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Indian actor and screenwriter (1944–2021) In this Indian name, the name Kesavan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venugopal.

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Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu in 2008
Born	Kesavan Venugopal (1948-05-22)22 May 1948 Nedumudi, Kingdom of Travancore, India
Died	11 October 2021(2021-10-11) (aged 73) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha
Occupations	Actor screenwriter
Years active	1972–2021
Works	Full list
Spouse	T. R. Susheela
Children	2

Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Malayalam and also in Tamil in a career spanning nearly five decades. He wrote screenplays and directed one film. Nedumudi Venu won three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Award South and six Kerala State Film Awards for his various performances in various movies.

Early life

Venu was born as Venugopal to P. K. Kesava Pillai, a school master and P. Kunjikkuttiyamma. He had his primary education from NS Higher Secondary School, Nedumudi, and St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Champakulam.

Venu was married to T. R. Susheela. The couple had two sons: Unni and Kannan.

Death

Venu died at KIMS Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on 11 October 2021, at the age of 73. He was receiving treatment for liver cancer prior to his death and died from COVID-19 complications. He also had diabetes, which complicated his condition. He was cremated with full state honours at Santhikavadam Crematorium in Thiruvananthapuram on 12 October 2021.

Filmography

Main article: Nedumudi Venu filmography

Awards

National Film Awards

1990 – Best Supporting Actor – His Highness Abdullah
2003 – Special Mention – Margam
2006 – National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over – Minukku

Kerala State Film Awards

1980 – Second Best Actor – Chamaram
1981 – Best Actor – Vida Parayum Munpe
1986 - Second Best Actor - Thalavattam
1987 – Best Actor – Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam
1990 – Special Jury Award – Bharatham, Santhwanam
1994 – Second Best Actor – Thenmavin Kombath
2003 – Best Actor – Margam

Kerala State Television Awards

2001 - Best Actor : Avasthatarangal

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

2007 – Second Best Actor – Thaniye
2007 – Lifetime Achievement Award/Prathibha Puraskaram

Other awards

2003 – Best Actor Award won in Television Gallup Poll conducted by University of Kerala union for Ragardram (Doordarshan)
2006 – Sathyan Award
2006 – Kalavedi International Prathibha Award was presented at Tagore Theatre, Trivandrum in 2006.
2007 – Bahadoor Award
2008 – Kala Ratnam Award of KALA Abu Dhabi
2011 – Serve India Media Award
2015 – Vanitha Film Award for Best Villain for Oru Second Class Yathra and Rudra Simhasanam
2007 – Saira – Best Actor award at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival

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v t e National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1984–2000	Victor Banerjee (1984) Dipankar De (1985) Suresh Oberoi (1986) Thilakan (1987) Pankaj Kapur (1988) Nana Patekar (1989) Nedumudi Venu (1990) P. L. Narayana (1991) Sunny Deol (1992) Paresh Rawal (1993) Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh (1994) Mithun Chakraborty (1995) Nana Patekar (1996) Prakash Raj (1997) Manoj Bajpayee (1998) Atul Kulkarni (1999) H. G. Dattatreya (2000)
2001–present	Atul Kulkarni (2001) Chandrasekhar (2002) Pankaj Kapur (2003) Haradhan Bandopadhyay (2004) Naseeruddin Shah (2005) Dilip Prabhavalkar (2006) Darshan Jariwala (2007) Arjun Rampal (2008) Farooque Shaikh (2009) Thambi Ramaiah (2010) Appukutty (2011) Annu Kapoor (2012) Saurabh Shukla (2013) Bobby Simha (2014) Samuthirakani (2015) Manoj Joshi (2016) Fahadh Faasil (2017) Swanand Kirkire (2018) Vijay Sethupathi (2019) Biju Menon (2020) Pankaj Tripathi (2021) Pavan Malhotra (2022)

