R. Madhavan filmography
R. Madhavan is an Indian actor known for his work predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, and also in few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He began his acting career in the early 1990s by featuring in Hindi soap operas like Banegi Apni Baat, Sea Hawks, Ghar Jamai and Saaya.[1][2] In 2000, Madhavan gained recognition in Tamil cinema by playing the lead role in Mani Ratnam's romantic drama film Alai Payuthey.[3] He followed this with appearances in two commercially successful Tamil films, Gautham Vasudev Menon's directorial debut Minnale (2001) and Madras Talkies' Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001), as well as his first Hindi film in a leading role, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001).[4][5][6]
In the early 2000s, Madhavan worked on Tamil films including Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Run (2002), Anbe Sivam (2003) and Aaytha Ezhuthu (2004). Madhavan also simultaneously pursued a career in the Hindi film industry, by appearing in supporting roles in films including Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti (2006), Mani Ratnam's biopic Guru (2007) and Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots (2009), which became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time upon release at the time.[7] Other Tamil productions that Madhavan worked on during the late 2000s included Evano Oruvan (2007), which he also produced, and the horror film Yavarum Nalam (2009).[8][9]
After appearing in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) and Vettai (2012), Madhavan took an extended break from signing new film projects. His comeback films, the romantic-comedy Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), the bilingual sports drama Irudhi Suttru (2016) and the crime film Vikram Vedha (2017) all performed well at the box office. His performance as a boorish boxing coach in Irudhi Suttru fetched him Best Actor awards at the Filmfare, IIFA and SIIMA award ceremonies.[10][11][12]
Filmography
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Films
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1996 | Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin | Singer in club | Hindi | Guest appearance in the song "Chup Tum Raho" | [13] |
1997 | Inferno | Ravi | English | [14] | |
1998 | Shanti Shanti Shanti | Siddhartha | Kannada | [15] | |
2000 | Alai Payuthey | Karthik Varadharajan | Tamil | [16][17] | |
Ennavale | James Vasanth | Tamil | [18] | ||
2001 | Minnale | Rajesh Shivakumar | Tamil | [19] | |
Dumm Dumm Dumm | Aditya | Tamil | [20] | ||
Paarthale Paravasam | Madhava | Tamil | [21] | ||
Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein | Madhav Shastri | Hindi | Remake of Minnale | [22] | |
2002 | Kannathil Muthamittal | Thiruchelvan | Tamil | [23][24] | |
Run | Siva | Tamil | [6][24] | ||
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar | Krish Kumar | Hindi | [25] | ||
2003 | Anbe Sivam | Anbarasu | Tamil | [26][27] | |
Nala Damayanthi | Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer | Tamil | [28] | ||
Lesa Lesa | Deva Narayanan | Tamil | Cameo appearance | [6] | |
Priyamaana Thozhi | Ashok | Tamil | [29] | ||
Jay Jay | Jagan | Tamil | [30] | ||
2004 | Aethirree | Subramani | Tamil | [31] | |
Aaytha Ezhuthu | Inbasekar | Tamil | [32][33] | ||
Nothing But Life | Thomas Roberts | English | [6] | ||
Made In USA | Malayalam | ||||
2005 | Priyasakhi | Sandhana Krishnan | Tamil | [34] | |
Ramji Londonwaley | Ramnarayan Tiwari | Hindi | [35] | ||
2006 | Rang De Basanti | Ajay Singh Rathod | Hindi | [36] | |
Thambi | Thambi Velu Thondaiman | Tamil | [37][38] | ||
Rendu | Sakthi, Kannan[a] | Tamil | Dual role | [39] | |
2007 | Guru | Shyam Saxena | Hindi | [32] | |
That Four-Letter Word | Himself | English | Guest appearance | [6][40] | |
Delhii Heights | Himself | Hindi | Guest appearance | [6][41] | |
Aarya | Aarya | Tamil | [42] | ||
Evano Oruvan | Sridhar Vasudevan | Tamil | [43][44] | ||
2008 | Halla Bol | Himself | Hindi | Guest appearance | [6] |
Vaazhthugal | T. Kadhiravan | Tamil | [45] | ||
Mumbai Meri Jaan | Nikhil Agarwal | Hindi | [46] | ||
2009 | Yavarum Nalam | R. Manohar | Tamil | Bilingual Film | [47] |
13B | Hindi | ||||
Guru En Aalu | Guru | Tamil | [48] | ||
Sikandar | Rajesh Rao | Hindi | [49] | ||
3 Idiots | Farhan Qureshi | Hindi | [50][51][52] | ||
2010 | Om Shanti | Maddy | Telugu | Special appearance | [53] |
Teen Patti | Shantanu Biswas | Hindi | [54] | ||
