2006]
# The actor was announced as the host of Sony Entertainment Television’s Deal Ya No Deal. But he quit the programme due to his tight schedule.

Tamil Actor R. Madhavan quotes

# “I have always broken the rules. People told me television actors can’t become film-stars, but I did. People told me Tamil stars can’t do Hindi films, but I did. Now you are telling me that film-stars don’t become successful anchors so let’s see…I am sure I’ll prove that wrong as well.”
# “I do surf the net a lot and love to play golf. What I like the most is spending most of the time with my family.”
# “I want to play a man in uniform. Because I have been a part of the NCC and even won the All-India Best Cadet award.”
# “I’ve that e-mail which I’ll keep till the end of time. I’ve always been a big fan of Mr Narayana Murthy. He’s certainly one of my idols. I still remember his interview with Bill Gates where he had said, ‘The real power of money is the power to give it away’. I’ll never forget that line,” [About infosys Narayana Murthy]
# “I enjoy flying remote control helicopters!”
# “I just want to do good work. I don’t mind even if the film happens to be in Japanese. I can’t see any difference between how the south works and how the Hindi film industry does.”
# “In the last four-five years I have got so much goodwill and love from the people in whatever roles I have essayed. I am probably the only guy to have done such varied roles in serials which are popular.”
# “I did whatever I did with my heart. And I really enjoyed what I did. The fact that I may not make it really big in the industry or the fact that south guys don’t make it doesn’t really figure in my life plan at all.”
# ” I would love to work with Kamal Haasan . That’s been an ultimate fantasy. I never thought I would work with Mani Ratnam, but I have come close.” [About Kamal Haasan & Mani Ratnam]

R. Madhavan best movie list

• Alaipayuthey [ R. Madhavan , Shalini , Jayasudha , Arvind Swamy , Swarnamalya , Kushboo ]
• Minnale [ Reema Sen , R. Madhavan , Abbas , Vivek and Nagesh ]
• Dumm Dumm Dumm [ R. Madhavan , Jyothika , Vivek , Manivannan , Murali and Kalpana ]
• Parthale Paravasam [ R. Madhavan , Simran , Sneha , Vivek , Kamal Haasan , Lawrence Raghavendra , Radhika Choudary ]
• Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein [ R. Madhavan , Diya Mirza , Saif Ali Khan , Anupam Kher]
• Kannathil Muthamittal [ P. S. Keerthana , R. Madhavan , Simran , Nandita Das and Prakash Raj ]
• Run [ R. Madhavan , Meera Jasmine , Vivek , Atul Kulkarni , Raghuvaran ]
• Lesa Lesa [ Shaam , Trisha , R. Madhavan , Cochin Haneefa ]
• Nothing But Life [ Nassar , R. Madhavan and Kaveri ]
• Aayitha Ezhuthu [ R. Madhavan , Surya Sivakumar , Siddharth Narayan , Meera Jasmine , Trisha , Esha Deol , Bharathiraja , Janagaraj ]
• Rang De Basanti [ Aamir Khan , Soha Ali Khan , R. Madhavan , Kunal Kapoor , Siddharth Narayan , Sharman Joshi , Atul Kulkarni , Alice Patten ]
• Thambi [ R. Madhavan , Biju Menon , Vadivelu , Manivannan ]
• Guru [ Abhishek Bachchan , Aishwarya Rai , R. Madhavan , Vidya Balan and Mithun Chakraborty ]