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May 22, 1948
October 11, 2021
Alleppey, Travancore
Kesavan Venu Gopal, known popularly by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor, writer and director. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema. Venu was born as Venugopal to P. K. Kesavan Nair-a school master- and P. Kunjikkuttiyamma in Nedumudi, Alappuzha as the youngest of their five children. He has four elder brothers. He had his primary education from N S S Higher Secondary School, Nedumudi, and St. Mary's Higher Secondary School,Champakulam. He was involved in art and music since his academic period. After graduating from Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha, he worked as a journalist in Kalakaumudi and as a teacher in a tutorial institute. Venu was living in Thiruvananthapuram when he made friends with the likes of Aravindan, Padmarajan, and Bharath Gopi. This ultimately paved way for his film career. He is a talented Mridangam player. Venu started his career in theater and went on to act in films. He was a member of Kavalam Narayana Panicker's dramas. He debuted in the film Thambu (1978) by director G. Aravindan. His acting skills were showcased in the Bharathan film Aaravam. Padmarajan's Oridathoru Phayalwan and Kallan Pavithran set a milestone for him. It marked his start in karanavar (head of the family) roles, which included most of his memorable performances. Venu also wrote scripts for movies. He wrote the stories for the films Kattathe Kilikkoodu, Theertham, Sruthi, Ambada Njane, Oru Katha Oru Nunnakkatha, Savidham, and Angane Oru Avadhikkalathu. He also tried his hand in direction with Pooram. He has also acted in a few Tamil films with director Shankar, such as Kamal Hasan's Indian and Vikram's Anniyan. Venu has also acted in some television serials. He acted in NFDC film Parinamam (The Change), directed by P. Venu that won the best screenplay award at the Ashdod International Film Festival held in Israel. He won the Best Actor award for his role in Saira at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival which concluded in September 2007; Saira was the only film from India to be included in the festival. The committee mentioned that he acted compellingly and convincingly in his portrayal of a man caught between secularism and fundamentalism.

as Madhavan Mash

as Krishnasamy


as Retd. Colonel Nair

as Mohan

as Iravippilla

as Sreedharan Master

as Samoothiri

as Principal

as Vasudevan

as Judge Ramakrishnan


as Damodara Panicker

as Karnavar



as Kaali’s father

as Madhavan Nair

as Kurukkan Ponnappan

as Vembu Iyer


as Avhuthan's Father

as Adv. Srinivasan

as Adv. Santhosh Narayan


as Vasudeva Kaimal

as Selvan Moopan


as Basheer

as God


as George Paul


as Krishnan Nair

as Himself

as Scobo Jhons


as Ramavikraman Namboodiri

as Appooppan

as Justice Krishnamoorthy

as Pappu Pilla

as Rajaram

as Pillai

as Kunjappan

as Chief Editor

as CKAK Menon

as Shivathanu

as Vasu Kuttan

as Narayanan

as Kunjammadu Sahib

as Valliyottu Thirumeni

as Work Shop Master

as Kashi

as Bahadur


as Father Dixon

as Nobilettan

as Damodharji

as Rama Moorthy

as Ramakrishnan


as Kuriachen

as Gamer

as Thiruvithamkodu Thirumanassu

as Gopalettan

as Varmaji, Radha's Grand father

as Father John

as Thomas


as Onachan

as Manikunju

as Jabbar

as Subramaniam

as Philipose
as Krishnan Nair

as K.P./ Advocate Immanuel / Kurian Paulose / Kumara Panickker

as Panchayat president
as Gowdar

as Purushothaman

as Rajagopalan Thampy

as Govindankutty Maashu

as Old Man


as Thankachan, Antony's father

as Kunjoonju

as Sankaran Potti

as Dr. E. K. Sudharshan

as Madhava Menon

as Murugan

as Thoma

as Gauri's father


as Samson


as Doctor

as Govindan Master

as Head master

as V. G. Sadasivan

as Vasudevan Kartha

as P.K Nambiithiri

as Denver Aashan


as Kunnel Pappan
as Annadurai

as Unnithan Muthalali

as Shekaran IAS

as Kumaran

as Havildar Vasudevan

as Madhavan Nair

as Dr. Korah

as Father Dominic

as Kaarackal Easwaran Namboodiri
as Padmanabhan Embranthiri

as Palazhi Sivasankarappilla

as Moopan

as Iyer


as Ramankutty Iyer

as Freddy Uncle

as Driver Nair


as M.K. Nair

as Sadanadan Pillai

as CM Chandrashekharan

as Prabhakara Varma

as Andrews Perreira

as Vichu's Grandfather


as Panikker

as K.R.Sathyanathan

as Lebba Sahib

as Maathu

as Sivaraman Nair

as Captain Nair


as Mr Nayyar

as Madhavan Nair

as Ramappan Namboothiri

as "Society" Gopalan


as John Matthew

as C.P. Vasudevan

as Sreedharan Nair

as Teacher

as Meppattor Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri

as Muppil Kunjambu Nair

as Chief Minister Janardhanan Kurup

as Krishnan Nair

as Padmanabhan

as Keshavan Namboothiri


as Parthasarathy Iyengar

as Rama Varma Thampuran

as Ustad Ali

as Ravunni Nair

as Raghavan Mash
as Aalakkal Govindanashan

as Retd D.I.G (Uncle Tom)

