Madhan (born July 11, 1947 in Srirangam), whose real name is Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govinda Iyengar, is a noted Tamil cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic who worked for Ananda Vikatan magazine, a leading Tamil weekly. Though his native is Thanjavur, he was brought up in Chennai. He did his schooling at Triplicane Hindu School and his college education at Vivekananda College, Chennai.During the 1970s, he started his career as cartoonist at Ananda Vikatan magazine.