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<div>{{short description|Indian actor}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = O. Madhavan<br />
| image = O madavan.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = O. Madhavan<br />
| birth_date = 1922<br />
| birth_place = [[Chunakkara]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British India]] (present day [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], India)<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|08|19|1922}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kollam district|Kollam]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| othername = <br />
| occupation = Artist<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| years_active = <br />
| spouse = [[Vijayakumari]]<br />
| children = 3; including [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br />
| awards = ''[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor]]''<br>''[[Sayahnam]] (2000)'' <br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''O. Madhavan''' (1922 – 19 August 2005) was an Indian [[theatre director]] and [[actor]].<ref>http://malayalam.webdunia.com/entertainment/film/profile/0708/19/1070819027_1.htm</ref> He was one of the founding members of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Kerala]]. He is considered one of the great masters of the [[theatre]]; he has made major contributions for the evolution of theatre in Kerala. He was the founder of the renowned drama company Kalidasa Kala Kendram. He won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor]] in 2000 for his role in the film ''[[Sayahnam]]''<br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
His wife, [[Vijayakumari]], is an actress herself and his son [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] is an actor. He also has two daughters, Sandhya Rajendran and Jayasree Syamlal. Sandhya's husband, E. A. Rajendran is also an actor. He has 5 grandchildren, Shravan Mukesh, Thejas Mukesh, Divya Darshan R. Engoor, Neetha Syam and Nathalia Syam. .<ref>http://www.mangalam.com/cinema/interviews/246542?page=0,0</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
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*2000 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor]] - [[Sayahnam]]<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
# ''Kalam Marunnu'' (1955)<br />
# ''Viyarppinte Vila'' (1962)<br />
# ''[[Doctor (1963 film)|Doctor]]'' (1963)<br />
# ''[[Kattupookkal]]'' (1965) .... Lonachan<br />
# ''[[Oru Sundariyude Katha|Oru Sundariyude Kadha]]'' (1972)<br />
# ''[[Sayahnam]]'' (2000)<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070331190518/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/20/stories/2005082010540400.htm "Actor O. Madhavan passes away"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''<br />
*[http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=O%20Madhavan&limit=6 Madhavan at MSI]<br />
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