as Dr. Sibi Joseph

as Kuriakose

as Venu Menon

as Gopalan Menon

as Doctor Krishnakumar

as Padmanabhan Master


as Sekharan Thampi

as Krishnan Unni

as Viswanathan

as Mathew Varghese

as Jailer

as Swaminathan

as Gandhi Gangadharan Pillai

as Menon

as Father Palaykkal

as Prasad's father

as Manikutty's Father

as Krishnankutty Menon

as Kochantony

as Retd. Justice Chandrashekara Menon

as Swaminathan

as Blind 'Thampuran'
as Fernandez

as Jeevan Masai

as Shivasankara Menon


as Menon

as Principal

as Baaghavatar


as Madhavan Nair

as Sankunni Nair


as Aravindan
as Aasan

as Kumaran
as Vasukutty

as Delhi Pappachan

as Rajamanikkam

as The Headmaster


as Dr. Subhash


as Thampuran

as Karunakara Menon

as Sultan
as Vellayudhachan


as Raman Nair

as Teacher

as Balagopalan

as Udhaya Varma


as M. K. S. Warrier

as Appu


as Dhanapalan

as Menon
as Nair



as Krishnasamy
as M. K. Nair


as Sreekandan Nair
as Dominic Fernandes
as Periya Shasthri

as Nambiar


as Ranganna
as Adv. Bharathan

as Ravunni Master

as Chathukutti Bhagavathar

as Fr. Thayyil
as Aashaan

as Ummini



as Panikker

as Sreekrishnan Thampuran

as Warrier

as Balan

as Thampy

as Kunjikannan Nair

as Balan Mashu
as Balan Poduval

as Fr.Vattappara



as Chekkodu Swamy

as Hassan Bhai

as Appukutty Nair

as Kabooliwala (Ameer)
as Kesavankutty

as Chathukutti
as Ananthan Mashu

as Fr. Puthenthara

as Moosa Settu

as Manisankar Iyer

as Madhavan

as Ft. Dominic


as Secretary of Kerala Kala Mandiram Institute

as Ambotty

as Haridas' father

as Balan Nambyar

as Kuttiraman

as Raghavan

as Kumaran

as Thambi

as Venkita Ramayyar
as Rama Warrier

as Jameskutty Chacko
as Fr. Felix

as Krishnanunni

as Ramanathan

as 'Romance' Kumaran

as Rajappan


as Unni Thampuran

as Madhavan Ezhuthachan

as Father Felix

as Warrier

as Madhavan

as Chandikunju

as Aditya Varma

as Maharaja Udayavarma

as Valiya Thampuran

as Unnikannan Nair

as Sivadasa Menon

as Scariah

as Prabhakaran Thampi

as Dr Kuriakose

as Doctor

as Kurian Fernandez
as Devan Nair

as Hameed
as Chellappan
as Viswanathan


as Shekharan

as Kaimal

as Grandfather

as Minister

as Rajaguru

as Tourist Guide


as Nicholas

as Himself

as Pradees's Uncle

as Kumaren Nair
as Ramettan

as Achuthankutty Nair


as Naradhan

as Lecturer

as Overseer Sundaresan


as Aasan

as Professor Varma

as Ravunni Nair


as Sivaramakrishnan Nair

as Venu

as Sasidharan

as Usha's Father

as Dr. Unni Krishnan



as SI Kochappu


as Shekharan

as Dr. K. K. Menon

as Chirukandan's Father

as Dasan

as Gopi
as Tharavadu Karanavar

as Kumaran Nair / Radhakrishnan (dual role)

as Appu Nair
as Kunjan Nair

as Keerikkad Chellappan Nair

as Priest

as Charlie

as Ramdas

as Sakhavu

as Andrews

as Sree Thankappan Nair


as Secretary
as Unnikrishnan

as Kuttan Pillai

as Himself


as Sivaraman

as Lathika's Uncle

as Johnie

as The Priest

as Johnny

as Shikhandi Pillai

as Invisible Kuttichatan (voice)

as Vakkachan


as Ravunni Menon

as Appunni
as Aravindan

as Potty


as Major Nair
as Govindankutty

as Venu

as Venu


as Nedumudi Venu

as Paul Raj

as Krishnanunni
as Raghavan

as Vasu Kumar

as Dr. George

as Antony
as Vijayan

as Achuthanunni

as Ravi

as Unni

as Charlie

as Narayana Iyer

as Vasu

as Balu
as Mohan
as Sreeni


as Damu

as Devan

as Dasan

as Balagopalan

as Unni


as Ravi
as Xavier

as Kosara Bhairavan
as Paramu



as Pavithran

as Ramankutty

as Seythalavi

as Father

as Chellappanasar

as Maruthu


as Krishnaswamy