National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1984–2000

2001–present

v t e National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)
Mrinal Sen and Muzaffar Ali (1978) – (1979) – (1980) – (1981) – (1982) Kumar Shahani (1983) – (1984) – (1985) Sandip Ray (1986) – (1987) Aamir Khan (1988) Mohanlal and Anupam Kher (1989) Anoubham Kiranmala (1990) Mamata Shankar and Raveendran (1991) Sibaprasad Sen (1992) Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Indradhanura Chhai (1993) Mahesh Mahadevan, Bishnu Kharghoria and S. Kumar (1994) Uttara Baokar, Rohini, and Benaf Dadachandji (1995) Dolon Roy and Bhagirathee (1996) Nagarjuna and Jomol (1997) Dasari Narayana Rao, Prakash Raj, and Manju Warrier (1998) Mohan Joshi, Manju Borah and Kavitha Lankesh (1999) – (2000) Panoi-Jongki (2001) Jyothirmayi (2002) H. G. Dattatreya and Nedumudi Venu (2003) Gurdas Maan and Pradeep Nair (2004) – (2005) Thilakan and Prosenjit Chatterjee (2006) – (2007) – (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan (2010) Mallika and Sherrey (2011) Lal, H. G. Dattatreya, Bishnu Kharghoria, Parineeti Chopra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Hansraj Jagtap, and Thilakan (2012) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai, and Anjali Patil (2013) Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, and Parth Bhalerao (2014) Rinku Rajguru, Jayasurya, and Ritika Singh (2015) Kadvi Hawa, Mukti Bhawan, Adil Hussain, and Sonam Kapoor (2016) Pankaj Tripathi, Parvathy, Prakruti Mishra, and Yasharaj Karhade (2017) Sruthi Hariharan, Chandrachoor Rai, Joju George, and Savithri Sreedharan (2018)

National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)

Mrinal Sen and Muzaffar Ali (1978)
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Kumar Shahani (1983)
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Sandip Ray (1986)
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Aamir Khan (1988)
Mohanlal and Anupam Kher (1989)
Anoubham Kiranmala (1990)
Mamata Shankar and Raveendran (1991)
Sibaprasad Sen (1992)
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Indradhanura Chhai (1993)
Mahesh Mahadevan, Bishnu Kharghoria and S. Kumar (1994)
Uttara Baokar, Rohini, and Benaf Dadachandji (1995)
Dolon Roy and Bhagirathee (1996)
Nagarjuna and Jomol (1997)
Dasari Narayana Rao, Prakash Raj, and Manju Warrier (1998)
Mohan Joshi, Manju Borah and Kavitha Lankesh (1999)
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Panoi-Jongki (2001)
Jyothirmayi (2002)
H. G. Dattatreya and Nedumudi Venu (2003)
Gurdas Maan and Pradeep Nair (2004)
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Thilakan and Prosenjit Chatterjee (2006)
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Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009)
K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan (2010)
Mallika and Sherrey (2011)
Lal, H. G. Dattatreya, Bishnu Kharghoria, Parineeti Chopra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Hansraj Jagtap, and Thilakan (2012)
Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai, and Anjali Patil (2013)
Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, and Parth Bhalerao (2014)
Rinku Rajguru, Jayasurya, and Ritika Singh (2015)
Kadvi Hawa, Mukti Bhawan, Adil Hussain, and Sonam Kapoor (2016)
Pankaj Tripathi, Parvathy, Prakruti Mishra, and Yasharaj Karhade (2017)
Sruthi Hariharan, Chandrachoor Rai, Joju George, and Savithri Sreedharan (2018)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actor
1972–1989	Madhu (1972) P. J. Antony (1973) Kamal Haasan (1974) Adoor Bhasi (1975) Madhu (1976) Madhu (1977) Kamal Haasan (1978) Prathap Pothan (1979) Prathap Pothan (1980) Nedumudi Venu (1981) Bharath Gopi (1982) Bharath Gopi (1983) Mammootty (1984) Mammootty (1985) Mohanlal (1986) Nedumudi Venu (1987) Mohanlal (1988) Premji (1989)
1990–2009	Mammootty (1990) Mammootty (1991) Murali (1992) Mohanlal (1993) Mohanlal (1994) Mohanlal (1995) Jayaram (1996) Mammootty (1997) Balachandra Menon (1998) Mohanlal (1999) Mammootty (2000) Jayaram (2001) Dileep (2002) Jayaram (2003) Mammootty (2004) Mohanlal (2005) Mammootty (2006) Mohanlal (2007) Lal (2008) Mammootty (2009)
2010–present	Mammootty (2010) Salim Kumar (2011) Fahadh Faasil (2012) Fahadh Faasil (2013) Mammootty (2014) Mammootty (2015) Nivin Pauly (2016) Fahadh Faasil (2017) Joju George (2018) Biju Menon (2020-2021) Kunchacko Boban (2022) Mammootty (2023)

