AVS (actor)

A. V. S.
A. V. S.
Born	Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam; 2 January 1957; Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	8 November 2013 (aged 56); Hyderabad
Known for	Rangu Paduddhi
Parent(s)	Veera Raghavayya; Shiva Kameswary

Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam (2 January 1957 – 8 November 2013) better known by his initials, A.V.S. was an Indian film; character actor, comedian, producer, director, and journalist known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema. A.V.S. is regarded as one of the finest comic actors of Telugu cinema, noted particularly for his comic dialogue delivery, and expressions. A.V.S. was starred in over five hundred feature films, and has garnered four state Nandi Awards, including Best Comedian, and Best character actor.^[4]

Early life and career

AVS was born on 2 January 1957 at Tenali town, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to the film industry by director Bapu through his film Mister Pellam in the year 1993. With this film, he became a comedy star in the Telugu film industry. For his role he received many awards including Nandi Award by Government of Andhra Pradesh. He won many private and Government awards for both in films and in TV shows. He produced two films: 'Uncle' and 'Ori Ni Prema Bangaaram Kanu…!'^[5] and directed 4 films, namely Super Heroes, Ori Ni Prema Bangaaram Kaanu..!, Room Mates, and Kothimooka.^[6] He was General Secretary of the Movie Artistes Association for 3 terms.^[7]

Death

AVS sustained kidney and liver trauma for some days. He had a liver transplant in 2008. He died on 8 November 2013 at his son's residence in Manikonda, Hyderabad after multiple organ failure.

Awards

Nandi Awards

Nandi Award for Best Character Actor - Kothimooka - 2011
Nandi Special Jury Award - Uncle - 2000
Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian - Subha Lagnam - 1994
Nandi Special Jury Award - Mr. Pellam - 1993

Selected Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2014	Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Charitra	Telugu
2014	Hum Tum - Telugu	Telugu
2013	Pavithra	Telugu
2013	Balupu	Telugu
2012	Denikaina Ready	Telugu
2009	Baanam	Telugu
2009	Bendu Apparao RMP	Telugu
2008	King	Telugu
2007	Yamagola Malli Modalaindhi	Telugu
2007	Madhumasam	Telugu
2007	Godava	Telugu
2006	Bangaram	Telugu
2006	Sri Ramadasu	Telugu
2005	Jai Chiranjeeva	Telugu
2005	Mahanandi	Telugu
2005	Veeri Veeri Gummadi Pandu	Telugu
2005	Radha Gopalam	Telugu
2005	Sankranthi	Telugu
2004	Shiva Shankar	Telugu
2004	Venky	Telugu
2004	Donga Dongadi	Telugu
2003	Shivamani	Telugu
2003	The Rite, a Passion	Telugu
2003	Gangotri	Telugu
2002	Indra	Telugu
2001	Subbu	Telugu
2001	Veedekkadi Mogudandi	Telugu
2001	Cheppalani Vundhi	Telugu
2001	Akasa Veedhilo	Telugu
2001	Adhipathi	Telugu
2001	Apparao Ki Oka Nela Thappindi	Telugu
2001	Devullu	Telugu
2000	Baachi	Telugu
2000	Jayam Manadera	Telugu
2000	Chitram	Telugu
2000	Yuvaraju	Telugu
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Telugu
2000	Kante Koothurne Kanu	Telugu
2000	Pelli Sambandham	Telugu
2000	Uncle	Telugu
1999	Postman	Telugu
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Telugu
1999	Sri Ramulayya	Telugu
1999	Raja	Telugu
1999	Yamajaathakudu	Telugu
1999	Samarasimha Reddy	Telugu
1998	Subhakankshalu	Telugu
1998	Paradesi	Telugu
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Telugu
1998	Maavidakulu	Telugu
1997	Adavilo Anna	Telugu
1997	Annamayya	Telugu
1997	Chinnabbayi	Telugu
1997	Chilaka Kottudu	Telugu
1997	Pelli Sandadi	Telugu
1997	Veedevadandi Babu	Telugu
1996	Vinodham	Telugu
1996	Intlo Illalu Vantaintlo Priyuralu	Telugu
1996	Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam	Telugu
1996	Ramudochhadu	Telugu
1996	Oho Naa Pellanta	Telugu
1996	Dharma Chakram	Telugu
1996	Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi	Telugu
1996	Rambantu	Telugu
1995	Subhamasthu	Telugu
1995	Vajram	Telugu
1995	Sisindri	Telugu
1995	Alluda Majaka	Telugu
1995	Ghatotkachudu	Telugu
1995	Rikshavodu	Telugu
1994	Punya Bhoomi Naa Desam	Telugu
1994	Super Police	Telugu
1994	Aame	Telugu
1994	Allari Premikudu	Telugu
1994	Bangaru Kutumbam	Telugu
1994	Pelli Koduku	Telugu
1994	Shubhalagnam	Telugu
1994	Yamaleela	Telugu
1993	Vaddu Bava Tappu	Telugu
1993	Ish Gup Chup	Telugu
1993	Madam	Telugu
1993	Mayalodu	Telugu
1993	Mr. Pellam	Telugu

