R. Madhavan, a super-star down south, is originally from the steel city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand! Though he tried his luck in quite a few Hindi films (as a solo hero), none of them really clicked big time and so Madhavan was contented to work in the south.

His last two Hindi films RANG DE BASANTI and GURU (both of which had him playing a supporting actor), were critical and commercial successes and made Madhavan a known name in the Hindi film industry.

Now it appears that with three Hindi films lined up for release in 2009, Madhavan has finally arrived in Bollywood.The first of the lot is the supernatural thriller, 13B, directed by Vikram K. Kumar and stars Neetu Chandra, Sachin Khedekar, Poonam Dhillon and Deepak Dobriyal.  Then there is Sudhir Mishra’s suspense thriller, SIKANDER, which will see a March 27 release. And the crowning glory will be Rajkumar Hirani’s THREE IDIOTS with Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani. The film is scheduled to release during Christmas.