R
Madhava
may
o
lo ge
see
himself
etu i g
to
the
youthful
oma tic
avata
that
made
him
a
sta ,
but
the
acto
is
fi mly
agai st
the
otio
that
tu i g
olde
mea s
leavi g
oma ce
behi d.
Reflecti g
o
how
his
ca ee
has
evolved,
Madhava
said
he
is
ope
to
po t ayi g
matu e
a d
mea i gful
oma tic
elatio ships
o
sc ee .“I’m
ot
goi g
to
play
the
lead
like
Alaipayuthey,
I
k ow
that.
But
the e’s
o
easo
fo
me
to
thi k
I
ca ’t
play
equally
impactful
oma tic
o
elatio ship
oles,”
Madhava
said.
He
st essed
that
he
has
always
bee
mi dful
of
po t ayi g
oma ce
i
a
way
that
suits
his
age
a d
has
avoided
cha acte s
that
feel
i app op iate
fo
his
stage
i
life.“Just
because
you’ e
55
does ’t
mea
the e’s
o
oma ce.
Absolutely
ot,”
he
said.The
acto ’s
amidst
his
latest
elease
‘GDN’
o
the
big
sc ee ,
which
is
a
biog aphical
d ama
ce t ed
o
i ve to
GD
Naidu.
Di ected
by
K ish akuma
Ramakuma ,
the
film
combi es
the
sto y
of
Naidu’s
ext ao di a y
life
with
a
elatio ship
t ack,
givi g
Madhava
a
oppo tu ity
to
explo e
oma ce
afte
a
co side able
gap.Speaki g
about
the
expe ie ce,
the
acto
admitted
that
steppi g
i to
a
oma tic
sce e
agai
was
somethi g
he
ge ui ely
looked
fo wa d
to.
“Afte
a
lo g
time,
I
fi ally
got
a
cha ce
to
do
a
oma ce
sce e.
I’d
love
to
do
it,”
he
said.Madhava ’s
associatio
with
oma ce
is
closely
li ked
to
‘Alaipayuthey’,
Ma i
Rat am’s
2000
oma tic
d ama
that
catapulted
him
to
atio wide
fame.
His
po t ayal
of
Ka thik,
who
falls
i
love
with
a d
ma ies
Shali i’s
Shakthi,
co ti ues
to
be
emembe ed
as
o e
of
Tamil
ci ema’s
defi i g
oma tic
pe fo ma ces.The
film’s
emotio al
sto ytelli g
was
fu the
amplified
by
A.R.
Rahma ’s
music,
with
t acks
such
as
‘S ehitha e’
a d
‘Pachai
Ni ame’
becomi g
e du i g
favou ites.
‘Alaipayuthey’
was
late
emade
i
Hi di
as
‘Saathiya’
i
2002.Ove
the
yea s,
Madhava
we t
o
to
headli e
seve al
oma ce-d ive
films,
i cludi g
‘Mi ale’,
‘Dum
Dum
Dum’,
‘Sillu u
O u
Kaadhal’
a d
‘Reh a
Hai
Te e
Dil
Mei ’.
Howeve ,
his
filmog aphy
g adually
shifted
towa ds
mo e
pe fo ma ce-o ie ted
cha acte s,
with
films
such
as
‘I udhi
Sutt u’,
‘Vik am
Vedha’
a d
‘Rocket y:
The
Nambi
Effect’
showcasi g
a
diffe e t
side
of
the
acto .Du i g
the
same
co ve satio ,
Madhava
also
spoke
about
a othe
p i ciple
that
has
shaped
his
choices
o
sc ee .
He
evealed
that
he
has
la gely
efused
to
po t ay
o
pe mit
sce es
i volvi g
a
woma
bei g
slapped
i
his
films,
although
he
emembe s
o e
exceptio
ea ly
i
his
ca ee .“The e
is
o ly
o e
movie
I
disti ctively
emembe
slappi g
a
woma
because
the
di ecto
felt
like
it
was
impo ta t
fo
the
sce e.
But
afte
that,
I’ve
eve
see
o
allowed
a
woma
to
be
slapped
i
a
film,”
Madhava
said.He
explai ed
that
he
believes
ci ema
ca
explo e
co flict
a d
i te se
situatio s
without
ecessa ily
elyi g
o
such
depictio s.
“A d
I
believe
the e’s
a
society
that
lives
by
that
ki d
of
p i ciple.
Withi
that,
the e’s
so
much
we
ca
do.
The e
a e
ple ty
of
thi gs.
I
thi k
the e’s
mo e
tha
e ough
scope
a d
ple ty
mo e
to
explo e.”‘GDN’,
which
is
di ected
by
K ish akuma
Ramakuma
a d
co-w itte
by
Madhava ,
tells
the
sto y
of
GD
Naidu,
the
celeb ated
I dia
i ve to
ofte
desc ibed
as
the
“Ediso
of
I dia”.
The
film
featu es
a
e semble
cast
i cludi g
Sathya aj,
Jaya am,
P iyama i,
Dusha a
Vijaya ,
Aditi
Bala ,
Vi ay
Rai,
Ka u aka a
a d
Thambi
Ramaiah.
The
film
is
scheduled
fo
a
theat ical
elease
o
August
7.