Venu Arvind
Born (1965-11-09) 9 November 1965[1]
Occupation(s)Stage artist, actor, dubbing artist, director
Years active1985-present
Spouse
Shoba
(m. 1987)
Children2 (Veena, Vijay)

Venu Arvind is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in television serials of K. Balachander and Kovai Anuradha. He initially gained popularity as lead hero of television serials with Costly Mappilai (1996), Green Signal (1997) both directed by Kovai Anuradha. Then K. Balachander directed him in Kadhal Pagadai (1997), Kasalavu Nesam (1999).

He played the leading antagonist Ranga in the television soap Alaigal was a super successful and his role was popular among the audiences even now.[2]

He debuted as a director with the film Sabash Sariyaana Potti. He is married to Shoba since 1987 and the couple have two children, a daughter, Veena and a son, Vijay. He was the first TV actor to win kalaimamani award in 2007.[3]

Filmography

As actor
YearFilmRoleNotes
1983Muthu Engal Sothu
1984Nyayam Ketkiren
1985Andha Oru NimidamInspector Raju
1985Pagal NilavuDevarajan's son
1985Padikkadha PannaiyarPannaiyar's son
1998Iniyavale
2000AlaipayudheyACP Arumugam
2001EnnavaleKumar
2001Narasimha
2006Vallavan
2007Naalaiya Pozhuthum UnnoduSakthi's uncle
2007Vegam
2008Megam
2010Azhukkan Azhagakiran
2011Sabash Sariyana Pottialso director
2021Oh Manapenne!Karthick's father
As director
As dubbing artist
Television serials
Television seriesYearRoleDirectorNotes
Nilapenn1990s, Doordarshan Chennai
Sivamayam Detective Pandiyan Naga
Costly Maapilai1996KalyanramanKovai AnuradhaThis serial made him a household name.
Green Signal1997Boosted his popularity even more.
Rishimoolam
Raghuvamsam
Kadhal Pagadai1997Raj BabuK. BalachanderAs Varadarajan's lovestruck brother in love with Sithara (Mohini)
Kasalavu Nesam1999Gautham
Kaadhal Vaangi Vanthen1999Dubbing Voice for Aravind Khathare
Alaiosai2001–2004
Vazhkkai2000–2001PrabhakarVenkat
Irandaam Chanakyan2001-2002Thiagarajan / KumarBombay ChanakyaAs the main antagonist
Alaigal2001–2003Rangarajan "Ranga/Raja"Sundar K. VijayanVenu Arvind earned acclaim for his portrayal of the anti-hero Ranga who avenges his aunt Kalyani (Vadivukkarasi) and her family for disinheriting his mother
Agnisakshi2002
Janani2003Sundar K. Vijayan
Adugiran Kannan2003-2005Arvind KrishnaBadri
Sivamayam2004–2005Pandian
Selvi / Arasi2005–2009Ganesan Jayadev "GJ/Deva"Sundhar K.Vijayan and P. Samuthrakani
Manjal Mahimai2007–2008Sanjay K Rajeev Prasad
Vani Rani2013–2018BhoominathanC J Bhaskar
Kuttiz2018–2019RajeevPavithran
Chandrakumari2019NeelakantanO N Rathnam

References

  1. "Tamil Tv Actor Venu Arvind Biography, News, Photos, Videos".
  2. Chitra Swaminathan (24 March 2003). "Serialised success". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 April 2003.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. Parthasarathy, Anusha (19 April 2012). "The dark knight". The Hindu.
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