Indian actor and screenwriter (1944–2021)
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu in 2008
Born Kesavan Venugopal
(1948-05-22 ) 22 May 1948Died 11 October 2021(2021-10-11) (aged 73) Alma mater Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha Occupations Years active 1972–2021 Works Full list Spouse T. R. Susheela Children 2
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by hisstage name Nedumudi Venu , was an Indian actor and screenwriter fromKerala , who predominantly worked inMalayalam cinema .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Malayalam and also inTamil , in a career spanning nearly five decades.[ 4] [ 5] National Film Awards , threeFilmfare Award South and sixKerala State Film Awards for his performances in various movies.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Venu was born as K. Venugopal atNedumudi in theAlappuzha district ofKerala to P. K. Kesava Pillai, a schoolmaster, and P. Kunjikkuttiyamma, on 22 May 1948. He was the youngest of five sons born to his parents.
Venu studied at Nair Samajam School in Nedumudi and at St. Mary's School in Champakulam.[ 10] [ 11] B.A. inMalayalam atSanatana Dharma College ,Alappuzha .[ 12] Kalakaumudi magazine and taught at a tutorial college before moving into theater and movies.[ 13] [ 14]
Venu was married to Susheela in 1982. The couple has two sons: Unni and Kannan.[ 2] [ 15] [ 16]
From leftNedumudi Venu , Innocent, Mohanlal and Mukesh, on the main stage of the general body meeting of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists. Venu died atKIMS Hospital inThiruvananthapuram on 11 October 2021, at the age of 73. He was receiving treatment forliver cancer prior to his death and died fromCOVID-19 complications.[ 17] diabetes , which complicated his condition.[ 18] [ 19] [ 1] [ 20]
2015 –Best Actor In A Negative Role –Oru Second Class Yatra
2007 – Second Best Actor –Thaniye[ 24] 2007 – Lifetime Achievement Award/Prathibha Puraskaram ^a b "നെടുമുടി വേണു അന്തരിച്ചു; വിടവാങ്ങിയത് അഭിനയത്തിന്റെ അതുല്യ പ്രതിഭ" .Manoramanews . Archived fromthe original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved11 October 2021 .^a b Onmanorama Staff (11 October 2022)."Nedumudi Venu, who acted in 500 movies and won 3 national awards, passes away at 73" .Manorama Online . Retrieved11 October 2022 . ^ ലേഖകൻ, മാധ്യമം (11 October 2022)."നെടുമുടി വേണു അന്തരിച്ചു" .Madhyamam (in Malayalam). Retrieved11 October 2022 . ^ Chandran, Mangala (1987).Cinema in India . Vol. 3.National Film Development Corporation . ^ Parameswaran, Biju (30 July 2015)."Remembering Bharathan's magical trip on celluloid" .Malayala Manorama Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved18 August 2015 . ^ "Bring theatre to the people: Nedumudi Venu" .The Hindu . 21 September 2008.Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved18 April 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.^ "Votary of good cinema" .The Hindu . 6 April 2007.Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved18 April 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.^ "In the role of an actor" .The Hindu . 27 June 2008 – via www.thehindu.com.^ "Another year of plenty for Malayalam cinema" .The Hindu . 11 June 2008.Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved18 April 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.^ "Here's how Nedumudi Venu recalled his journey as an actor" .Here’s how Nedumudi Venu recalled his journey as an actor .^ "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal" .cinidiary.com .Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved6 May 2015 .^ B, Shibu (7 October 2021)."Nedumudi Venu: Hero of character roles" .The New Indian Express . ^ B, Shibu (7 October 2021)."Nedumudi Venu: Hero of character roles" .The New Indian Express . ^ "Here's how Nedumudi Venu recalled his journey as an actor" .Here’s how Nedumudi Venu recalled his journey as an actor .^ archive, From our online (15 May 2012)."Veteran actor Nedumudi Venu's son married" .The New Indian Express . ^ Us, GNFollow."നെടുമുടി വേണുവിന്റെ മകൻ കണ്ണൻ വിവാഹിതനായി- വീഡിയോ" .Asianet News Malayalam (in Malayalam). ^ "Nedumudi Venu dies at 73 owing to COVID complications; celebs bid farewell to Malayalam actor" . 11 October 2021.^ Jeevan Ravindran (11 October 2021)."Nedumudi Venu, acclaimed Indian film actor, dies aged 73" .CNN . Retrieved12 October 2021 . ^ "National Award winning actor Nedumudi Venu passes away" .The Times of India . Retrieved11 October 2021 .^ "Kerala's thespian Nedumudi Venu laid to rest with state honours" .Mathrubhumi . Archived fromthe original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved7 December 2021 .^ "35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners : Santosh : Free Download &…" .archive.is . 5 February 2017. Archived fromthe original on 5 February 2017.^ "Nedumudi Venu 35th Annual Filmfare Best Actor Malayalam Special : san…" .archive.is . 5 February 2017. Archived fromthe original on 5 February 2017.^ Competition Science Vision . Retrieved24 November 2017 .^ " . ArtKerala.com. Archived fromthe original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved11 August 2011 .^ "TV Award for Nedumudi" .The Hindu the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved11 August 2011 .^ "Sathyan Award presented" .The Hindu the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved11 August 2011 .^ "Bahadur Award for Nedumudi" .The Hindu the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved11 August 2011 .^ "Metro Film Society to screen Saira" .The Hindu Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved17 December 2017 .
1984–2000 2001–2020 2021–present
1978–1980 1981–2000 2001–2020 Panoi-Jongki (2001) Jyothirmayi (2002) H. G. Dattatreya andNedumudi Venu (2003) Gurdas Maan andPradeep Nair (2004) – (2005) Thilakan andProsenjit Chatterjee (2006) – (2007) – (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan(2010) Mallika andSherrey (2011) Lal ,H. G. Dattatreya ,Bishnu Kharghoria ,Parineeti Chopra ,Tannishtha Chatterjee , Hansraj Jagtap, andThilakan (2012) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai, andAnjali Patil (2013) Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, andParth Bhalerao (2014) Rinku Rajguru ,Jayasurya , andRitika Singh (2015) Kadvi Hawa Mukti Bhawan Adil Hussain , andSonam Kapoor (2016) Pankaj Tripathi ,Parvathy ,Prakruti Mishra , and Yasharaj Karhade(2017) Sruthi Hariharan , Chandrachoor Rai,Joju George , andSavithri Sreedharan (2018) Sajin Babu,Benjamin Daimary , Lata Kare andAbhijeet Mohan Warang (2019) Aimee Baruah , Kavya Prakash,Siddharth Menon ,Kishor Kadam and Varun Buddhadev(2020) 2021–present
1972–1989 1990–2009 2010–present
1983–1989 1990–1999 2001–2010 2011–2018 2020–present
1969–1980 1981–2000 2001–2020 2021–present
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