Venu Arvind

Venu Arvind
Born	(1965-11-09) 9 November 1965
Occupation(s)	Stage artist, television and film actor, dubbing artist, director
Years active	1985-present
Spouse	Shoba
Children	2 (Veena, Vijay)

Venu Arvind is a Tamil television and film actor. He is known for his roles in K. Balachander's television serials and as the leading antagonist Ranga in the television soap Alaigal. He debuted as a director with the film Sabash Sariyaana Potti. He is married to Shoba and the couple have two children, a daughter, Veena and a son, Vijay.

Career

Television serials

Television series	Year	Role	Director	Notes
Nilapenn				1990s, Doordarshan Chennai
Alaiosai
Rishimoolam
Raghuvamsam
Kadhal Pagadai	1997	Raj Babu	K. Balachander	As Varadarajan's lovestruck brother in love with Sithara (Mohini)
Kasalavu Nesam	1999	Gautham	K. Balachander
Agnisakshi	2002-04
Alaigal	2001-03	Ranga	Sundar K. Vijayan	Venu Arvind earned acclaim for his portrayal of the main antagonist Ranga who avenges his aunt (Vadivukkarasi) and her family for disinherting his mother
Irandaam Chanakyan	2002		Bombay Chanakya	As the main antagonist
Janani	2003		Sunder.K.Vijayan
"Vazhkkai"	2000-2001	Prabhakar	Venkat
Selvi / Arasi	2005-2009	G.J	Sundhar K.Vijayan and P.Samuthrakani
Vani Rani	2013	Bhoominathan	A. Ramachandran

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
1985	Pagal Nilavu	Tamil	Appeared as Sathyaraj's younger son
1985	Andha Oru Nimidam	Tamil	Appeared as Kamal Haasan's Brother
1985	Padikkaatha Pannaiyar	Tamil	Appeared as Sivaji Ganesan's son
1994	May Madham	Tamil	Dubbing artist only	Dubbed for Vineeth
2000	Alaipayudhey	Tamil	ACP Arumugam
2001	Ennavale	Tamil	Kumar
2006	Vallavan	Tamil
2007	Vegam	Tamil
2011	Sabash Sariyana Potti	Tamil		director