Venu Thottempudi

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Venu Thottempudi
Venu Thottempudi.jpg
Thottempudi in 2011
Born (1976-06-04) 4 June 1976 (age 45)[1]
Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other namesVenu
OccupationActor
Years active1999–2013
Spouse(s)Anupama Choudary[2]

Venu Thottempudi (born 4 June 1976) is an Indian film who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in several successful Telugu films as a lead actor.

Career[]

After finishing his engineering from Dharwad Engineering College, Thottempudi 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 Thottempudi , his friend Venkata Shyamprasad formed S. P. Entertainments. Under this banner, in 1999 Thottempudi 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 Thottempudi won a Nandi Special Jury Award for the movie. Thottempudi became well known for his dialogue delivery, timing, expressions and clear portrayal of emotions.[citation needed] In 2000, Thottempudi won at the boxoffice once again with Chiru Navvuto. 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 Navvuto became one of the milestones in Thottempudi 's career.

After a couple of successful films, Thottempudi received several offers.[citation needed] 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, Thottempudi 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] Thottempudi was also seen in N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s movie Dammu, directed by Boyapati Srinu.

Filmography[]

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1999 Swayamvaram Venu
2000 Venu
2000 Chiru Navvuto Venu
2001 Venu
2000 Durga Pratap
Pottu Amman Tamil film
2001 Hanuman Junction Sathru
2002 Surya
2003 Kalyana Ramudu Kalyana Ramudu
2003 Pellam Oorelithe Subbu
2003 Pellamtho Panenti Madhu
2004 Kushi Kushiga Sree Kumar
2004 Cheppave Chirugali Venu
2005 Sadaa Mee Sevalo Tilak
2006 Illalu Priyuralu Venu
2006 Sri Krishna 2006 Venkateshwarlu
2007 Bahumati Venkata Ramana
2007 Allare Allari Anand
2007 Yamagola Malli Modalayindi Jr. Chitragupta
2008 Deepavali Venu
2008 Chintakayala Ravi Srikanth
2009 Gopi Gopika Godavari Gopi
2011 Leela Krishna
2012 Dammu Rama Chandra's brother in law
2013 Ramachari

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Film Result
2000 Nandi Awards[11] Special Jury Award for Best Performance in Debut film Swayamvaram Won

References[]

  1. ^ "date of birth". Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.flyingelephant.co.uk/cornerhouse/anupamaprofile.html
  3. ^ "Pella Oorelithe". IMDB. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Kalyana ramudu". IMDB. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Sadaa Mee Sevalo". IMDB.
  6. ^ "bahumati". IMDB. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Allare Allari". IMDB. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Gopi Gopika Godavari". IMDB. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Mayagadu". IMDB.
  10. ^ "Ramachari". SuperGood.
  11. ^ "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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