Vennira Aadai Moorthy | |
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Born | Moorthy 25 July 1936 |
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 1965–2018 |
Spouse | Manimala (m.1966) [1] |
Children | 1 |
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Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) [2] is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. [3] He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. degree in addition to a PhD in astrology. [4] He is married to actress Manimala who played Suhasini's mother in Sindhu Bhairavi and the heroine in Vallavanukku Vallavan (1965). He is also a well known script-writer. Kamal Haasan's first full-fledged film as hero Maalai Sooda Vaa , had Murthy as a script writer. [5]
He is especially remembered for his Sunday TV Show 'Meendum Meendum Sirippu', which aired on Sun TV for 11 years. [6] The show had a comical take on common household themes involving slapstick and wordplay, usually ending with a social message. Moorthy wrote much of the material himself, in addition to starring on the show. He has Also written 11 books off which 1 in English and 10 in Tamil which includes "Super market" "Jokes Dairy" and "Nambamudiyadha Nambikkaigal" are noted few.
Moorthy was born on 25 July 1936 in British India. He is the youngest of seven children of Parents Chidambaram K. R. Nataraja Sastri, Thiruvaduthurai Sivakami The Father a criminal lawyer. [5] He sought to follow in his father's footsteps and studied law, but ultimately never became a lawyer. After completing his BL, he obtained employment as a sales representative of Remington Rand. Moorthy left the job because it involved excess touring, and struggled to find a new job. [4] He had a brief stint at AMJain college, Meenambakkam Chennai as tutor in department of English. He taught Shakespeare plays in 1959–1960.[ citation needed ]
After leaving Remington Rand, Moorthy met his friend Chakravarthy, an associate of filmmaker C. V. Sridhar, and told him about his desire to act. Chakravarthy, who had previously seen Moorthy act on stage, told Sridhar about him, [4] and Moorthy made his film debut in Vennira Aadai (1965). [7] It was after the success of this film that he came to be known as Vennira Aadai Moorthy.
Year | Name of Television Show | Role | Network |
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2024 | Super Singer Season 10 | Guest | Star Vijay |
Meendum Meendum Sirippu | Sun TV |
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