Venu Thottempudi
Thottempudi in 2011
Born (1968-06-04) 4 June 1968[1]
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other namesVenu
Occupation(s)Actor, businessman
Years active1999 – 2013
2022 - present
SpouseAnupama Choudary[2]

Venu Thottempudi (born 4 June 1968) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in several successful Telugu films as a lead actor from 1999 to the early 2000s.

Career

After finishing his engineering from Dharwad Engineering College, Venu started pursuing acting as his career. For his first acting job, he was cast as the main lead in a movie directed by Bharathiraja. After a brief period of shooting, the movie was stalled and later cancelled due to production problems. To promote Venu, his friend Venkata Shyamprasad formed S. P. Entertainments. Under this banner, in 1999 Venu started his career with the movie Swayamvaram, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar. Co-starring Laya, the movie was very successful at the box-office and Venu won a Nandi Special Jury Award for the movie. Venu became well known for his dialogue delivery, timing, expressions and clear portrayal of emotions. In 2000, Venu won at the box office once again with Chirunavvutho. G. Ramprasad, who earlier worked with B. Gopal as an assistant director, was roped in as the director for this movie. This movie co-starring Shaheen Khan was produced once again by S. P. Entertainments. Chiru Navvutho became one of the most successful Telugu movie in the year 2000 and received acclaim for Trivikram Srinivas's writing and Venu's performance as a chef whose marriage gets cancelled due to elopement of the bride.

After a couple of successful films, Venu received several offers. Later he appeared in a few unsuccessful films like Manasu Paddanu Kaani directed by Veeru and Veedekkadi Mogudandi? directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. He later bounced back with a couple of hits like Hanuman Junction directed by M. Raja and Pellam Oorelithe directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy.[3] In 2003, his movie Kalyana Ramudu, co-starring Prabhu Deva and Nikita Thukral, was directed by G. Ram Prasad. He also starred in Cheppave Chirugali,[4] directed by noted Tamil director, Vikraman. His next releases were Sadaa Mee Sevalo (2005) directed by Neelakanta,[5] Bahumati directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy[6] and Allare Allari directed by Muppalaneni Siva.[7]

In 2007, his movie Yamagola Malli Modalayindi co-starring Srikanth, Meera Jasmine and Reemma Sen was released. This movie was successful at the box-office. In 2008, he was seen in a small yet vital role in the movie Chintakayala Ravi starring Venkatesh. In 2009 he was seen in Gopi Gopika Godavari directed by Vamsy and co-starring Kamalinee Mukherjee.[8] In 2011, Venu was seen in Dileep Polan's Mayagadu opposite Charmy Kaur.[9] His next release was titled Ramachari and directed by Eshawar. He is paired with Kamalinee Mukherjee in this movie.[10] Venu was also seen in N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s movie Dammu, directed by Boyapati Srinu. After 9 years Venu was seen in Ravi Teja's movie Ramarao on Duty, directed by Sarath Mandava.

Filmography

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
1999SwayamvaramVenu
2000Manasu Paddanu KaaniVenu
ChirunavvuthoVenu
DurgaPratap
Pottu AmmanTamil film
2001Hanuman JunctionSathru
Veedekkadi Mogudandi? Sriram
2002Priya NestamaSurya
2003Malli Malli ChoodaliVenu
Kalyana RamuduKalyana Ramudu
Pellam OorelitheSubbu
Pellamtho PanentiMadhu
2004Kushi KushigaSree Kumar
Cheppave ChirugaliVenu
2005Sadaa Mee SevaloTilak
2006Illalu PriyuraluVenu
Sri Krishna 2006Venkateshwarlu
2007BahumatiVenkata Ramana
Allare AllariAnand
Yamagola Malli ModalayindiJr. Chitragupta
2008DeepavaliVenu
Chintakayala RaviSrikanth
2009Gopi Gopika GodavariGopi
2011MayagaduLeela Krishna
2012DammuRama Chandra's brother in law
2013RamachariRamachari
2022Ramarao on DutyCI Jammi Murali[11]

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2023 Athidhi Ravi Disney+ Hotstar [12]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result
2000 Nandi Awards[13] Special Jury Award for Best Performance in Debut film Swayamvaram Won

References

  1. ↑ "date of birth". Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Corner House".
  3. ↑ "Pella Oorelithe". IMDB. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Kalyana ramudu". IMDB. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sadaa Mee Sevalo". IMDB. 25 March 2005.
  6. ↑ "bahumati". IMDB. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Allare Allari". IMDB. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Gopi Gopika Godavari". IMDB. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mayagadu". IMDB.
  10. ↑ "Ramachari". SuperGood.
  11. ↑ Outlook (7 July 2022). "Venu Thottempudi's First Look From Ravi Teja-Starrer 'Ramarao On Duty' Is Out Now". Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  12. ↑ The New Indian Express (31 August 2023). "Venu Thottempudi set to make OTT debut with Athidhi". Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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