There's
no
denying
that
R
Madhavan
is
a
pan-India
actor
in
every
sense.
The
actor
has
not
only
worked
in
the
South
film
industry,
but
also
in
Bollywood.
One
might
think
that
the
transition
from
Tamil
to
Hindi
films
must
have
been
easy
for
Madhavan,
but
you
will
be
surprised
to
know
that
the
actor
was
told
by
many
people
that
he
won't
get
to
star
in
Hindi
films.
While
speaking
to
Pinkvilla
about
his
film
journey,
Madhavan
said,
"Strangely,
when
I
was
doing
TV
in
Hindi,
people
told
me
I
am
a
television
actor
and
I
will
never
do
movies
as
I
am
already
over
exposed
on
Hindi
TV
so
aapko
movie
nahi
milegi
(you
won't
get
movies).
Then
Mani
Ratnam
cast
me
in
Alai
Payuthey
and
it
became
a
big
hit
and
so
I
became
a
Tamil
actor
and
then
people
in
Bombay
said
'you
know,
you
are
a
Tamil
actor,
that's
it.
You
won't
get
Hindi
films'."
Madhavan
further
added,
"Then
I
started
getting
Hindi
films
so
they
said
'okay,
he
is
a
pan
Indian
actor
but
you
know,
you
are
limited'.
The
Rang
De
Basanti
actor
further
said
that
he
feels
everybody
tries
to
put
him
in
a
mould
which
perhaps
life
has
put
them
in.
However,
Madhavan
feels
that
everyone's
level
of
understanding
languages,
dealing
with
pressures
and
talent
is
different.
Madhavan
also
called
himself
'God's
own
child',
and
said
that
he
has
fortunately
never
been
in
a
place
where
he
had
to
go
to
producers
to
ask
for
work.
"It
is
not
because
I
never
wanted
to
go
and
ask
for
work,
honestly,
it
is
not
because
I
was
shy
or
did
not
like
to
go
to
producers
but
it
was
because
I
was
so
different
from
the
industry,
I
did
not
know
how
to
behave,
I
did
not
know
you
need
to
go
to
producers
and
ask
for
work,
be
sweet
to
them
and
all.
God
never
let
me
get
into
that
situation,"
added
the
Tanu
Weds
Manu
actor.