Popular Telugu actor and comedian, Venu Madhav died at a private hospital in Secunderabad on Wednesday, September 25 after suffering from kidney related ailments. The actor was aged 39.
The actor was hospitalised a day ago after the actor who was adviced to undergo a liver transplant by the doctors weeks ago, turned critical on Tuesday. Venu was was shifted to Intensive Critical Care Unit and put on life support system. However, he succumbed to the illness on Wednesday after battling for over 24 hours.
Tollywood is in utter shock on the untimely and sussed demise of Venu Madhav. His fans have taken to social media to pay their tributes to one of their favourite comedians.
Venu Madhav was born in Kodad of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh. Starting his career as a mimicry artist, Venu ventured into South-Indian films as a comedian. He made his debut in Telugu film industry with Sampradayam, which released in the year 1996. Later, he went on to star in nearly 200 films in Tamil
Last film he has worked on was Dr.Paramanandaiah Students, shot in 2016, but yet to be relaesed. In the last couple of years, Venu Madhav turned to politics an started campaigning for Telugu Desam Party. Last December, he showed interest in contesting the Assembly elections and even filed nomination papers from Kodad assembly constituency.
Details regarding his final rites and cremation will be announced shortly.
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