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R. Madhavan

1970 - Today

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Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director who predominantly works in Tamil and Hindi cinema. He has won one National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and five SIIMA Awards. As of 2023, Madhavan is the President of FTII, Pune. Madhavan attained his first break in Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam's romantic drama Alai Payuthey (2000) and followed it with romantic roles in Gautham Vasudev Menon's directorial debut Minnale (2001) and Madras Talkies' Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). R. Madhavan is the 11,596th most popular actor (down from 10,566th in 2024), the 1,314th most popular biography from India (down from 1,176th in 2019) and the 330th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among people born in 1970, R. Madhavan ranks 944. Before him are Chi Cheng, Jens Todt, Oktay Urkal, Amineh Kakabaveh, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Stella Tennant. After him are Jun Naito, James Wattana, Tristan Hoffman, Nobuyuki Hosaka, Povilas Vanagas, and Aki Takayama.

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In India

Among people born in India, R. Madhavan ranks 1,314 out of 1,861. Before him are Tom Alter (1950), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Anita Nair (1966), Karun Chandhok (1984), Shashi Deshpande (1938), and Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970). After him are Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Rati Agnihotri (1960), Sanaya Irani (1983), Ritika Singh (1994), Uday Chopra (1973), and Urmila Matondkar (1974).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, R. Madhavan ranks 330. Before him are Mahima Chaudhry (1973), Archanna Guptaa (1979), Esha Deol (1981), Sharat Saxena (1950), Aarya Babbar (1982), and Tom Alter (1950). After him are Rati Agnihotri (1960), Sanaya Irani (1983), Ritika Singh (1994), Uday Chopra (1973), Urmila Matondkar (1974), and Sonakshi Sinha (1987).

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