This story is from September 25, 2019

Telugu actor Venu Madhav passes away

Telugu actor Venu Madhav passes away
Venu Madhav
HYDERABAD: Telugu film actor Venu Madhav passed away on Wednesday afternoon. He was undergoing treatment for kidney ailment at a private hospital in Secunderabad. He was on ventilator for a long time. Doctors said he passed away at 12.21pm.
Venu Madhav, popular as a mimicry artist, entered the film industry through the film ‘Sampradayam’ directed by SV Krishna Reddy in 1997.
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The same year he also acted in ‘Master’.
Venu Madhav also produced a film titled ‘Premabhishekam’ playing the lead role in it. He was introduced as lead actor in the film ‘Hangama’ also directed by SV Krishna Reddy. His other popular films include ‘Toli Prema’, ‘Dil’, ‘Laxmi’, ‘Simhadri’, ‘Chathrapathi’. His last film was ‘Rudramadevi’.
While acting in films, he also appeared as host in several television shows. Some of his other films include ‘Thammudu’, ‘Andhrawala’, ‘Venky’, ‘Shankardada MBBS’ and ‘Mahananandi’.
Venu Madhav, who hails from Kodad in Nalgonda, also tried his luck in politics with his association with Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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