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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Venu Thottempudi
| image = Venu Thottempudi.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|06|04}}<ref>{{cite web|title=date of birth|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4x6nj_Voab0J:gotelugu.com/venu-thottempudi+&cd=43&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a|access-date=19 November 2011}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Ongole]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| spouse = Anupama Choudary<ref>http://www.flyingelephant.co.uk/cornerhouse/anupamaprofile.html</ref>
| website =
| othername = Venu
| yearsactive = 1999–2013
}}

'''Venu Thottempudi''' (born 4 June 1976) is an Indian film actor who primarily works in [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu cinema]]. He has acted in several successful Telugu movies as a lead actor.

==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 (actress)|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.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} In 2000, Venu 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 (Indian actress)|Shaheen Khan]] was produced once again by S. P. Entertainments. ''[[Chiru Navvuto]]'' became one of the milestones in Venu's career.

After a couple of successful films, Venu received several offers.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} 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 (film)|Hanuman Junction]]'' directed by [[M. Raja]] and ''Pellam Oorelithe'' directed by [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pella Oorelithe|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339504/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> 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]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Kalyana ramudu|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375886/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> directed by noted Tamil director, Vikraman. His next releases were ''[[Sadaa Mee Sevalo]]'' (2005) directed by [[G. Neelakanta Reddy|Neelakanta]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sadaa Mee Sevalo|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649401/|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> ''[[Bahumati]]'' directed by [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=bahumati|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1579931/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> and ''[[Allare Allari]]'' directed by Muppalaneni Siva.<ref>{{cite web|title=Allare Allari|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601798/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2007, his movie ''[[Yamagola Malli Modalayindi]]'' co-starring [[Meka Srikanth|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 (actor)|Venkatesh]]. In 2009 he was seen in ''[[Gopi Gopika Godavari]]'' directed by [[Vamsy]] and co-starring [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gopi Gopika Godavari|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810626/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> In 2011, Venu was seen in Dileep Polan's ''Mayagadu'' opposite [[Charmy Kaur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayagadu|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4713594/|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> His next release was titled ''Ramachari'' and directed by Eshawar. He is paired with [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]] in this movie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ramachari|url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/30661/tollywood/venu-ramachari-audio-released-today-events-details|publisher=SuperGood}}</ref> Venu was also seen in [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]]'s movie ''[[Dammu]]'', directed by [[Boyapati Srinu]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role(s) !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|| 1999 || ''[[Swayamvaram (1999 film)|Swayamvaram]]'' || Venu ||
|-
|| 2000 || [[Manasu Paddanu Kaani]] || Venu ||
|-
|| 2000 || ''[[Chiru Navvuto]]'' || Venu ||
|-
|| 2001 || [[Veedekkadi Mogudandi?]] || Venu ||
|-
|rowspan = '2'| 2000 || ''[[Pottu Amman (film)|Durga]]'' ||rowspan = '2'| Pratap ||
|-
| ''[[Pottu Amman (film)|Pottu Amman]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film
|-
|| 2001 || ''[[Hanuman Junction (film)|Hanuman Junction]]'' || Sathru ||
|-
|| 2002 || [[Priyanesthama]] || 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 || ''[[Mayagadu]]'' || Leela Krishna ||
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Dammu]]'' || Rama Chandra's brother in law ||
|-
|| 2013 || [[Ramachari]] ||Ramachari ||

|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2000
| [[Nandi Awards]]
| [[Nandi Special Jury Award]]
| ''[[Swayamvaram (1999 film)|Swayamvaram]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1002353}}

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[[Category:Telugu people]]
[[Category:Telugu male actors]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Telugu comedians]]
[[Category:Indian male comedians]]
[[Category:Male actors in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]

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