
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, writer and film producer. He has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, appearing in films from seven different languages. Madhavan has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations. Madhavan began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the Zee TV prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat in 1996. After appearing in commercials and in small roles, he later gained recognition in the Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnam's successful romance film Alaipayuthey (2000). In addition to his acting career, Madhavan has worked as a writer on his films, hosted television programmes and has been a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.[5] He has also worked as a film producer, first making Evano Oruvan with Leukos Films, before setting up Tricolour Films to produce Saala Khadoos (2016). Madhavan is noted for his philanthropic activities and promotes various causes such as environment, health and education. He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and was awarded PETA's Person of the Year recognition in 2012.

as GD Naidu

as Ajay Sanyal

as Ajay Sanyal

as Rakesh Khurana

as Shrirenu Tripathi

as Neville McKinley

as Saravanan

as Radhe Mohan Sharma

as Vanraj Kashyap

as Purab

as Yathaarth Sinha

as Nambi Narayanan

as 'Maara' Manimaaran

as Narrator (segment "Ilamai Idho Idho")

as Anthony

as Kartik Srinivasan

as Arun Raj

as Surendar (Cameo)

as Vikram

as Prabhu Selvaraj

as Manoj 'Manu' Sharma

as Sid

as Thiru Murthy

as Himself

as Manoj "Manu" Sharma

as Madanagopal

as Prof. Shantanu Biswas

as RJ Maddy (extended cameo)

as Farhan Qureshi

as Lt. Col. Rajesh Rao

as Guru

as Manohar

as Nikhil Agarwal

as T. Kadhiravan

as Himself (uncredited)

as Sridhar Vasudevan

as Aarya

as Shyam Saxena

as Sakthi / Kannan

as Thambi Velu Thondaiman

as Ajay Rathod

as Ramnarayan Tiwari (Ramji)

as Sandhana Krishnan (Sakhi)

as Roby Thomas

as Inbasekaran

as Subramani aka 'Bottle' Mani

as Jagan

as Ashok

as Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer

as Deva Narayanan (Guest Appearance)

as Anbarasu

as Krish Kumar

as Siva

as Thiruchelvan

as Dr. Madhava

as Madhav "Maddy" Shastri

as Adhithyan

as Rajesh Shivakumar

as James Vasanthan

as Karthik Varadharajan

as Siddhartha

as Inspector Ravi

as Singer in Club (Uncredited Role)