R Madhavan calls wife Sarita a ‘blood hound’ when it comes to keeping accounts, recalls losing Rs 30 lakh when he followed dad’s advice

Madhavan candidly admitted that his father’s financial advice proved to be one of his biggest setbacks in the early 2000s, and how he understands the value of time and money as the years have progressed. “Right after my first film, Alaipayuthey, I starred in a few advertisements. I come from a very large family, and my dad suggested that I invest my endorsement money in this scheme called US 64. As luck would have it, the scheme shut its doors the next day after I invested, and all that money went down the drain,” said Madhavan.

When asked about how he imparts financial knowledge to his family, Madhavan, with his sardonic wit, said that there’s a saying that ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’ and all the great and most successful men keep track of their own accounts. “That is why I am not that great yet,” he said. Adding some more layers to how the Madhavan household deals with finances, the actor said that he is an artiste, and not happy with numbers. He said he has a working knowledge of his finances. “But my wife (Sarita) is a blood hound and makes sure everything is accounted for,” he added.

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But how does Madhavan work around the conversations about finance at home? He said he gets out of such conversations by saying ‘I make this amount in a year, this much a month, this much a day, and this much an hour. Answering questions has made me lose so much’. He said that cutting down his finance to the barebone levels has actually helped him. “You understand how important your time is…”

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