M. V. Vasudeva Rao

Biography

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.

Known For

Bombay

Aparichita

Nayakan

Acting

1995

Bombay

as

Vasudeva Rao

1977

A Hamlet's Tale

as

Venkaiah

1978

Aparichita

as

Ranggajja

1974

Avan Thaan Manidhan

as

1979

Nalladhoru Kudumbam

as

1978

Huli Banthu Huli

as

1989

Bagh Bahadur

as

Sibal

1975

Chomana Dudi

as

Choma

1987

Nayakan

as

Hussain Bhai

1983

Pallavi Anu Pallavi

as

2017

Vasham

as

1984

Huli Hejje

as

Production

Crew

Directing