Madhavan Balaji Ranganathan, entered into Kollywood with Director Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey. With an image of a chocolate boy, Madhavan got to play the lead role in Gautham Menon's directorial debut Minnale and Madras Talkies' Dumm Dumm Dumm. He worked with Mani Ratnam again in the critically acclaimed 2002 film Kannathil Muthamittal. He then sported an Action Hero look in N. Linguswamy's Run. The actor's charisma has made sure that he has a huge female fan followers!

On work front, the actor will be next seen on Silence by Kona Venkat, and Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, a biopic on rocket scientist Nambi Narayanan.