Venkat (actor)

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Venkat
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Born
Venkat Manohar [1]
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

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

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Career

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. [2] 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). [3] Regarding his performance in Annayya, a critic wrote that "Venkat is slightly on a backfoot as for as the dialogue delivery is concerned". [4] He played supporting roles in Bhalevadivi Basu (2001), Anandam (2001), Siva Rama Raju (2002) and Madhyanam Hathya (2004). [5] 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". [6] He fractured his left leg while shooting for Kurukshetram. [7]

He made his Hindi film debut under the stage name of Viraaj Kumar with the moderately successful Rafta Rafta – The Speed (2006) and made his comeback as a lead in Telugu with the thriller Konchem Kothaga (2008), which had a low-key release and received positive reviews from the audience. [8] [9] He played a police officer in Aa Aiduguru (2014). [10] After a gap of six years, he returned with Run (2020) in the role of a cop. [11]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
1998 Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi Raju
1999Velugu NeedaluGopi [12]
2000 Annayya Gopi
Prema KosamChandu [13]
Yuvaraju Vamsi
2001 Bhalevadivi Basu Sagar
Anandam Vamsi [14]
2002 Siva Rama Raju Rama Raju
2003 Charminar Nandu
2004 Madhyanam Hathya Rohit [5]
2006 Rafta Rafta – The Speed Akshay Hindi film
credited as Viraaj Kumar		 [15]
Thrill [16]
2007 Madhumasam PeterCameo appearance [17]
2008Konchem KothagaVenkat [18]
2009 A Aa E Ee VenkatCameo appearance [19]
Saleem Krish [20]
2013Khatarnak Gallu[ citation needed ]
2014 Aa Aiduguru Thota Chakravarthy [21]
Mana KurraleAppu [22]
2020 Run Bharath [23]
2021 Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Narasimha Yadav [24]
2023 Organic Mama Hybrid Alludu HimselfCameo appearance
2024 Maa Nanna Superhero Circle Inspector
2025 OG †

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef
2020 Loser Raghavender Zee5 Season 2; cameo appearance [25]
2021 The Baker and the Beauty Lakshmi Aha [26]

References

  1. ↑ "Alitho Saradaga | Venkat (Actor) | 7th March 2022 | Full Episode | ETV Telugu". YouTube . 7 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Telugu Cinema Etc - Idlebrain.com". www.idlebrain.com.
  3. ↑ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Sivaramaraju - Hari Krishna, Jagapathy Babu, Mounica, Venkat,Sivaji,Poonam, Kanchi Kaul, Laya - Samudra". www.idlebrain.com.
  4. ↑ "Idle Brain". www.idlebrain.com.
  5. 1 2 "The Hindu : Softie hunk set for a second innings". 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Telugu cinema review - Charminar - Venkat, Abhirami, Prakah Raj - Sagar - Ghantadi Krishna". www.idlebrain.com.
  7. ↑ "Venkat injured". Idlebrain.com . 11 November 2003.
  8. ↑ "Venkat interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film hero". www.idlebrain.com.
  9. ↑ "Venkat's on seventh heaven". The Times of India . 5 July 2008.
  10. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Venkat- Aa Aiduguru will change everything for me". 123telugu. 2 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (29 May 2020). "'Run' review: Navdeep tries to save this lacklustre psychological thriller". The Hindu– via www.thehindu.com.
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160913153353/http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1999/Mar/5-mar-1999.pdf
  13. ↑ "Review: Prema Kosam". Sify . Archived from the original on 30 January 2005.
  14. ↑ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Anandam - Akash, Rekha, Tanu Roy & Venkat - Seenu Vytla - Usha Kiron Movies - Devi Sri Prasad". www.idlebrain.com.
  15. ↑ "Rafta Rafta – The Speed". Bollywood Hungama . 17 February 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Veeru K's Thrill with Ruthika". Idlebrain.com . 30 June 2004. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "Madhumasam - Telugu cinema Review - Sumanth, Sneha & Parvati Melton". www.idlebrain.com.
  18. ↑ "Press meet – Konchem Kothagaa". Idlebrain.com . 14 June 2008.
  19. ↑ "A AA E EE". www.123telugu.com.
  20. ↑ "Saleem film review - Telugu cinema Review - Vishnu Manchu & Ileana". www.idlebrain.com.
  21. ↑ "Review : Aa Aiduguru- Good Script with Bad Execution". www.123telugu.com. 4 July 2014.
  22. ↑ "Mana Kurralle review: Mana Kurralle (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com".
  23. ↑ "Lockdown Review : Run – Telugu film on AHA". 30 May 2020.
  24. ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (27 August 2021). "'Ichata Vahanamulu Nilupa Radu' movie review: This Sushanth and Meenakshi film required better writing". The Hindu– via www.thehindu.com.
  25. ↑ "OTT Review : Loser Season 2 – Telugu web series on Zee5". 21 January 2022.
  26. ↑ B, Satya (11 September 2021). "Review: The Baker and The Beauty". Gulte.
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