Jhootha Hi Sahi | Kabir | Hindi | Cameo appearance | [55] | |
Manmadan Ambu | Madhanagopal (Madhan) | Tamil | [56][57] | ||
2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Manoj Kumar Sharma (Manu) | Hindi | [58] | |
2012 | Vettai | Inspector Thirumurthy | Tamil | [59] | |
Jodi Breakers | Siddharth Khanna | Hindi | [60] | ||
2013 | Taak Jhaank | Sanjay | Hindi | [61] | |
2014 | Akeli | Avinash | Hindi | [62][63] | |
2015 | Tanu Weds Manu: Returns | Manoj Kumar Sharma (Manu) | Hindi | [64] | |
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn | Tom | English | Voice Role | [65] | |
2016 | Irudhi Suttru | Prabhu Selvaraj | Tamil | Bilingual Film | [66][67] |
Saala Khadoos | Aditya Tomar (Adi) | Hindi | |||
2017 | Vikram Vedha | Inspector Vikram | Tamil | [68][69][70] | |
Magalir Mattum | Surendhar Silkurayappan | Tamil | Cameo appearance | [71] | |
2018 | Savyasachi | Arun Raj Varma | Telugu | [72] | |
Zero | Kartik Srinivasan | Hindi | [73] | ||
2020 | Nishabdham | Anthony Gonsalves | Telugu | Bilingual Film | [74][75] |
Silence | Tamil | ||||
2021 | Maara | Manimaaran (Maara) | Tamil | [76] | |
2022 | Meri Awas Suno | Major | Malayalam | Voice Role | [77] |
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Nambi Narayanan | Tamil | Multilingual film[b] | [78] | |
Hindi | |||||
Dhokha: Round D Corner | Yathaarth Sinha | Hindi | [79] | ||
2024 | Shaitaan | Vanraj Kashyap | Hindi | ||
Amriki Pandit † | TBA | Hindi | Completed | [80] | |
Adhirshtasaali † | TBA | Tamil | Completed | [81] | |
Test † | TBA | Tamil | Filming | ||
Shankara † | TBA | Hindi | Filming | [82] |
Other crew positions
Year | Film | Position | Language | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2005 | Ramji Londonwaley | Screenwriter | Hindi | [83] | |
2007 | Evano Oruvan | Producer, dialogue writer | Tamil | [84] | |
2016 | Saala Khadoos | Producer | Hindi | [85] | |
2020 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Narrator | Tamil | Voiceover in Ilamai Idho Idho segment | [86] |
2020 | Soorarai Pottru | Narrator | Tamil | Voiceover in credits | [87] |
2022 | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Director, producer, screenwriter | Tamil Hindi |
[88] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1993 | Yule Love Story | Crook | Hindi | [89] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1993 – 1997 | Banegi Apni Baat | Ashley Alexander | Hindi | [90] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | A Mouthful of Sky | N/A | English | [91] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Suhana Safar | N/A | Hindi | [92] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum | Raj Parmar | Hindi | [93] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Badalte Rishtey | Abhilash Verma | Hindi | [93] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Hum Dono | Rahul | Hindi | [citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 – 1996 | Aarohan | Shammi | Hindi | [94] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Aahat | Raj | Hindi | [citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Raj Kahani | Aditya / Mungi[c] | Hindi | [95] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 – 1998 | Ghar Jamai | Subodh | Hindi | [96] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 – 1998 | Sea Hawks | Preet | Hindi | [97] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Kabhie Kabhie | N/A | Hindi | [98] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Tol Mol Ke Bol | Host | Hindi | [99] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | Saaya | Shekhar | Hindi | [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Rishtey | Sameer | Hindi | Segment: Kashish | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 – 2006 | Deal Ya No Deal | Host | Hindi | [100] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | CID | Himself | Hindi | Guest appearance | [101] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Big Money | Host | Hindi | [102] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | The Final Table | Judge | English | Episode 5 | [103] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Breathe | Denzel Mascarenhas (Danny) | Hindi | Mini series | [104] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Decoupled | Arya Iyer | Hindi | [105] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | The Railway Men | Rati Pandey | Hindi | Mini series | [106] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Bigg Boss 17 | Himself
Documentaries
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