R Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut have worked together on two films. Tanu Weds Manu, which was released in 2011, and Tanu Weds Manu Returns, which was released in 2015, both showed the two onscreen together. Their remarkable chemistry made them famous, and both of their films did well at the box office. Kangana was mentioned by Madhavan as one of the strong women in his life in a recent interview.
In the interview, Madhavan was asked about working with her Tanu Weds Manu co-star. The actor said, “If you look at all the leading ladies of all my films, they are very very strong. I had the good fortune of growing up with some really strong women in my house itself. My mother was the manager of a bank in Bihar for 30 years. So you see how strong women are. I think they are the stronger species. They last much longer. If you look at your grandparents, I can promise you that today your grandfather would be actually relying more on your grandmother than vice versa. That’s a universal truth that all men have to reconcile with.”
He further went on to say, “Working with the likes of Kangana or Shalini or all the strong women that I had the good fortune to work with, they were all women with opinion. They are not pushovers. They are not the cliché heroines, who come in and dance in a couple of movies and get slapped by the man and walk away. These are not the kind of films I have ever done or want to do in my life. People who indulge in those kinds of stories are really foolish in today’s world. But to recognize the strength that they bring on to the screen because of their personal achievements as well as their experience and their ability to act is very important.”
He added, “I am giving Kangana the due credit for it, it is extremely smart and important for all of us. She is really an extraordinary actor who brings so much to the roles that she does. And look at what she is doing today across all genres of films, I am quite in awe.”
R Madhavan is gearing up for the release of The Railway Men. The online series, which is based on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, includes Kay Kay Menon, Babil Khan, and Divyendu Sharma. Alongside Akshay Kumar, he will appear in the biopic of C Shankaran Nair.