As Padmanabhan Embranthiri

Nedumudi Venu
Born
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.
Filmography (454)


As Parthasarathy Iyengar
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Samoothiri
TMDb 5.7 / 10
As Dasan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
As Chacko

As Menon
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Secretary of Kerala Kala Mandiram Institute
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Chirukandan's Father
TMDb 5.8 / 10

As Lecturer
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Kumaran
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Chief Editor
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Vichu's Grandfather
TMDb 2.9 / 10

As Adv. Louis
TMDb 4.4 / 10

As Fr. Puthenthara
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Moosa Settu
TMDb 7.4 / 10


As Sankaran Potti
TMDb 3.4 / 10

As Kuttan Pillai
TMDb 7.2 / 10

As Keerikkad Chellappan Nair
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Prof. Seetha Raman
TMDb 3.5 / 10

As Appu Nair
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Invisible Kuttichatan (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Devan
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Sreekrishnan Thampuran
TMDb 7.6 / 10
As Kunjan Nair
TMDb 6.3 / 10

As Manisankar Iyer
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Lathika's Uncle
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Chandikunju
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 6.3 / 10

As Teacher
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As The Priest
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Thomas
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As Nedumudi Venu
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Krishnasamy
TMDb 3.1 / 10

As Adv. Santhosh Narayan
TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Work Shop Master
TMDb 7.8 / 10
As Vasudevan Chakyar
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Ravunni Master
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Damu
TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Chellappan
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Narayanan
TMDb 5.6 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Justice Krishnamoorthy
TMDb 7.2 / 10

As Dr. George

As Appu
TMDb 7.8 / 10

As Maharaja Udayavarma
TMDb 7.5 / 10
As Fr.Vattappara
TMDb 7.9 / 10

As Ustad Ali
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Swaminathan
TMDb 4.6 / 10

As Achuthanunni
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Judge Ramakrishnan
TMDb 5.4 / 10
As Xavier
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Panchayat president
TMDb 4.0 / 10

As Panikker
TMDb 9.0 / 10
As Unnikrishnan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Mahendra Varma
TMDb 2.2 / 10

As Paul Raj
TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Viswanathan
TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Kunjammadu Sahib
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Shekharan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Grandfather
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Pavithran
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As CKAK Menon
TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Chathukutti Bhagavathar
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As Krishnan Nair
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Gopalettan
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Unni
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Thampy
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Jameskutty Chacko
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As M. K. S. Warrier
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As "Society" Gopalan
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Aasan
TMDb 6.8 / 10


As Scobo Jhons
TMDb 4.3 / 10

As Nicholas
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Panikker

TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Thiruvithamkodu Thirumanassu
TMDb 1.9 / 10

As Kunjikannan Nair
TMDb 8.0 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Selvan Moopan
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Prabhakaran Thampi
TMDb 7.6 / 10

TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Dasan
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Sankunni Nair
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Vakkachan
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Valiya Thampuran
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Ravunni Menon
TMDb 6.3 / 10

As Antony
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Rajaguru
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Krishnanunni
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Naradhan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Balagopalan
TMDb 8.3 / 10

As Madhavan Ezhuthachan
TMDb 6.3 / 10

As Krishnanunni
TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Minister
TMDb 7.9 / 10

TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Sivadasa Menon
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Jeevan Masai

As Ramanathan
TMDb 7.2 / 10

TMDb 5.7 / 10

As Chathukutti
TMDb 8.5 / 10

As Purushothaman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
As Ravi
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Unnikannan Nair
TMDb 6.9 / 10

As Dhanapalan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Mr Nayyar
TMDb 10.0 / 10


TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Ambotty
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Manikutty's Father
TMDb 6.6 / 10

As Raman Nair
TMDb 5.9 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Adv. Bharathan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

TMDb 10.0 / 10

As SI Kochappu
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As God
TMDb 2.8 / 10
As Ramettan
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Rajaram

As The Headmaster
TMDb 7.0 / 10


As Himself
TMDb 6.0 / 10
As Kesavankutty
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Devan Nair
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Sultan
TMDb 6.3 / 10

As Baaghavatar
TMDb 6.6 / 10
As Balan Poduval
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Gopi
TMDb 5.8 / 10
As Vijayan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Tourist Guide
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Ranganna
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Gamer

As Usha's Father
TMDb 7.7 / 10

As Charlie
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Pradees's Uncle
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Sakhavu
TMDb 8.5 / 10

As Kurukkan Ponnappan
TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Kunjunni
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Principal
TMDb 6.6 / 10

As Father Palaykkal
TMDb 6.5 / 10
As Fernandez
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Father John
TMDb 7.1 / 10

As Appunni
TMDb 8.0 / 10
As Annadurai
TMDb 0.5 / 10
As Sreeni
TMDb 8.0 / 10
As Venu
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Kaali’s father
TMDb 4.2 / 10

