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'What A Shame': R Madhavan Slams Healthcare Brand For Using His Name In An Advertisement Reel Without Permission; Sends Legal Notice
24htopnews | May 20, 2026 7:08 PM CST

Actor R Madhavan took to Instagram to slam a healthcare brand for using his name in an advertisement reel. The actor revealed that he has sent a legal notice to the brand.

On Wednesday, R Madhavan took to Instagram to inform his fans that he has sent a legal notice to a healthcare brand for using his name and an interview clip in an advertisement reel. He posted, "What a shame. How do these people and organization think they can get away with this. You cannot take a clip of somebody’s interview and make it part of your endorsement. Legal notice sent. Please ‼️BEWARE‼️ of these kind of professionals and organizations (sic)."

He alerted the fans by calling the ad 'fraud', and wrote, "This REEL is making it sound like I'm endorsing their product. They have just taken a clip from an interview without any permissions and used it as an endorsement from my end. How are the public ever going to believe these people are their treatment. !!!! shame (sic)." Check out the post below...

The reel that Madhavan is talking about shows a clip from one of his interviews where he is talking about losing weight in 21 days. Then there's a man in the reel, who claims to be a doctor, and he talks about Maddy's transformation. Watch the reel below...

Well, not just Madhavan, but the Instagram account has also used interview clips of Karan Johar and Ram Kapoor, where they are talking about their transformation. Watch the reels below...


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