Born : Madhavan Nair
September 23, 1933 (1933-09-23) (age 77)
Gowrishapattom, Travancore, British India.
Years active 1963–present
Height 180 cm
Spouse Jayalakshmi
Children Uma
Parents R.Parameswaran Pillai, Thankamma
He was born on 23 September 1933 at Gourishapattom, Trivandrum. His father, R. Parameswaran Pillai, was a Mayor of Trivandrum. He has four siblings
He started his career as a Hindi lecturer in Scott Christian College, Nagercoil. During that time he chanced upon the a newspaper advertisement inviting applications for the National School of Drama Course. While studying at NSD, he became acquainted with Ramu Karyat, who offered him a role in his forthcoming film Moodupadam. After completing the course, Madhu went to Chennai to screen test for Karyat's film. While there, in 1963, he was offered a role in N N Pisharody's film, Ninamaninja Kalpadukal and this became his debut.
Madhu also acted in the Hindi film Saat Hindustani, which was the debut movie of the Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.[when?]
He had expressed all facets of life through his various acting roles. Perhaps his most notable role was in Karyat's Chemmeen, which won the President's Gold Medal. At the time it was common for a Malayali person to render the dialogs (in the movie) of Pareekkutty.
He later worked as a producer, director and storywriter. In an acting career spanning four decades, Madhu acted in over 300 films.
Although he was a big star in commercial film, he was generous enough to act in parallel movies. He acted in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Swayamvaram, P. N. Menon's Olavum Theeravum etc.
Madhu's directorial venture Priya was a trend setter in Malayalam. In this movie he experimented with the main character playing an anti-hero. Madhu later directed about 14 films. He was the owner of once-renowned Uma studio. Madhu produced a movie Mini in 1995, which got National Award.
Madhu has also done a couple of Tamil films, as Rajinikanth 's father in Dharma Dorai and the 2007 release Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan.
Kerala State Film Awards:
* Special Jury Award in 1980
* Special Jury Award in 1992 for Kudumba Sametham
* Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film for Sindooracheppu (Directed by Madhu) in 1971.
* Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film for Mini (Produced by Madhu) in 1995 (Directed by P.Chandrakumar)
* Kerala State Film Award for Lifetime Achievement - J. C. Daniel Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2004 from the Government of Kerala.[3]
Asianet Film Awards
* 2002 - Best Lifetime Achievement Award
* Bahadoor Award in 2005
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