R Madhavan receives honorary degree for contribution to arts, cinema

While sharing the pictures on social media, the 50-year-old actor wrote, "So very humbled and grateful on being conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) by DY Patil Education Society, Kolhapur. This is an honor and a responsibility now. (sic)"

Madhavan shared two pictures — one where he addressed the gathering and another of him receiving the honor.

After Madhavan shared the news, fans and people from the film industry congratulated him.

Ace designer Manish Malhotra reacted to his post with few emojis while actor Shilpa Shetty wrote "wah @actormaddy. (sic)"

His co-star from Breathe, Amit Sadh penned, "Always proud of you big bro and you deserve all this happiness, honor and love ... as you have created this life... (sic)"

The actor, who enjoys a huge fan following, started his career in television in the early 90s with shows like Banegi Apni Baat and Sea Hawks.

His big break came with filmmaker Mani Ratnam's Tamil romantic film Alaipayuthey in 2000.

He has since appeared in several celebrated Bollywood movies like Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, 3 Idiots, and the Tanu Weds Manu series.

Madhavan is currently engrossed with his ambitious project, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, in which he is playing S Nambi Narayanan, an ISRO official who was falsely accused of espionage and arrested. He is also directing the movie.

He made it to headlines when he recently brought a barren land in a Tamil Nadu village back to life. He was, naturally, pleased with his efforts.