Venkat is an Indian actor who works in Telugu-language films. He is best known for his work in Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi (1998).

Venkat
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Career

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Venkat is from Vijayawada and lived in Mumbai where he worked as a model during college and for his father's brand of shirts. His pictures in a magazine were noticed by Nagarjuna, who cast him in Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi after the film's director Y. V. S. Chowdary wanted a new cast. The film was a box office success and got Venkat further film offers.[1] His next films were the multistarrers Velugu Needalu (1999) and Prema Kosam (2000). During this period, he played Chiranjeevi's brother in Annayya (2000) and Jagapathi Babu's brother in Siva Rama Raju (2002).[2] Regarding his performance in Annayya, a critic wrote that "Venkat is slightly on a backfoot as for as the dialogue delivery is concerned".[3] He played supporting roles in Bhalevadivi Basu (2001), Anandam (2001), Siva Rama Raju (2002) and Madhyanam Hathya (2004).[4] He returned as a lead with Charminar (2003), which was a box office failure. Regarding his performance, a critic noted that "Venkat's good physique and histrionic talent are wasted in this thankless role".[5] He fractured his left leg while shooting for Kurukshetram.[6]

He made his Hindi film debut with Rafta Rafta (2006) and made his comeback as a lead with the thriller Konchem Kothaga (2008), which had a low-key release and received positive reviews from the audience.[7][8] He played a police officer in Aa Aiduguru (2014).[9] After a gap of six years, he returned with Run (2020) in the role of a cop.[10]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes Ref.
1998 Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi Raju
1999 Velugu Needalu Gopi [11]
2000 Annayya Gopi
Prema Kosam Chandu [12]
2001 Bhalevadivi Basu Sagar
Anandam Vamsi [13]
2002 Siva Rama Raju Rama Raju
2003 Charminar Nandu
2004 Madhyanam Hathya Rohit [4]
2006 Rafta Rafta Rahul Hindi film [14]
Thrill
2007 Madhumasam Peter Cameo appearance [15]
2008 Konchem Kothaga Venkat
2009 A Aa E Ee Venkat Cameo appearance [16]
Saleem Krish [17]
2013 Khatarnak Gallu
2014 Aa Aiduguru Tom Chakravarthy [18]
Mana Kurrale Appu [19]
2020 Run Bharath [20]
2021 Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Narasimha Yadav [21]
2023 Organic Mama Hybrid Alludu Himself Cameo appearance

Television

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref
2020 Loser Raghavender Zee5 Season 2; cameo appearance [22]
2021 The Baker and the Beauty Lakshmi Aha [23]

References

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  1. ^ "Telugu Cinema Etc - Idlebrain.com". www.idlebrain.com.
  2. ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Sivaramaraju - Hari Krishna, Jagapathy Babu, Mounica, Venkat,Sivaji,Poonam, Kanchi Kaul, Laya - Samudra". www.idlebrain.com.
  3. ^ "Idle Brain". www.idlebrain.com.
  4. ^ a b "The Hindu : Softie hunk set for a second innings". December 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01.
  5. ^ "Telugu cinema review - Charminar - Venkat, Abhirami, Prakah Raj - Sagar - Ghantadi Krishna". www.idlebrain.com.
  6. ^ "Venkat injured". Idlebrain.com. 11 November 2003.
  7. ^ "Venkat interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film hero". www.idlebrain.com.
  8. ^ "Venkat's on seventh heaven". The Times of India. 5 July 2008.
  9. ^ "Exclusive Interview: Venkat- Aa Aiduguru will change everything for me". 123telugu. 2 July 2014.
  10. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (May 29, 2020). "'Run' review: Navdeep tries to save this lacklustre psychological thriller". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160913153353/http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1999/Mar/5-mar-1999.pdf
  12. ^ "Review: Prema Kosam". Sify. Archived from the original on January 30, 2005.
  13. ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Anandam - Akash, Rekha, Tanu Roy & Venkat - Seenu Vytla - Usha Kiron Movies - Devi Sri Prasad". www.idlebrain.com.
  14. ^ "Rafta Rafta review: Rafta Rafta (Hindi) Movie Review - fullhyd.com".
  15. ^ "Madhumasam - Telugu cinema Review - Sumanth, Sneha & Parvati Melton". www.idlebrain.com.
  16. ^ "A AA E EE". www.123telugu.com.
  17. ^ "Saleem film review - Telugu cinema Review - Vishnu Manchu & Ileana". www.idlebrain.com.
  18. ^ "Review : Aa Aiduguru- Good Script with Bad Execution". www.123telugu.com. 4 July 2014.
  19. ^ "Mana Kurralle review: Mana Kurralle (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com".
  20. ^ "Lockdown Review : Run – Telugu film on AHA". May 30, 2020.
  21. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (August 27, 2021). "'Ichata Vahanamulu Nilupa Radu' movie review: This Sushanth and Meenakshi film required better writing". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  22. ^ "OTT Review : Loser Season 2 – Telugu web series on Zee5". January 21, 2022.
  23. ^ B, Satya (September 11, 2021). "Review: The Baker and The Beauty". Gulte.


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