Venu Nagavally

Venu Nagavally (16 April 1949 – 10 September 2010) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director best known for his work in Malayalam film industry. He has directed 12 films.[1] Son of writer, commentator, and broadcaster Nagavally R. S. Kurup,[2] Venu has acted in about fifty films, directed films such as Sukhamo Devi (1986), Sarvakalashala (1987), Lal Salam (1990), and Aye Auto (1990), Aayirappara (1993) and scripted the commercially successful Kilukkam (1991). Venu Nagavally died at Thiruvananthapuram on 9 September 2010.[3]

Venu Nagavally
Venu Nagavally
Born
N. S. Venugopal

(1949-04-16)16 April 1949
Ramankary, Kingdom of Travancore, Dominion of India
(present day Alappuzha, Kerala, India)
Died9 September 2010(2010-09-09) (aged 61)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
SpouseMeera
Children1
Parents
  • Nagavally R. S. Kurup
  • Rajamma

Early life

Venu Nagavally was born on 16 April 1949 as the son of the noted play writer Nagavally R. S. Kurup and Rajamma. Ramachandran, Vasundara and Lalithambika are his siblings.[4] He completed his education from Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram and University College Trivandrum. He had a bachelor's degree in Politics and a Diploma in journalism. Venu Nagavally died at KIMS hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 September 2010 due to liver cirrhosis. He was 61 at the time of his death, and was cremated with full state honours at Santhikavadam crematorium on the same day. He is survived by his wife Meera and son Vivek.[5]

Career

Venu started his career as an announcer in Akashvani. He later sung a song in the movie Chottanikkara Amma (1976) but was noticed only in 1978 when he acted in the movie Ulkkadal (1979) directed by K. G. George, thus starting his acting career in movies.[6] His noted movies as an actor are Shalini Ente Koottukari, Meenamasathile Sooryan, Pakshe, and Chillu.

Venu's first movie as a director was Sukhamo Devi (1986) which he himself describes as his own tragical love story. Later he directed the superhit movies Lal Salam, Aey Auto, Aayirappara, Rakthasaakshikal Zindabad etc. Lal Salaam and Rakthasaakshikal Zindabad revolved around the lives of the early Communist leaders of Kerala.[7] It was his directorial projects like "Sughamo devi", "Sarvakalashala", "Aey Auto" and "Lal Salam" that cemented Mohanlal's status as a superstar, in the late 1980s.[8] Venu has also written scripts for a few movies including the Priyadarshan directed blockbuster movie Kilukkam.[9] His first movie as a script writer was Ee Ganam Marakkumo.

His oeuvre also had a strain of his left leanings; in addition to acting in films like Meenamasathile Sooryan (about the Kayyur revolt) and heading the production wing of a pro-left television channel, two of the films he directed – Lal Salam (1990) and Raksthasakhikal Zindabad (1998) – were an introspective look at the rise and fall of communist ideals. Venu examines these issues by dealing with the cracks in political movements, its hopes and later degeneration, create in human relationships.[10]

The movies for which he has sung songs include Chillu, Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude Chakki, Oru Painkilikatha out of which the song "Kochu Chakkarachi Pettu" from the movie Ente Ammu, Ninte Thulasi, Avarude Chakki became quite popular.[11]

Filmography

Actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
1978UlkkadalRahulan
1980Shalini Ente KoottukariPrabha
Aniyatha ValakkalRavi Shankar
Ishtamanu Pakshe
KalikaSadhan
Akalangalil Abhayam
1981Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan PillaRahim
Kaloopasana
TharattuUnni
Archana Teacher
KolangalCheriyan
1982Oru VilipadakaleVishnu
Kattile PattuDevan
KilukilukkamMurali
YavanikaJoseph Kollapally
Ithiri Neram Othiri Karyam
ChilluAnanthu
1983Eenam
Premnazirne Kanmanilla
ParasparamVishwanathan
Rugma
Kathi
Oru SwakaryamChandran
Omanathinkal
Prasnam GurutharamVenu
Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
April 18Advocate Thomachan
Adaminte VariyelluGopi
1984Panchavadi PalamJeemudhavahanan
Arante Mulla Kochu MullaJoy
Velichamillatha Veedhi
Swantham SarikaMurali
ThirakalBalan
Ente Nandinikutty
Oru Painkili KadhaGopi
1985Puzhayozhukum VazhiHari
Oru KudakeezhilUnni
Uyarukm Njan NadaakeVivek
Meenamasathile SooryanMatathil Appu
Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude ChakkiShakthi
Adhyayam Onnu MuthalRameshan Nair
1986Sunil Vayassu 20Jayakumar
Sukhamo DeviMan at the barCameo
Oru Katha Oru Nunnakkatha
Meenamaasathile SooryanAppu
VarthaDevan
1987Arinjo Ariyatheyo
TheerthamRadhakrishnan
1988Moonnam PakkamJayan
1989Crime Branch
DevadasDevadas
1994PaksheUnniyettan
Pavam IA Ivachan
MinnaramBaby
1998HarikrishnansVishwambharan
2004WantedKrishnadas
SathyamChief Minister
KaazhchaMagistrate
2005Deepangal SakshiAdvocate
PauranChief Minister
2006PathakaShekharji
Out of Syllabus
Photographer
Baba KalyaniV. Ninan
2007Anchil Oral ArjunanPadmanabhan
Heartbeats
Indraneelam
2008RoudramDoctor
2009BhagyadevathaAnto
2010College DaysRohit Menon's father
2013CareebeyansJosephPosthumously

As director
YearTitleStarring
1986Sukhamo DeviShankar, Mohanlal, Urvashi, Geetha
1987SarvakalashalaMohanlal, Sukumaran, Nedumudi Venu, Seema
1988AyithamMohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumaran, Ambika, Radha
1989SwagathamJayaram, Nedumudi Venu, Ashokan, Parvathi, Urvashi
1989Lal SalamMohanlal, Geetha, Murali, Urvashi
1990Aye AutoMohanlal, Rekha, Murali, Sreenivasan
1991Kizhakkunarum PakshiMohanlal, Shankar, Rekha, Murali
1993KalippattamMohanlal, Urvashi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan
1993AayirapparaMammootty, Urvashi, Madhu, Narendra Prasad
1995AgnidevanMohanlal, Revathi, Rohini Hattangadi, Captain Raju, Devan
1998Rakthasakshikal SindabadMohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Murali, Sukanya
2009Bharya Swantham SuhruthuJagathy Sreekumar, Urvashi, Mukesh, Padmapriya

Writer
  • Bharya Swantham Suhruthu (2009) (screenplay)
  • Vishnu (1994) (screenplay and dialogue)
  • Aayirappara (1993) (writer)
  • Kalippattam (1993) (writer)
  • Kilukkam (1991) (writer)
  • Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (1991) (screenplay and dialogue)
  • Aye Auto (1990) (writer)
  • Ardham (1989) (writer)
  • Sarvakalasala (1987) (screenplay and dialogue)
  • Sukhamodevi (1986) (writer)
  • Gayathri Devi Entae Amma (1985) (Screenplay)
  • Guruji Oru Vaakku (1985)
  • Daivathae Orthu (1985)
  • Ee Gaanam Marakkumo (1978) (screenplay)

Television
  • Ente Manasaputhri (Asianet)
  • Kadamattath Kathanar (Asianet)
  • Mizhi thurakumbol (Surya TV)
  • " Thinkalum Tharakangalum " (Amrita TV )
  • Marubhumiyil pookkalam
  • Ekaakini
  • Arohanam
  • Chitta (Surya TV)
  • Thanichu (Asianet)
  • Ohari
  • Kurukhetram
  • Gandhari
  • Mangalyam (Asianet)
  • Manaswini ( DD Malayalam)
  • Thalolam (Asianet)
  • Ellam Mayajaalam (Asianet)
  • Kannan Vannengil ( Surya TV )

References
  1. ആന്റണി, സാലു (16 March 2018). "മാനുഷികത നിറഞ്ഞ നാഗവള്ളി ചിത്രങ്ങൾ : Director Special". Deepika (in Malayalam). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. "Manorama Online | Movies | Nostalgia |". www.manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
  3. "Malayalam Cinema Bids Adieu To Venu Nagavally". 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  4. "Nagavally R.S.Kurup dead". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 December 2003. Archived from the original on 9 January 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  5. "Malayalam Cinema Bids Adieu To Venu Nagavally". 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  6. "വേണു നാഗവള്ളി അന്തരിച്ചു". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  7. "Malayalam actor and director Venu Nagavally dies". 9 September 2010.
  8. "Writer, actor, director Venu Nagavally dead". 9 September 2010.
  9. "Malayalam actor, director Venu Nagavally dead". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  10. "The unconventional hero". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
  11. "ആ സ്‌നേഹത്തണലില്‍, Flash Back - Mathrubhumi Movies". www.mathrubhumi.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011.
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