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Madhavan Nair (Malayalam: മധു, മാധവന് നായര്), commonly known by his stage name Madhu is an actor in Malayalam cinema. He was a prominent lead actor during the 60s and 70s. He has also directed and produced films, and at one time he owned Uma film studio.
He was born on 23 September 1933 at Gourishapattom, Trivandrum. His father, R. Parameswaran Pillai, was the 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?]
Actors: Guile Branco (actor), John Bobek (actor), Benjamin J. Cain Jr. (actor), Keenan Henson (actor), Selga Sanders (writer), Selga Sanders (actress), Paloma Felisberto Bilson (actress), Missy Garland (actress), Missy Garland (writer), Leanne Wilson (actress), Protasio (actor), Michael Wickson (actor), Jeff Orsa (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Riaz (actor), Shabnur (actress), Amol Bose (actor), Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul (composer), Nasrin (actress), Aminul Islam Mintu (editor), Don (actor), Ariful Haque (actor), Sharmili Ahmed (actress), Aliraj (actor), Jesmin (actor), Surur Bangali (actor), Beauty (actor), Kamal Yousuf (writer), Azadi Hasnat Firoz (director),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Ali (actor), Jagapathi Babu (actor), Tanikella Bharani (actor), Brahmanandam (actor), Gundu Hanumantha Rao (actor), Srinivasa Rao Kota (actor), A.V.S. Subramanyam (actor), Annapoorna (actress), Roja (actress), Soundarya (actress), Srilakshmi (actress), Suhasini (actress), S.V. Krishna Reddy (writer), S.V. Krishna Reddy (composer), S.V. Krishna Reddy (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Vijayshanti (actress), Brahmanandam (actor), Chiranjeevi (actor), Giribabu (actor), Gummadi (actor), Kongara Jaggaiah (actor), Kodanda Rami Reddy A. (director), K. Chakravarthy (composer), Raghuvaran (actor), Fazil (writer), Sumalatha (actress), Allu Aravind (producer), Rajyalakshmi (actress), Prasad Babu (actor), Kannada Prabhakar (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Family, Thriller,Actors: K. Narayanan (editor), Lalu Alex (actor), Ratheesh (actor), T.G. Ravi (actor), Sankaradi (actor), Vijayaraghavan (actor), Santhakumari (actress), Seema (actress), Sukumari (actress), Swapna (actress), I.V. Sasi (director), Mammootty (actor), Balan K. Nair (actor), Pappu (actor), Prathapachandran (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Mohan Babu (actor), Giribabu (actor), Gummadi (actor), Ranganath (actor), Jayasudha (actress), Prabhakar Reddy (writer), B. Bhaskara Rao (writer), B. Bhaskara Rao (director), Sathyam (composer), Maddipatla Suri (writer), Nageswara Rao Kolimarla (editor), Vijayendra Reddy Yadavalli (producer),
Genres: Family,Actors: Adurthi Subba Rao (director), Asrani (actor), Ramesh Deo (actor), Rajendra Kumar (actor), Sujit Kumar (actor), Moolchand (actor), Rajendra Nath (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Inder Raj Anand (writer), Prabhakar Reddy (writer), Naushad (composer), David Abraham (actor), Sunder (actor), Sulochana Chatterjee (actress), Seema Deo (actress),
Plot: Shankarlal's dying wife asks his younger brother, Chandrashekhar, to marry an orphan named Laxmi, to which Chandrashekhar reluctantly agrees. They do get married, and soon have three children, a girl and two boys. Chandrashekhar's elder brother, Madhu, triumphantly returns home as the local District Collector, & marries wealthy Chamanlal's daughter, Shobha, while Ravi is romancing his beautiful neighbor, Neelu. Things look pretty good for this family, when the mill where Chandrashekhar is employed with goes on strike. The mill-owner sells the mill to Rani Padmavati, who first of all wants Chandrashekhar to be fired before she can even consider the workers' demands. The workers go on an indefinite hunger strike until Chandrashekhar decides to quit his job and re-locates to the city to look for work. In the meantime, misunderstandings crop up between Shobha and the rest of the family, and she and Madhu leave the house to live with Chamanlal. Chandrashekhar is unable to find any employment as Rani Padmavati refuses to give him a reference and on the contrary uses her influence to ensure that he never gets employed. Crestfallen and defeated, Chandrashekhar returns home to find out that the Rani had colluded with the local money-lenders and has taken over their land and property. Then the police arrest Chandrashekhar on the complaint filed by the Rani on the charge of stealing from his former employer. On the verge of losing her ill son, Laxmi, now penniless, must now find out why Rani Padmavati has taken it upon herself to ruin this family,
Genres: ,Actors: Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (actor), Savitri (actress), Relangi Venkatramaiah (actor), Ramana Reddy (actor), Padmanabham (actor), Allu Ramalingaiah (actor), S.V. Ranga Rao (actor), Mikkilineni (actor), Hemalatha (actress), Amarnath (actor), Sriranjani (actress), Chalam (actor), Chadalavada (actor), Susarla Dakshinamurthi (composer), Vijayalakshmi (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Anjali Devi (actress), T.S. Balaiah (actor), R.S. Mani (director), T.K. Bhagavathi (actor), T.K. Shanmugham (actor), M.S. Draupadi (actress), Vidyapathi (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Relangi Venkatramaiah (actor), Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (composer), Chittor V. Nagaiah (actor), Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri (actor), L.V. Prasad (director), Samudrala Raghavacharya (writer), Vangara (actor), Chadalavada (actor), Surabhi Balasaraswati (actress), Narayana Rao C.H. (actor), C. Krishnaveni (producer), C. Krishnaveni (actress), Mirjapuram Raja (producer), Krishnaveni Jikki (actress),
Genres: Drama,