Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venu Gopal, known popularly by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, is an Indian actor writer and director.He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema Venu was born as Venugopal to P. K. Kesavan Nair-a school master- and P. Kunjikkuttiyamma in Nedumudi, Alappuzha as the youngest of their five children. He has four elder brothers. He had his primary education from N S S Higher Secondary School, Nedumudi, and St. Mary's Higher Secondary School,Champakulam. He was involved in art and music since his academic period. After graduating from Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha, he worked as a journalist in Kalakaumudi and as a teacher in a tutorial institute. Venu was living in Thiruvananthapuram when he made friends with the likes of Aravindan, Padmarajan, and Bharath Gopi. This ultimately paved way for his film career. He is a talented Mridangam player. Venu started his career in theater and went on to act in films. He was a member of Kavalam Narayana Panicker's dramas. He debuted in the film Thambu (1978) by director G. Aravindan. His acting skills were showcased in the Bharathan film Aaravam. Padmarajan's Oridathoru Phayalwan and Kallan Pavithran set a milestone for him. It marked his start in karanavar (head of the family) roles, which included most of his memorable performances. Venu also wrote scripts for movies. He wrote the stories for the films Kattathe Kilikkoodu, Theertham, Sruthi, Ambada Njane, Oru Katha Oru Nunnakkatha, Savidham, and Angane Oru Avadhikkalathu. He also tried his hand in direction with Pooram. He has also acted in a few Tamil films with director Shankar, such as Kamal Hasan's Indian and Vikram's Anniyan. Venu has also acted in some television serials. He acted in NFDC film Parinamam (The Change), directed by P. Venu that won the best screenplay award at the Ashdod International Film Festival held in Israel. He won the Best Actor award for his role in Saira at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival which concluded in September 2007; Saira was the only film from India to be included in the festival. The committee mentioned that he acted compellingly and convincingly in his portrayal of a man caught between secularism and fundamentalism.
Movies starring Nedumudi Venu (435)
Krishnaswamy
Retd. Colonel Nair
Mohan
Iravippilla
Sreedharan Master
Kaali’s Father
Kurukkan Ponnappan
Vembu Iyer
Gangadharan
Adv. Louis
Vasudeva Kaimal
Basheer
Krishnan Nair
Scobo Jhons
Ramavikraman Namboodiri
Appooppan
Pappu Pilla
Rajaram
Chief Editor
Ckak Menon
Venukuttan Nair
Narayanan
Kunjammadu Sahib
Valliyottu Thirumeni
Bahadur
Father Dixon
Nobilettan
Damodharji
Rama Moorthy
Ramakrishnan
Gamer
Philipose
Gowdar
Govindankutty Maashu
Kunjoonju
Madhava Menon
Annadurai
Padmanabhan Embranthiri
Freddy Uncle
Sivaraman Nair
Parthasarathy Iyengar
Ravunni Nair
Aalakkal Govindanashan
Gopalan Menon
Sekharan Thampi
Mathew Varghese
Father Palaykkal
Krishnankutty Menon
Kochantony
Blind 'Thampuran'
Fernandez
Principal
Sankunni Nair
Kumaran
Vasukutty
Delhi Pappachan
Rajamanikkam
Dr. Subhash
Vellayudhachan
Balagopalan
Dhanapalan
Nair
Krishnasamy
M. K. Nair
Dominic Fernandes
Periya Shasthri
Ranganna
Adv. Bharathan
Aashaan
Balan Mashu
Balan Poduval
Fr.vattappara
Kesavankutty
Ananthan Mashu
Fr. Puthenthara
Kumaran
Thambi
Rama Warrier
Fr. Felix
Madhavan Ezhuthachan
Devan Nair
Chellappan
Viswanathan
Nicholas
Himself
Ramettan
Naradhan
Venu
Sasidharan
Shekharan
Tharavadu Karanavar
Kunjan Nair
Unnikrishnan
The Priest
Johnny
Invisible Kuttichatan (Voice)
Ravunni Menon
Govindankutty
Raghavan
Dr. George
Vijayan
Sreeni
Paramu
Movies Made by Nedumudi Venu (8)
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