M. V. Vasudeva Rao
Also Known As: M. V. Vasudeva Rao, M V Vasudeva Rao, M.V. Vasudeva Rao, Mudabidri Venkat Rao 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1920
Deathday: March 22, 2002
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Gender: Male
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Bombay
Overview: A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1995-03-10
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Oka Oori Katha
Overview: A father living on the fringes of a village believes that working is a fool's errand, for the lord takes what little the workers make. When a young woman enters their home, tensions begin to rise and their idle life is threatened. The film is based on the story ‘Kafan’ by Munshi Premchand
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-04-01
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Aparichitha
Overview: Prakash, a story writer, goes to a mysterious village to find his missing business partner. However, things take a turn for the worse after he learns that his partner has been murdered.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-06-30
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Avan Thaan Manidhan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-31
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Nalladhoru Kudumbam
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Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-03
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Huli Banthu Huli
Overview: Film starring M V Vasudeva Rao and Ramakrishna.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Tiger Dancer
Overview: Every year, Ghunuram takes time off from his job to prepare for and appear in a folk dance in his village. His special part of the performance is called the Tiger Dance. This year is special, too; he hopes to become engaged to the daughter of his fellow performer. But a circus with a newly captured leopard has come into town. What's worse, the woman Ghunuram had hoped to woo has gone gaga over a circus performer. Not to be outdone, he prepares for a last, tragic, performance in which the tiger meets the leopard. Winner of the National Film Award for Best Picture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1989-04-01
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Chomana Dudi
Overview: Choma is an untouchable bonded-labourer in a village who is working along with his family for a landlord, as he belongs to a backward class. Due to his social status, he is not allowed to till his own land, something that he desires most. Though he managed to rear a pair of bullocks that he found straying in the forest, he cannot use them to till the land. He comes in contact of Christian missionaries who try to convert him giving him the lure of the land, but Choma does not want to let go of his faith. He releases the fury that fate has beset on him, by beating his drum.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Nayakan
Overview: Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1987-10-21
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Pallavi Anu Pallavi
Overview: A man falls in love with an older woman who is separated from her husband. As he struggles between the demands of a relationship and those of society, he also tries to find the definition of love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1983-01-14
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Vasham
Overview: Vasham explores the concept of science and ancient mystic knowledge, and dual nature of man - good and bad, through the lives of two people, Arvind and Dr. Vibuthi Nag.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 2017-08-04
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