v t e Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
1983–1989	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983) Sowcar Janaki (1984) Sivaji Ganesan (1985) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1986) P. Bhanumathi (1987) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1988) Ilaiyaraaja (1989)
1990–1999	Padmini (1990) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991) L. V. Prasad (1992) Gemini Ganesan (1993) K. Balachander, K. Viswanath, B. Saroja Devi, Madhu, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee (1994) Nagesh & Manorama (1995) Krishna & Sharada (1996) Nedumudi Venu & S. Janaki (1997) Allu Ramalingaiah & Lakshmi (1998) Pandari Bai & Mugur Sundar (1999) D. Ramanaidu & Sheela (2000)
2001–2010	M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001) K. Raghavendra Rao & Vishnuvardhan (2002) K. J. Yesudas & Vijayashanti (2003) K. R. Vijaya & Ramoji Rao (2004) Thilakan & Sukumari (2005) Krishnam Raju & P. Susheela (2006) Sivakumar & Jaya Prada (2007) Veturi (2008) Ambareesh & K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2009) Chiranjeevi & Jayasudha (2010)
2011–2018	S. P. Muthuraman & Seema (2011) Bapu & Vani Jairam (2012) Balu Mahendra & Jayabharathi (2013) I. V. Sasi & Radhika Sarathkumar (2014) Mohan Babu (2015) Vijaya Nirmala (2016) Kaikala Satyanarayana (2017) Hariharan (2018)
2020–present	Puneeth Rajkumar and Allu Aravind (2020–2021) Srinath (2023)

v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
1969–1980	Sathyan (1969) Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair (1970) Sathyan (1971) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1972) P. J. Antony (1973) Adoor Bhasi (1974) Sudheer (1975) M. G. Soman (1976) Bharath Gopi (1977) Sukumaran (1978) Adoor Bhasi (1979) Achankunju (1980)
1981–2000	Nedumudi Venu (1981) Bharath Gopi (1982–1983) Mammootty (1984) Bharath Gopi (1985) Mohanlal (1986) Nedumudi Venu (1987) Premji (1988) Mammootty (1989) Thilakan (1990) Mohanlal (1991) Murali (1992) Mammootty (1993) Thilakan (1994) Mohanlal (1995) Murali (1996) Suresh Gopi (1997) Murali (1998) Mohanlal (1999) O. Madhavan (2000)
2001–2020	Murali (2001) Oduvil Unnikrishnan (2002) Nedumudi Venu (2003) Mammootty (2004) Mohanlal (2005) Prithviraj Sukumaran (2006) Mohanlal (2007) Lal (2008) Mammootty (2009) Salim Kumar (2010) Dileep (2011) Prithviraj Sukumaran (2012) Fahadh Faasil and Lal (2013) Sudev Nair and Nivin Pauly (2014) Dulquer Salmaan (2015) Vinayakan (2016) Indrans (2017) Jayasurya and Soubin Shahir (2018) Suraj Venjaramood (2019) Jayasurya (2020)
2021–present	Biju Menon and Joju George (2021) Mammootty (2022)

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