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.[1]
M. V. Vasudeva Rao | |
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Born | Mudabidri Venkat Rao Vasudeva Rao c. 1920 British India |
Died | 22 March 2002(2002-03-22) (aged 81–82) Bangalore, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor |
Awards | National Film Award for Best Actor (1975) Karnataka State Film Awards For Best Actor (1975-76) |
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 mostly played minor roles.[2]