As Davis
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Sree Thankappan Nair
TMDb 7.8 / 10

As Kunjappan
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Govindankutty Maashu
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Madhava Menon
TMDb 4.5 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Venu
TMDb 8.5 / 10

As Thoma
TMDb 6.1 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10
TMDb 10.0 / 10


As Balagopalan
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Venu Menon
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Fr. Thayyil
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Thambi
As K. P. Menon

As Sreedharan Nair
TMDb 3.8 / 10

As K.R.Sathyanathan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Johnie
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Sivaramakrishnan Nair

As Major Nair
TMDb 5.9 / 10

As Aditya Varma
TMDb 8.0 / 10
As Aravindan
TMDb 10.0 / 10


As Fr. Felix
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As Venkita Ramayyar
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Ravunni Nair
TMDb 8.0 / 10
As Aalakkal Govindanashan
TMDb 6.4 / 10

As Ravunni Nair
TMDb 7.0 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Dominic Fernandes
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Kurian Fernandez
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Karunakara Menon
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As Ramakrishnan
TMDb 5.7 / 10

As Krishnasamy
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Doctor
TMDb 3.6 / 10

As Sivaraman
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Ravi
TMDb 7.5 / 10
As Rama Warrier
TMDb 10.0 / 10
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As 'Romance' Kumaran
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Adv. Srinivasan
TMDb 7.6 / 10

TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Philipose

As Damodara Panicker
TMDb 2.0 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Madhavan Nair
TMDb 5.6 / 10

As Ramankutty Iyer
TMDb 5.9 / 10

As Aashaan
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Govindan Master
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Damodharji
TMDb 2.7 / 10

As Vembu Iyer
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Head master
TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Sreekandan Nair
TMDb 7.8 / 10

As Sreedharan Master
TMDb 3.9 / 10

As Udhaya Varma
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Blind 'Thampuran'
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Madhavan
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Kaimal
TMDb 7.9 / 10

As Balakrishnan Nair
TMDb 5.1 / 10

As Padmanabhan
TMDb 7.5 / 10


As Nobilettan
TMDb 6.4 / 10

As Thankachan, Antony's father
TMDb 3.8 / 10

As Madhavan Nair

As Dr. E. K. Sudharshan
TMDb 4.4 / 10

As Iravippilla
TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Krishnan Nair
TMDb 7.8 / 10

As Ft. Dominic
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Rajagopalan Thampy
TMDb 3.5 / 10

As Muppil Kunjambu Nair
TMDb 4.1 / 10
As Tharavadu Karanavar
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Kumaren Nair
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Swaminathan
TMDb 4.8 / 10
As Periya Shasthri
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As C.P. Vasudevan
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Balan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
As Muthappan

As Dr. Unni Krishnan
TMDb 7.8 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Mohan
TMDb 6.4 / 10

As Mathew Varghese
TMDb 4.2 / 10
As Vellayudhachan
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Thampuran
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Pillai
TMDb 5.6 / 10

As Havildar Vasudevan
TMDb 5.1 / 10

As Kuriakose
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Warrier
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Kabooliwala (Ameer)
TMDb 7.2 / 10

As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Kuriachen
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Vasudeva Kaimal
TMDb 3.1 / 10

As Retd D.I.G (Uncle Tom)
TMDb 7.1 / 10

TMDb 4.3 / 10

As Charlie
TMDb 9.0 / 10
As Krishnaswamy

TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Scariah
TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Menon
TMDb 5.8 / 10


As Vasu Kumar
TMDb 9.0 / 10


As Retd. Colonel Nair
TMDb 3.3 / 10

As Appukutty Nair
TMDb 7.1 / 10
As Dr. Balagopal

As CM Chandrashekharan
TMDb 5.1 / 10

As Balan Nambyar
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Valliyottu Thirumeni
TMDb 3.8 / 10

TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Ramavikraman Namboodiri

As Father Felix
TMDb 5.1 / 10

As Warrier
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Sivaraman Nair
TMDb 2.4 / 10

TMDb 5.7 / 10

As Father Dominic
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As George Paul
TMDb 6.8 / 10

As Aravindan
TMDb 7.3 / 10

As Vasudevan
TMDb 5.6 / 10

As Rajappan
TMDb 6.2 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Hameed

As Dr. Subhash
TMDb 6.3 / 10

As Kumaran Nair / Radhakrishnan (dual role)
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Hassan Bhai
TMDb 6.8 / 10


As Andrews Perreira
TMDb 2.1 / 10

As Moopan
TMDb 6.9 / 10

As Basheer
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Unni Thampuran
TMDb 7.1 / 10

As Prabhakara Varma
TMDb 5.9 / 10

As Madhavan Nair
TMDb 5.3 / 10

As Kashi
TMDb 2.9 / 10

As Doctor
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Kochantony
TMDb 5.8 / 10

