Madhan

Madhan (July 11-1947 Born - Srirangam), whose real name is Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govinda Kumar, is a famous Tamil cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic who works for Ananda Vikatan magazine, a leading Tamil weekly. Though his native is Thanjavur, he was brought up in Chennai. He did his schooling at Triplicane Hindu School and his college education at Vivekananda College, Chennai. During 1970s, he started his career as cartoonist at Ananda Vikatan magazine. Later he was assistant editor of Ananda Vikatan and Junior Vikatan. He also answers to the questions asked from the readers in Hi Madhan in Ananda Vikatan which is very popular and informative. He anchored a program in SUN TV channel in 1999, answering viewer's questions in various fields specially science and history. He wrote the dialogue for Anbe Sivam, a 2003 film in which he also had a brief appearance, and is the author of Vandhargal Vendrargal, an account of Mughal rule in India. He is also author of Manithanukkul Mirugum series in Ananda Vikatan which was later released as book. He also anchors a popular movie review programme named "Madhan's Thirai Paarvai" in Star Vijay television. He's the only film critic in the world who uses a cartoon to represent a film. He was also closely associated with writer Sujatha.

He started his own Tamil magazine 'Vin Naayagan' in association with Salem Vinayaka Mission group. But they stopped the publication of this magazine within a year of launch (1999).

Listening to the music of maestro Ilayaraaja, Jagjit Singh, Mozart, he used to read books till 2am. His wife Jayanthi is from Kumbakonam. He has two daughters, Divya and Amidha. He has also written "Manidhanum Marmangalum" and "KiMu -KiPi". Both have a wide range of information about supernatural powers and the history of mankind.

He is anchor for famous TV pragram called "Naalaya Iyakunar". He is a wonderful writer. He resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has a very good sense of humour. He use to draw pictures for magazine about politics.

External links

• Madhan's world's Paarvai