New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Actor R Madhavan has been honored with Doctor of Letters (D Litt) by DY Patil Education Society, Kolhapur, on Wednesday at education society's 9th convocation for his exceptional contribution to arts and film.

He stated that "I am truly humbled by this honor. This will only motivate me to keep pushing the envelope and challenging myself with newer projects."

Madhavan started his acting journey in the late 90s, got his first break with filmmaker Mani Ratnam's Tamil romantic movie Alaipayuthey in 2000, and has since shown up in various popular movies like Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, 3 Idiots, the Tanu Weds Manu franchise and 2017 and suspenseful film Vikram Vedha.

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