Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1920
Mudabidri Venkat Rao Vasudeva Rao (c. 1920 – 22 March 2002) was an Indian actor. He entered the film world as a child actor in 1928. He won the Best Actor Award at the 23rd National Film Awards for his role of Choma in the Chomana Dudi (1975), a film based on Shivarama Karanth's novel of the same name.
He played a prominent role in Shyam Benegal's Telugu film Kondura. In Mrinal Sen's Oka Oori Katha and Mani Rathnam's Nayakan, Bombay. He acted in over 200 films in his career; however, post Chomana Dudi, he only played minor roles.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vasham | |
| 1995 | Bombay | Vasudeva Rao |
| 1989 | The Tiger Dancer | Sibal |
| 1987 | Nayakan | Hussain Bhai |
| 1984 | Huli Hejje | |
| 1983 | Pallavi Anu Pallavi | |
| 1979 | Nalladhoru Kudumbam | |
| 1978 | Aparichitha | Ranggajja |
| 1978 | Huli Banthu Huli | |
| 1977 | A Hamlet's Tale | Venkaiah |
| 1975 | Chomana Dudi | Choma |
| 1974 | Avan Thaan Manidhan |
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