An Actor Is Defined By His Life Experiences: R. Madhavan.

From the crazy fun loving college boy Maddy
in Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein to rubbing
shoulders with the iconic Kamal Hassan in
Anbe Sivam, from the business journalist
Shyam Saxena in Guru to Manu of the Tanu
Weds Manu series R. Madhavan has done
it all and more. With his new web series
Breathe, he says he is growing with each
film and each experience of life.
In a 20-year career, Madhavan has done
very selective work, whether in the south
Indian film industry or in Hindi cinema.
What made him be so choosy about
selecting projects?
"An actor is defined by his life experiences
and how convincingly he is portraying his
characters on-screen and getting
acceptance for his performance. When it
comes to the acceptance of my
performance from the audience, even
though the films did not do well at the box
office for a film like Ramji Londonwala', my
effort has always been appreciated.
An Actor Is Defined By His Life Experiences:
R. Madhavan
"That made me confident about my choices.
I understood the fact that slowly but
steadily, I am growing, Madhavan told IANS
here.
"I have been working on my skills and that
will continue. See, the world's biggest
superstars earn the status of a superstar in
their late 40s and 50s. If you ask me about
me being choosy, I would say I am not. I
just do not want to feel burnt out by the
time I reach 50, said the actor, 47.
"See, I cannot dance, I do not have a well-
built body, neither do I have an adorable
look that a superstar has. But yes, I am
earning respect with my substantial work.
The actor who calls himself "less than a
superstar like Shah Rukh Khan yet
considers himself "moderately famous, has
worked with some of the noted names like
Mani Ratnam, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,
Nishikant Kamat, Rajkumar Hirani, Aanand L
Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan and
Naseeruddin Shah among others.

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