Netflix's 'Aap Jaisa Koi' star R. Madhavan on 'Dhurandhar' co-star Ranveer Singh's flops: 'A couple of not-so-good films...'

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17-07-2025

The actor continued, 'If you see the great actors in Hollywood like Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks, they don't do 50-60 films in their lifetime.' read more
Netflix's 'Aap Jaisa Koi' star R. Madhavan on 'Dhurandhar' co-star Ranveer Singh and stood by him amid his flop films like Jayeshbhai Jordar and Cirkus. The actor said in an interview with Siddharth Kanan, 'I don't think Ranveer Singh has ever been written off. A couple of 'not so good' films doesn't end an actor's career.'
Madhavan added, 'He's truly good and an extraordinary actor. But, it makes a good copy in the press and media to keep writing people off and bring them back.'
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The actor continued, 'If you see the great actors in Hollywood like Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks, they don't do 50-60 films in their lifetime. They barely do 14-15 movies in their entire life. Even the biggest of stars, they also don't do beyond 15 films in their lifetime. That is the pace of doing good stories. Here we think that if we are not shooting for three months, it means we are losing our market. Both Ranveer and I don't come from that insecurity.'
On the language debate
Madhavan has commented on the on-going Hindi-Marathi language row and said this to IANS in an interview, 'I speak Tamil. I speak Hindi. And I have studied in Kolhapur also. I have learnt Marathi also. So, I have never had any problem because of language. Neither because of knowing it nor because of not knowing it.'
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, the actor spoke about how much he relates to his character and said, 'Touchwood, for what you have just said! I have seen that in my grandparents. They grew up in a very different society. Everybody's role was cut out and my grandmother was probably fourteen or fifteen when she got married. And my grandfather was probably 21 or 22. That was the norm then and they had babies.'