Madhavan is currently making headlines for his statement on India's oscar entry selection. While the Gujarathi film "last film Show" was selected for the Oscars, Madhavan has other ideas and also expressed them aloud in a recent interview.

R Madhavan said that Rocketry and The Kashmir Files should also be considered for the oscars. Madhavan said, “I think they should send Rocketry also, The Kashmir Files.” Further adding, “He [Darshan] is starting a campaign for The Kashmir Files, I am starting a campaign for Rocketry.” Madhavan then said, “No, all the best to them. I hope they go and win and make us proud. It’s time that we do as well in the film industry as we do as a country.”

R Madhavan also spoke about the Oscars equivalent in India and said, “I also hope we have an Oscar equivalent or better in India. Ab bohot ho gaya we are trying to prove something over there.”

About the craze around Oscars, R Madhavan said, “It’ll be good to have the mantle, it will be a different thing. The only difference with Oscar is that for anybody who gets it in the West, there’s a huge difference in their stature, income, and salary, in the way they proceed in the industry. We should have one in India where the moment we get the award, there’s a legitimate increase in the valuation to go up.”