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Madhavan Ranganathan Biography And Filmography

Madhavan Ranganathan Biography And Filmography

Date of Birth

1 June 1970, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Birth Name
Madhavan Ranganathan

Nickname
Maddy

Height
5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Mini Biography

Madhavan was born on June 1, 1970, in a Tamil-speaking family, his dad, Ranganathan, is an ex-army officer, his mom's name is Saroja, and sister, Devika, an aspiring model.

At the age of 18 his college entrusted him with the responsibility of representing India as a Cultural Ambassador to Canada.

A year later he and three others from his college were sent to Britain as army cadets and received training in the royal army, navy, and air force.

After attending a 10 day course on public speaking, he met Saritha, an Air Hostess and both got married 3 years later. Their first child, a son, Vedaant, was born in 2006.

A vegetarian and animal lover, he owns two dogs, and a parrot. He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Tamil.

Before making his appearance on the tinsel screen, he was popular on the idiot box on Sony's 'Deal Ya No Deal'. He subsequently also appeared as the main character in a mobile game.

He made his debut with 'Inferno' in 1998, and since then acted in nearly 40 movies in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Kannad. He is popularly known as the 'chocolate hero'.

Filmography

# Basra (2010) .... Mahesh Fernandes
# Teen Patti (2009) .... Shantanu

# 3 Idiots (2009) .... Farhan Qureshi
... aka Three Idiots (India: English title: copyright title)
# 13B (2009) (as R. Madhavan) .... R. Manohar
# Yaavarum Nalam (2009) (as R. Madhavan) .... R. Manohar
# Sikandar (2009)
... aka Foot Soldier (Europe: English title: festival title)
# Naan Aval Adhu (2008)
# Tipu kanan tipu kiri (2008)
... aka 100 Lies to Hide a Wife (International: English title)
... aka Cheating Here & There (International: English title)
# Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008) (as R. Madhavan) .... Nikhil Agarwal
... aka Mumbai My Life (International: English title)
# Vaazhthugal (2008) .... Kadhiravan
# Evano Oruvan (2007) .... Sridhar Vasudevan
... aka Some Guy (India: English title: informal literal title)
# Delhii Heights (2007) (as R. Madhavan)
# Guru (2007) (as R. Madhavan) .... Shyam Saxena
... aka Gurukant (India: Telugu title)
... aka Mani Ratnam's Guru (India: English title: complete title)
# Aarya (2007) .... Aarya
# That Four-Letter Word (2006) .... Guest Appearance
# Rendu (2006) .... Sakthi/Kannan
# Rang De Basanti (2006) (as R. Madhavan) .... Flight Lt. Ajay Rathod
... aka Paint It Yellow (International: English title)
# Ramji Londonwaley (2005) .... Ramji Ramnarayan Tiwari
# Priyasakhi (2005) (as R. Madhavan) .... Santhana 'Sakhi' Krishnan
# Thambi (2005) .... 'Thambi' Velu Thondaiman
# Nothing But Life (2004) .... Roby Thomas
# Ayitha Ezhuthu (2004) .... Inbasekar
# Aethiree (2004) .... Subramani/Bottle Mani
# Nala Damayanthi (2003) .... Ramji
# Jay Jay (2003) .... Jagan
# Anbe Sivam (2003) .... Anbarasu
# Priyamana Thozhi (2003) .... Ashok
# Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002) (as R. Madhavan) .... Krish Kumar
# Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) .... G. Thiruchelvan
... aka A Peck on the Cheek (USA: literal English title)
... aka Amritha (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
# Laysa Laysa (2002) .... (Guest Appearance)
# Run (2002) .... Siva
# Dum Dum Dum (2001) .... Aditya
# Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) (as R. Madhavan) .... Maddy
# Minnale (2001) .... Rajesh Subramaniam
... aka Cheli (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
# Ennavale (2001) .... James Vasanth
# Paarthale Paravasam (2001) .... Dr.Madhava
... aka Paravasam (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
# Alai Payuthey (2000) .... Karthik
... aka Sakhi (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
... aka Waves (International: English title)

# Inferno (1997) (as Mahadevan) .... Inspector Ravi
... aka Operation Cobra (International: English title) (USA: DVD title)
# "Badalte Rishte" (1996) TV series .... Abhilash Verma