"I take all the information, 
                I do all the rehearsals and the positioning and then I switch 
                myself off completely. I forget whatever I have learnt and let 
                the instincts take over. Sometimes it is the cumulative effects 
                of all but sometimes it is natural and totally different from 
                what I have rehearsed to be," said the actor, who shares 
                screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in "Teen Patti". 
                
He is a huge fan of Bachchan and has become his devotee after 
                  working with him. 
                "I was a huge fan of Mr. Bachchan and now I am his devotee. 
                  It's his personality that made him stay in the industry for 
                  40 years," he said. 
                Directed by Leena Yadav, "Teen Patti" is an emotionally 
                  riveting and razor sharp thriller about greed and deception. 
                  Releasing Feb 26, it also stars Hollwyood veteran Ben Kingsley. 
                
                Asked about his character in the film, Madhavan said: "I 
                  play a professor who wants to have the luxuries of life as soon 
                  as possible. So he makes certain compromises for which he has 
                  to make a lot of sacrifices." 
                The actor was recently seen in the super duper hit "3 
                  Idiots". After the film, Madhavan, who has always been 
                  choosy about his movies, would go even slower. 
                "I am very choosy about my films. I don't do a film just 
                  for the sake of money. I will continue to be choosy and I will 
                  go even slower now. I will wait for movies that are of equal 
                  calibre or have something, at least little bit, in respect to 
                  '3 Idiots'. 'Teen Patti' is one among them." 
                Talking about his transition from a student in "3 Idiots" 
                  to a professor in "Teen Patti", he said: "Actually, 
                  I did the role of the professor first and then became a student. 
                  We actually finished 'Teen Patti' before '3 Idiots'." 
                Madhavan's next project is director Aanand L. Rai's "Tannu 
                  Weds Mannu". It is a romantic movie and he has teamed up 
                  with Kangana Ranaut in it.