“Nedumudi Venu sir’s is alright. He was shooting for a film lately,” an insider from the industry divulged to ETimes. The source also confirmed that the actor’s health is perfectly okay, and has no novel health condition.
Nedumudi Venu is one of the seasoned actors in M-Town. He began his career with theatre and drama and later ventured into movies. Nedumudi Venu debuted in Mollywood in 1978 with ace director G Aravindan’s film ‘Thambu’. The actor later went on to handle versatile roles and continues to surprise the audience with his flawless performances. His intricate acting skills have also attracted the attention of cinephiles outside Kerala. In his career spanning over four decades, Nedumudi Venu has been part of over 500 movies in Malayalam and Tamil languages.
The actor has also featured in an English movie titled ‘Chaurahen’. He has bagged two National awards, and a special Jury mention, and half a dozen of state film awards for his performances.
Nedumudi Venu is regarded as one of the finest actors in Malayalam cinema. His collaboration with Mohanlal has presented some priceless gems. ‘Thenmavin Kombath’, ‘ Bharatham’, ‘Thanmathram’ are some of their best movies together.
On the work front, Nedumudi Venu’s recent release was ‘Aanum Pennum’. The thespian appeared in the ‘Rani’ segment of the anthology. ‘Rani’ was directed by Aashiq Abu and written by Unni R, and it featured Nedumudi Venu and Kaviyoor Ponnamma as an old couple. Kaviyoor Ponnamma played a bedridden wife, while Nedumudi Venu, played her husband who makes a living out of some odd deeds.
On the work front, Nedumudi Venu will be next seen in ‘Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham’, directed by Priyadarshan.
