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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Madhan<br />
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| birth_name = Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govindan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|7|11}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Srirangam]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Cartoonist]], writer<br />
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'''Madhan''', real name '''Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govindan''' (born 11 July 1947 in [[Srirangam]]), is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic.<ref name="cartoonist">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/cartoonist-madhan-has-found-success-in-many-realms/article7507381.ece |title= 'A cartoonist is born, not made' |last=Ramani |first= Hema Iyer |date=6 August 2015 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref><br />
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He previously worked for the weekly magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' and now hosts a film-review show ''Madhan Movie Matinee'' on [[Puthuyugam TV]].<ref name="matinee">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/movie-critic-madhan-is-back-with-a-new-show/article6579557.ece |title=Movie critic Madhan is back with a new show |last=Naig |first=Udhav |date=9 November 2014 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref><br />
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He was one of the juries for the television program ''Naalaya Iyakunar'', Season 1.<br />
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In 2016, he was the presenter of the Tamil supernatural investigation television series ''[[Manithanum Marmangalum]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvnews4u.com/pudhyugam-goes-revamp-new-logo-packaging-refreshing-content-line/|title=Pudhyugam goes for revamp with new logo, packaging and refreshing|date=8 September 2016|website=tvnews4u.com|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Madhan resides in [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
The works are not listed in chronological order.<br />
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* Manithanum Marmangalum<br />
* Vanthargal Vendrargal<br />
* Manithanukulle Oru Mirugam<br />
* KiMu KiPi<br />
* Hai Madhan<br />
* Kadhal Vazhga<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Biography|Comics|Film|India|Journalism|Television}}<br />
* [[List of cartoonists]]<br />
* [[List of Indian writers]]<br />
* [[List of people from Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050824012506/http://vijay.indya.com/serials/mtp/about.html Madan's Thirai Paarvai]<br />
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