R Madhavan says his son Vedant’s generation doesn’t watch Hindi or Tamil films: ‘They watch Korean content, Japanese anime’ |

Actor R Madhavan, who was last seen in Dhurandhar: The Vengeance, is currently promoting his upcoming film GDN. During promotions, the actor expressed concern that younger audiences, including his 20-year-old son Vedant’s generation, are increasingly disconnected from Indian cinema and are more interested in Japanese anime and Korean content.Madhavan said that the Indian film industry is losing viewers not because of a different film industry, but because of a completely different storytelling landscape. “I have one fear that I don’t even want to think about. Of course, I have earned his respect so far. He is 20 years old now. But if you look at my younger generation, they are completely out of touch with him,” Madhavan said, referring to himself in the third person. “This is a big problem. They watch Japanese anime, they watch Korean content. But they don’t even want to watch our Tamil films. They won’t go to the cinema to watch Hindi films or Indian films,” he told Cinema Express.The actor admitted that he could easily continue making regular commercial films, which, in his opinion, would guarantee some success. However, he said he would like to try himself in roles that would allow him to demonstrate the depth of his craft.“I believe that if I make a commercial film, it will definitely have at least one hit. Just having this formula is enough for us to continue working for many years,” he said.Explaining his choice to pursue more challenging projects, Madhavan added, “Despite all our life experiences, we can’t fit them into one film. That’s what acting is all about. But I never got the chance to really show the depth and quality that acting requires. Then, when the opportunity finally came, I decided that just doing a regular commercial film is not something I can do.”Madhavan also said that the responsibility of creating meaningful and inspiring cinema lies with the directors and performers themselves. “What happens in Tamil Nadu happens all over the world. How empowered are our people? How aware are they? But beyond that, how inspiring are we when we perform? Storyteller, director or actor, how inspiring are we really?” – he said.His upcoming film GDN tells the story of Gopalaswami Doraiswami Naidu, a self-taught inventor and industrialist from Coimbatore who is often called the Edison of India. Despite having no formal engineering training, Naidu developed India’s first electric motor and attempted to build a car comparable to Mercedes in pre-independence Tamil Nadu.