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{{Infobox musical artist <br />
| name = Nerella Venu Madhav<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|12|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Warangal]], [[Hyderabad state]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|06|19|1932|12|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Warangal]], [[Telangana]], India<br />
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| genre = [[Impressionist (entertainment)|Impressionist]]<br />
| occupation = Mimicry <br />
| years_active = 1947–2015<br />
| website = {{url|http://www.nerellavenumadhav.com/}}<br />
| background = non_performing_personnel<br />
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'''Nerella Venu Madhav''' (28 December 1932 – 19 June 2018) was an Indian [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]] and [[ventriloquist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/28/stories/2007122857040600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231162819/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/28/stories/2007122857040600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-31|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Archive News|date=2007-12-28|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/maestro-of-mimicry/article3917353.ece|title=Maestro of mimicry|last=Srihari|first=Gudipoodi|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> He rose to popularity imitating celebrities, politicians, local [[dialect]]s, [[Nizam]]s and was the first to perform at the [[United Nations]] headquarters. He started a diploma course at Telugu University, a first in the world. He is often regarded as father of Indian mimicry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Warangal-Tab/2016-12-29/Mimicry-artist--Nerellas-84th-bday--celebrated/270939|title=Mimicry artist Nerella’s 84th b’day celebrated|website=The Hans India|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> He is also hailed as the pioneer and maestro of mimicry in India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Nerella Venu Madhav was born in Mattewada, [[Warangal district|Warangal]], [[Hyderabad state]] to an industrialist, Hari and Srilakshmi. His father had a great admiration for literature. He completed his [[matriculation]] in 1950, and joined Warangal Arts and Science College for bachelor's degree in 1952. The principal of the college, B. V. Ram Narasu was very impressed by his talent, and even presented him with ₹60 as scholarship for good conduct, despite opposition from some lecturers. He encouraged him to take up mimicry. As a young boy, he used to play pranks by imitating people in his village to perfection. He used to mimic the people who visited his house and friends.<ref>https://telanganatoday.com/living-mimicry-legend</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Venu Madhav started his career in 1947 at the age of 16. He rose to popularity, coming from a village, imitating celebrities, politicians, local Telangana dialect. He worked as a school teacher in Mattewad Middle School in [[Hanamkonda]] in 1953. He also started and worked as a Mimicry faculty in Telugu University. He loved Telugu, Urdu and English literature, and greatly admired [[Indian classical music]].<br />
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He started his mimicry career with the voice of Telugu actor, [[Chittor Nagaiah]]. He performed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], English, [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and also musical instruments.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} He has toured all over the world and was popular for imitating world leaders, Hollywood celebrities and background score. His mimicry of a scene in the popular Hollywood movie, [[Mckenna's Gold]] was legendary. His imitation of Pritviraj Kapur in [[Mughal-e-Azam]]; imitation of Karunanidhi's voice using only one English word 'gibberish' was also very popular. He used to imitate tall personalities, without offending them. He received their validation for his perfection.<br />
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He was the first mimic in the world who performed at the [[United Nations|United Nations Organisation]], [[New York City]].<ref>Chalapathi Rao, I. V: "Mimicry and World Renowned Venumadhav", page 55. Vamsi Krishna Publications, 1999</ref><br />
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He was nominated as a [[Member of Legislative Council]] of Andhra Pradesh by the then [[Chief Minister]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in 1972 to '78. His birthday, 28 December, is celebrated as ''World Mimicry Day'' by some of his students.<br />
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He was encouraged by film producer, B. N. Reddy to act in films. He acted in 12 [[Tollywood (Telugu)|Tollywood]] movies like ''[[Gudachari 116]]'' starring Krishna and Jayalalitha.<br />
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He wrote a book on art of mimicry in Telugu language called ''Mimicry Kala''.<br />
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===Other honours===<br />
An auditorium in Warangal is named in his honour as ''Dr. Nerella Venu Madhav Kalaa Pranganam''. The venue hosted a mimicry festival on his 80th birthday, 28 December by [[Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation]] at Hanamkonda Public Gardens and was named in 2011.<ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/18/stories/2002111801200100.htm</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Venu Madhav died on 19 June 2018 at 10:30 AM in Warangal, after a brief illness. He lived all his life in Warangal.<br />
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The [[Government of Telangana]] accorded a [[state funeral]], the Chief Minister announced the building of an auditorium at [[Public Gardens, Hyderabad|Public Gardens]] with his statue and an educational institute to be named after him.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He married Shobhavati in 1975 and has two sons; Srinath and Radhakrishna; and two daughters, Vasanthi and Lakshmi Tulasi, a mimicry artiste and studied under her father.<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* [[Padma Shri]] for [[performing arts]] from the [[Government of India]] in 2001<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref><br />
* *[[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in 1981 by [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]] Chennai<br />
* [[Kala Prapoorna]] title from [[Andhra University]] (Vishakhapatnam) in 1978<br />
* Honorary Doctorates by Andhra University, [[Indira Gandhi National Open University|IGNOU]] and [[Kakatiya University]]<br />
* Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the ''Telugu Book of Records & Telangana Recordula Pustakam'' (The Book of Telangana Records) on his 83rd birthday, on 28 December 2015 at Hanumakonda.<ref>http://epaper.thehansindia.com/c/7878855</ref><br />
* Gajarohanam by [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam]]<br />
* Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) has named a street in Warangal city after him<br />
* [[Government of Telangana]] felicitation on [[Telangana Formation Day]] in 2018<br />
* [[India Post]] honored by releasing a postal cover in December 2017<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=WQYxAAAAIAAJ&q=nerella+venu+madhav&dq=nerella+venu+madhav&pgis=1 Viśva vikhyāta "Mimikrī" Samrāṭ Nēreḷḷa Vēṇu Mādhav, Book by Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911011226/http://mha.nic.in/aw2001.htm#::%20PADMA%20SHRI Govt. of India, Padmashri award winners of 2001]<br />
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