Venu Arvind

Venu Arvind is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in television serials of K. Balachander and Kovai Anuradha. He initially gained popularity as lead hero of television serials with Costly Mappilai (1996), Green Signal (1997) both directed by Kovai Anuradha. Then K. Balachander directed him in Kadhal Pagadai (1997), Kasalavu Nesam (1999).

Venu Arvind
Born	(1965-11-09) 9 November 1965 (age 59)[1]
Occupation(s)	Stage artist, actor, dubbing artist, director
Years active	1985-present
Spouse	Shoba ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2 (Veena, Vijay)

He played the leading antagonist Ranga in the television soap Alaigal which was super successful and his role is popular among the audiences even now.^[2]

He debuted as a director with the film Sabash Sariyaana Potti. He has been married to Shoba since 1987 and the couple have two children, a daughter, Veena and a son, Vijay. He was the first TV actor to win kalaimamani award in 2007.^[3]

Filmography

Films

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1983	Muthu Engal Sothu
1984	Nyayam Ketkiren
1985	Andha Oru Nimidam	Inspector Raju
1985	Pagal Nilavu	Devarajan's son
1985	Padikkadha Pannaiyar	Pannaiyar's son
1998	Iniyavale
2000	Alai Payuthey	ACP Arumugam
2001	Ennavalle	Kumar
2001	Narasimha
2006	Vallavan
2007	Naalaiya Pozhuthum Unnodu	Sakthi's uncle
2007	Vegam
2008	Megam
2010	Azhukkan Azhagakiran
2011	Sabash Sariyana Potti		also director
2021	Oh Manapenne!	Karthick's father

As director

• Sabash Sariyana Potti (2011)

As dubbing artist

Year	Title	Actor	Language	Notes
1984	Kadamai	Arjun	Tamil	[4]
1985	Vilangu Meen	Hariprasad
1990	Paadagan	Kamal Haasan		Dubbed Version
1994	May Madham	Vineeth
1999	Kaadhal Vaangi Vanthen	Aravind Khathare		Teleserial

Television serials

Television series	Year	Role	Notes
Nilapenn			1990s, Doordarshan Chennai
Sivamayam		Detective Pandiyan
Costly Maapilai	1996	Kalyanraman	This serial made him a household name.
Green Signal	1997		Boosted his popularity even more.
Rishimoolam
Raghuvamsam
Kadhal Pagadai	1997	Raj Babu	As Varadarajan's lovestruck brother in love with Sithara (Mohini)
Kasalavu Nesam	1999	Gautham
Alaiosai	2001–2004
Vazhkkai	2000–2001	Prabhakar
Irandaam Chanakyan	2001-2002	Thiagarajan / Kumar	As the main antagonist
Alaigal	2001–2003	Rangarajan "Ranga/Raja"	Venu Arvind earned acclaim for his portrayal of the anti-hero Ranga who avenges his aunt Kalyani (Vadivukkarasi) and her family for disinheriting his mother
Agnisakshi	2002
Janani	2003
Adugiran Kannan	2003-2005	Arvind Krishna
Sivamayam	2004–2005	Pandian
Selvi / Arasi	2005–2009	Ganesan Jayadev "GJ/Deva"
Manjal Mahimai	2007–2008	Sanjay
Vani Rani	2013–2018	Bhoominathan
Kuttiz	2018–2019	Rajeev
Chandrakumari	2019	Neelakantan
Thayamma Kudumbathaar	2024 – present	Velmurugan