Madhavan

Having done close to 1800 episodes of various soaps on varied National Networks, he subsequently also appeared as the main character in a mobile game.

Madhavan was born on June 1, 1970, in a Tamil-speaking family. 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. While conducting courses on public speaking, he met Saritha, an Air Hostess and both got 7 years later.

Starred in Shyam Benagal's shelved film " Ganga" co starring Aishwarya Rai, Karishma Kapoor. Music by AR Rahman. Govinda was earlier approached for Madhavan' s role.This was in 2001.

Director Sanjay Dayma narrated a script to Madhvan titled " Vivaah" in 2003. Sanjay had approached Hrithik for the other lead role in the film. The film was never made.

Their first child, a son, Vedaant, was born in 2005. A vegetarian and animal lover he is a brand ambassador for PETA. 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 (2005).

Starred in the shelved movie UTV's "Bombay High"(Hello Zindagi) (2008) Starring Tabu, R. Madhavan, Soniya Mehra,Music by Sandeep Chowta, Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Directed Nupur Asthana.

Starred in the shelved movie "Freedom"(2011) Starring Sanjay Dutt, R.Madhavan, Directed by Vivek Agnihothri.

Starred in the shelved movie Eros International's "Chanda Mama Door Ke"(2017) Starring R. Madhavan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Nawazuddin Siddique, Directed Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan.