What is Nedumudi Venu?
{{Infobox person | name = Nedumudi Venu | image = Nedumudi Venu 2008.jpg | caption = Nedumudi Venu in 2008 | birth_name = Keshavan Venugopal | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|5|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Nedumudi]], [[Travancore]] (now in [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], India) | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|11|1948|5|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]] | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|screenwriter}} | years_active = 1978 – 2021 | education = [[Sanatana Dharma College]] | parents = P. K. Kesavan Nair <br> P. Kunjikkuttiyamma | spouse = T. R. Susheela | children = 2 | website = }}'''Kesavan Venugopal''' (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), known by his stage name '''Nedumudi Venu''', was an [[India]]n [[actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/14070/|title=സിനിമയിലെ ജാതിക്കളി|access-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219073142/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/14070/|archive-date=19 December 2013|date=2 July 2008|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> He acted in more than 500 movies.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chandran |first=Mangala |date=1987 |title=Cinema in India |volume=3 |publisher=[[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]] }}</ref> He was born in [[Nedumudi]], [[Travancore]], [[India]]. His career began in 1978. His best known roles were in ''[[Aaravam]]'', ''[[Thakara]]'' and ''[[Manjil Virinja Pookkal]]''. Venugopal died on 11 October 2021 at a hospital in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India from [[liver failure]] caused by [[COVID-19]], aged 73.<ref>[https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2021/10/11/nedumudi-venu-health-condition-serious-hospital-icu-covid.html Nedumudi Venu, who acted in 500 movies and won 3 national awards, passes away at 73]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Venugopal, Kesavan}} [[Category:1948 bir