As Driver Nair
TMDb 6.9 / 10

As Secretary
TMDb 8.0 / 10
As Kuttan Thampuran
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Prasad's father
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Jailer
TMDb 6.9 / 10

As Chief Minister Janardhanan Kurup
TMDb 3.2 / 10

As Menon
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Shekharan
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Kuttiraman
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Shikhandi Pillai
TMDb 8.5 / 10

As Padmanabhan Master
TMDb 6.9 / 10

As Subramaniam
TMDb 6.6 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 4.0 / 10

As Bahadur
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Chellappanasar
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Jabbar
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Gauri's father
TMDb 4.1 / 10

As Nambiar
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Shekaran IAS
TMDb 5.1 / 10

As Rama Moorthy
TMDb 7.4 / 10
As Sukumaran

As Gopalan Menon
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Venukuttan Nair
TMDb 6.4 / 10

TMDb 8.5 / 10

TMDb 10.0 / 10


As K.P./ Advocate Immanuel / Kurian Paulose / Kumara Panickker
TMDb 4.6 / 10

As Dr. Korah
TMDb 3.9 / 10

As Chekkodu Swamy
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Moidu
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Pappu Pilla
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Murugan
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Seythalavi
TMDb 7.3 / 10
TMDb 10.0 / 10


As Narayana Iyer
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Andrews
TMDb 8.4 / 10

As Shivathanu
TMDb 1.0 / 10
As Gowdar
TMDb 4.0 / 10

As Samson
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As Old Man
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Manikunju
TMDb 4.7 / 10

As Meppattor Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri
TMDb 4.1 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Ramankutty
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Venu
TMDb 9.0 / 10
As M. K. Nair
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Iyer
TMDb 3.7 / 10

As Kumaran
TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Lebba Sahib
TMDb 5.3 / 10

As Achuthankutty Nair
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Palazhi Sivasankarappilla
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As P.K Nambiithiri
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Dr. Sibi Joseph
TMDb 4.8 / 10

As Denver Aashan
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Krishnankutty Menon
TMDb 6.6 / 10

As Raghavan Mash
TMDb 5.4 / 10

As Sadanadan Pillai
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Keshavan Namboothiri
TMDb 5.8 / 10
As Mukundan

As Sekharan Thampi
TMDb 4.6 / 10

As Captain Nair
TMDb 4.0 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Kumaran
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Gangadharan
TMDb 4.7 / 10

As Aasan
TMDb 5.8 / 10

As Varmaji, Radha's Grand father
TMDb 3.2 / 10


TMDb 4.0 / 10

As Kunjoonju
TMDb 4.5 / 10

TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Retd. Justice Chandrashekara Menon
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 10.0 / 10

TMDb 4.8 / 10
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Teacher
TMDb 6.9 / 10

As Doctor Krishnakumar
TMDb 6.1 / 10

As Vasudevan Kartha

TMDb 5.8 / 10

As Rajamanikkam
TMDb 6.2 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As V. G. Sadasivan
TMDb 3.9 / 10
As Paramu
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Rama Varma Thampuran
TMDb 5.8 / 10

As Priest
TMDb 8.0 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Kunnel Pappan
TMDb 5.9 / 10

As Delhi Pappachan
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Unni
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Father Dixon
TMDb 5.6 / 10

As Ramdas
TMDb 7.5 / 10
As Govindankutty
TMDb 10.0 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Maathu

TMDb 5.0 / 10

As M.K. Nair
TMDb 2.3 / 10
As Nair
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Kosara Bhairavan
TMDb 9.0 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Appooppan
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Karnavar
TMDb 3.0 / 10

As John Matthew
TMDb 7.4 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Madhavan
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 10.0 / 10
As Krishnan Nair

As Madhavan Nair
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Krishnan Unni
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Professor Varma
TMDb 9.0 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Johnny
TMDb 8.0 / 10
TMDb 2.0 / 10
As Mohan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Vasu
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Dr. K. K. Menon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Freddy Uncle
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Gandhi Gangadharan Pillai
TMDb 5.3 / 10


As Kaarackal Easwaran Namboodiri

TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Maruthu
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Ramappan Namboothiri
TMDb 4.4 / 10

As Ummini
TMDb 6.0 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10
As Viswanathan
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Unnithan Muthalali
TMDb 2.7 / 10
As Raghavan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
TMDb 9.0 / 10
As Vasukutty
TMDb 3.3 / 10

As Onachan
TMDb 3.0 / 10

As Haridas' father
TMDb 8.5 / 10

As Sasidharan
TMDb 4.8 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Shivasankara Menon

As Balan Mashu
TMDb 10.0 / 10
As Ananthan Mashu
TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Balu
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Potty
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Father

As Raghavan
TMDb 7.7 / 10


As Dr Kuriakose
TMDb 10.0 / 10
TMDb 9.0 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Overseer Sundaresan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb