Rahul Madhav (born 29 December 1984) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in

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. He has also acted in

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and

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films. His notable films are ''

Vaadamalli ''Vaadamalli'' is a 2011 Indian Malayalam thriller film directed by Alberrt Antoni after his critically acclaimed debut film ''Kanne Madanguka''. The film featuring some fresh faces in the lead was shot at various locations in Kochi, Alappuzha ...

'', ''

Thani Oruvan ''Thani Oruvan'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Mohan Raja and written by Raja and Suresh and Balakrishnan. Produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh and S. Suresh under the studio AGS Entertainment, it ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

100 Days of Love ''100 Days of Love'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Jenuse Mohamed. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen in the lead roles. The film released worldwide on 20 March 2015. It ...

''.

Acting career

Rahul Madhav made his debut in the industry with the Tamil movie '' Adhe Neram Adhe Idam'', directed by M. Prabhu, who was the associate director of S. J. Surya. Later, he got an offer from the Tamil industry to play the lead role in '' Yugam'' (2012), directed by Sribavansekar, during the shooting of this movie he got an offer from Mollywood to present one of the lead characters in ''

Bangkok Summer ''Bangkok Summer'' is a 2011 Malayalam film directed by Pramod Pappan Team. It features Rahul Madhav, Unni Mukundan and Richa Panai. The main themes of the movie are love, betrayal, money and race. Plot The film tells the story of Shrihari who ...

'' (2011), which was directed by Pramod Pappan. However, it was his next film, ''

'' (2011), where he plays a student who comes from the slums and his people from the slums sponsor his education, that gave him recognition. Later Rahul and

Richa Panai Richa Panai (born 24 February 1993) is an actress who appears in Bollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood and various ads. Richa Panai came to prominence as a model in advertisements for the Indian jewellery company Bhima Jewellery. Career Richa wa ...

were paired for the third time in a film which failed to take off. Rahul got a breakthrough in his acting career after presenting the lead role in the Malayalam movie ''

Lisammayude Veedu ''Lisammayude Veedu'' (English: ''Lisamma's House'') is a 2013 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Babu Janardhanan and starring Meera Jasmine, Rahul Madhav and Salim Kumar. The film is a sequel to the 2006 film ''Achanurangatha Veed ...

'', directed by Babu Janardhanan, which was released in 2013. He presented the character Sivankutty while Meera Jasmine played opposite to him. His performance was noticed by many film personalities. It was actor Prithviraj who suggested him to Jeethu to play a supporting character in the thriller movie ''

''. Later, he had appeared in many Malayalam and Tamil films. His role in ''

'' was well received. Rahul made his debut in

with the movie ''Kiragorina Gayyaligalu'', directed by D. Sumana Kittur, which was released in 2016. In 2017, he had six releases in Malayalam and one release in Kannada, he also signed his first film in Tulu, titled ''Kudla Connection''.

Filmography

* ''All films are in

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language unless otherwise noted.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madhav, Rahul Indian male film actors Living people Male actors from Kozhikode Male actors in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Tamil cinema 1986 births