http://www.zimbio.com/go/EcfgwA0xSGc/http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_--hUfaMHJZM/STz8LUR9L8I/AAAAAAAAAzs/pCwwhEGQXGE/s1600-h/Actor+Madhavan+Young+%282%29.jpg Actor+Madhavan+Young+(1).jpg (image) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_--hUfaMHJ...4Fw7fZHMlQs/s320/Actor+Madhavan+Young+(4).jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_--hUfaMHJ...x8Pb47U3-UQ/s320/Actor+Madhavan+Young+(5).jpg R. Madhavan (born June 1, 1970 as Madhavan Ranganathan) is a Filmfare Award-winning Indian actor. Unlike other prominent actors in India, Madhavan began to act after marriage, at the age of twenty-nine, and his short career has seen performances in diverse roles. He has received several Filmfare Awards in various categories. His other name is Maddy.His wife name is Sarita. Madhavan was born in Jamshedpur, India, to a senior management executive with Tata Steel, Ranganathan and a manager with the State Bank of India, Saroja. Devika Ranganathan, Madhavan's sister, is a software engineer settled in the U.S.In 1988, Madhavan was chosen to represent India as its cultural ambassador from his college to Canada after his graduation. At 22, he was awarded the Maharashtra Best Cadet, allowing him to make a trip with three others as NCC Cadets to England. Because of this honour, he received training with the Royal Army, the Navy and the Air Force, which he previously planned to join.However he was rejected from the opportunity, as he missed the age cut-off by six months. After he lost out on the place, he began taking courses in public speaking which eventually helped him venture into the film industry. He won the Indian Championship for Public Speaking and was subsequently selected to represent India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Tokyo, Japan in 1992. Ranganathan and Saroja, parents of Madhavan, disliked their son's foray into teledramas and adverts, however were forgiving after his selection in Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey. Despite Madhavan's ambition of wanting to join the army, his parents insisted he went to management school and do a degree on electronics.After completing the degree, he went on to teach communication and public speaking at workshops around India. At the Maharashtra workshop, he encountered his wife, Sarita, whom he married in 1999. Their first son, Vedant was born on August 21, 2006, which eventually lead to relocating towards to the boat-club area in Chennai from Kilpauk. Madhavan's parents continue to live with him as do his parents-in-law.
