7 Movies Starring Madhavan

Alai Payuthey

Alai Payuthey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-04-14

Languages:

Tamil

Countries:

India

Runtime:

156 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (1874 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam (dialogue)

Mani Ratnam (screenplay)

Mani Ratnam (story)

R. Selvaraj (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Karthik (Madhavan) is frantic after the disappearance of his wife Shakti (Shalini). Told in flashbacks, the film traces their brief marriage as the couple's dreamy romance runs through the usual gamut of highs and lows.

A Peck on the Cheek

A Peck on the Cheek

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-02-14

Languages:

Tamil, Sinhalese, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

123 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (3342 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam (screenplay)

Mani Ratnam (story)

Sujatha (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Dhileepan and Shyama are Tamil-speaking residents of Mankulam, Sri Lanka, who get married with the blessings of their respective families. After the marriage, Shyama confides that she would like to be a mother of eight children, but she is stunned when her husband tells her that he cannot father any children until there is peace between the mainstream and the Tamils in this country. Nevertheless, they do get intimate, which results in Shyama getting pregnant. Dhileepan goes into hiding because of his connections with the Tamil Tigers, while Shyama returns to her father's house. A storm threatens their village, and they are forced to flee to a Refugee Camp in Rameswaram, India. Alone, without any support, Shyama gives birth to a girl, leaves her, and returns to Sri Lanka to be with her husband. The child gets noticed by noted Tamil author Thiruchelvan, who lives with his sister, her husband, and their son and writes books under the pen-name of Indra, who is actually an attractive TV newswoman who lives next door. When he comes forward to adopt her, he is initially refused, as he must be married in order to adopt any child. He accordingly gets married to Indra, and they adopt the child and name her Amudha. Subsequently, they become parents of two sons, Vinayan and Akhilan. After Amudha completes her ninth year, she is told that she has been adopted, which compels her to start searching for her biological mother. Amudha initially runs aways to Rameswaram, but she is unable to locate her and continues to be distraught until Thiruchelvan promises to take her to Mankulam. They do come across a woman named Shyama, but she denies having any children, and it is then that they find out that there is another Mankulam in the north of Sri Lanka. They travel there, among almost war-like conditions, and it is here that Thiruchelvan and his guide, Dr. Herold Vikramsinghe, will be abducted by Tamil Tigers, who, in turn, will arrange for a meeting with Shyama. Watch what happens when Amudha finally gets to meet her birth mother--who may outrightly disown her or induct her as one of the many child warriors among the Tamil Tigers.

Love is God

Love is God

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-14

Languages:

Tamil, Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

160 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.9 (4584 Reviews)

Director:

Sundar C.

Cast:

Writer:

Kamal Haasan (screenplay)

Madan (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Nallasivam (Kamal Haasan) and Anbarasu (Madhavan) are drawn together by the strings of fate after they come into contact at the Bhuvaneshwar airport. Anbarasu is an advertisement director, while Nallasivam is a trade unionist. Fate entwines their travel plans, and they end up travelling to Chennai together. In the course of their journey, Anbarasu, born with a golden spoon, is touched by the realities of the sufferings of a normal human being when he witnesses the dead and the injured during a train accident, and he volunteers to donate his blood, which is of a very rare group, despite his fear of blood. The flashback of Nallasivam is recounted during one of their journeys. Nallasivam is a communist trade unionist, who fights for higher wages for his comrades. By chance, he falls in love with the daughter Bala (Kiran) of a rich industrialist, Bala's father, Padaiyacchi (Nasser). Due to the opposition, they plan to elope and get married, but unfortunately, Nallasivam meets with an accident which disfigures him. He is told by Padaiyacchi that Bala is married, so he pursues his communist agenda, during the course of which he meets Anbarasu. Anbarasu is drawn to Nallasivam in the end, and claims him as his adopted brother, and requests Nallasivam to come to his wedding. At the wedding hall, Nalla discovers the bride to be is none other than his sweetheart, Bala. When Padaiyacchi discovers him at the hall, he is in a panic, and pleads for him to leave. Santhana Bharathy as Padaiyacchi's henchman plays out a sentimental scene in the end. The movie is more of a parallel cinema, with Kamal and Madhavan acting their roles to stellar efficiency. Kiran appears in a very small role, to the disappointment of many.

Ayitha Ezhuthu

Ayitha Ezhuthu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-05-21

Languages:

Tamil

Countries:

India

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1646 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam

Sujatha (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Inbasekar, a hit man shoots Michael, a youth leader, off his motorbike on Napier bridge in Chennai. As Michael flies off his bike and falls into the river, bystanding student Arjun is the sole witness. The film then flashbacks into each of their lives, to bring things up to the present day shooting. Inba, the small-time thug dreams of making it big while his perky wife Sasi tries relentlessly to get him to go straight. Michael balances his idealistic posturing with his romance with a gutsy and occasionally unscrupulous neighbor Gitanjali. Siddharth must decide whether going to the US to study is more important than chasing after a girl he falls in love with in a bar Mira who incidentally happens to be engaged to be married.

Guru

Guru

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-12

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

166 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (11123 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam (screenplay)

Vijay Krishna Acharya (dialogue)

Anurag Kashyap (additional dialogue)

Sujatha (additional dialogue)

Suhasini (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

A school-teacher in India sires a son named Gurukant, but is disappointed as the child fails to live up to his high expectations. When Gurukant grows up, he is unable to secure decent employment in India, so finds a way to go to Turkey, where he finds employment. When he returns back to India, he wants to start his own business, but is unable to do so, as he does not have enough money. So he does some research, gets to meet Sujata, the daughter of a wealthy man named Jignesh, and marries her. After the marriage, Gurukant finds out that Sujata has a dark past, but he ignores this - for his one motive is to be to rise in the eyes of his father - and get rich.

3 Idiots

3 Idiots

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-25

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

170 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (171619 Reviews)

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Rajkumar Hirani

Abhijat Joshi

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, Rancho, after faking a stroke aboard an Air India plane, and excusing himself from his wife - trouser less - respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, Chatur Ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the Dean of Delhi's Imperial College of Engineering, Viru Sahastrabudhe, race to locate Rancho, at his last known address - little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.

Tanu Weds Manu

Tanu Weds Manu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-25

Languages:

Hindi, Panjabi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (7778 Reviews)

Director:

Aanand Rai

Cast:

Writer:

Himanshu Sharma (screenplay)

Fullplot:

London-based Dr. Manoj Sharma returns home to Delhi, and in the company of his parents, Kishan and Anju, as well as several others, travels to Chaman Ganj, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to meet his prospective bride, Tanuja Trivedi. He approves of her, informs his elders and they begin preparations for the marriage. Subsequently he gets a rude awakening when Tanuja tells him that she already has a boyfriend and plans to marry him even against her parents' wishes. Manoj informs his parents, and they set about to see other girls for their son - albeit in vain - as he has his heart set on Tanuja, and is all set to return back unmarried. Manoj and Tanuja are fated to meet again in Kapurthala, Punjab, while attending the marriage of Jaspreet Singh Jassi and Payal Sinha. While Manoj hopes to win Tanuja's heart - he will face more rejection when she enlists his assistance to elope with another male.

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