Ranganathan Madhavan aka Maddy,
when we hear this name, the first thing which comes before most of us is RHTDM movie. But, there are many things BEFORE and AFTER the RHTDM which is why I admire him.
He is middle class tamil boy, who completed Bsc from Kolhapur and went to Canada and England via scholarships even before completion of his graduation!
During college years, he used to conduct personality development, public speaking and interview guidance classes of his peers and juniors. Later, he decided to pursue career in this sector via taking classes at larger scale which led him to come to Mumbai.
Then, in order to take tution rooms for rent in the Juhu area, someone suggested to do Modelling (which can make him more money in lesser days!!) and this is how is modeling and then movie career started.
During the journey, he saw the Fame and Success- both, and that too at a scale which he only have imagined. This was about his journey. Now let’s ‘Decode’ R Madhavan as a personality!
He always believes that Fame and Success are two different things. And, always wants him and his son to pursue the later.
I had already written this in one of my blog, where he believes that there is nothing wrong in being mediocre/common. And, he gives example of his father who is happy being a mediocre throughout his life. Unlike Madhavan, who strives for success, always.
He always tells to use your strengths in whichever career you choose. He had taken 3-4 years gap to understand himself and the audiences in better manner. His recent movie Rocketry is driven by his passion towards Astrophysics and Space appliances.
The key thing to be mentioned about this movie is that he himself is both the director and producer of this movie. He has sold some of his properties to make this movie when bigger production houses were sceptical about the movie. And, he has went to a level of changing own teeth alignment to look alike the character he is portraying.
This level of dedication towards a subject in itself signifies his passion towards the work. One can be awe of his brilliance and crystal clear thought process after watching his speeches which are present on YouTube (especially the Harvard one!).
To conclude, I feel, Madhavan is the same thing for Bollywood, as Rahul Dravid is for Cricket: unpretentious, educated, full of wisdom and the best in the craft. Keep Inspiring Maddy!
Vijay Bhandare 