References

^ "AVS- Biography". maastars.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ "AVS - Profile". Maastars.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "AVS Died". Filmcircle.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
^ "Popular Telugu actor Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam no more - Indian Express".
^ "AVS - Producer". indyarocks.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ "AVS - Directed Movies". telugumovietalkies.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ "Home".

External links

[1] "AVS- Biography". maastars.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[2] "AVS - Profile". Maastars.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "AVS Died". Filmcircle.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

[4] "Popular Telugu actor Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam no more - Indian Express".

[5] "AVS - Producer". indyarocks.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[6] "AVS - Directed Movies". telugumovietalkies.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[7] "Home".

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v t e Nandi Award for Best Character Actor
Nandi Awards
1994–2000	Krishnam Raju (1994) K. Viswanath (1995) Prakash Raj (1996) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1997) Kota Srinivasa Rao (1998) Mallikarjuna Rao (1999) Prakash Raj (2000)
2001–2010	Tanikella Bharani (2001) Nandamuri Harikrishna (2002) Prakash Raj (2003) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2004) Chandra Mohan (2005) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2006) Ahuti Prasad (2007) Mukku Raju (2008) L. B. Sriram (2009) AVS (2010)
2011–present	Sammeta Gandhi (2011) Ashish Vidyarthi (2012) Naresh (2013) Rajendra Prasad (2014) Allu Arjun (2015) Naresh (2016)
Category

v t e Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian
1985–1990	Suthi Velu (1985) Rallapalli (1986) Chandra Mohan (1987) Rallapalli (1988) Suthi Velu (1989) Suthi Velu (1990)
1991–2000	Babu Mohan (1991) Sudhakar (1992) Brahmanandam (1993) AVS (1994) Brahmanandam (1995) Brahmanandam (1996) M. S. Narayana (1997) Sudhakar (1998) M. S. Narayana (1999)
2001–2010	L. B. Sriram (2000) M. S. Narayana (2000) Sunil (2001) Suman Setty (2002) M. S. Narayana (2003) Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (2004) Sunil (2005) Venu Madhav (2006) Uttej (2007) Brahmanandam (2008) Vennela Kishore (2009) Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (2010)
2011–present	M. S. Narayana (2011) Raghu Babu (2012) Thagubothu Ramesh (2013) Brahmanandam (2014) Vennela Kishore (2015) Saptagiri (2016)

v t e Nandi Special Jury Award
1983–1990	Vijayachander (1983) Karthik (1987) Kallu Chidambaram (1988) Chiranjeevi (1988) Venkatesh (1988) Jagapathi Babu (1990)
1991–2000	Naresh (1992) Suman (1997) Ravi Teja (1999) Venu Thottempudi (1999) AVS (2000) Srihari (2000) Nagarjuna (2000) Manjula Ghattamaneni (2001) Mahesh Babu (2001)
2001–2010	Surya (2001) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2002) Ravi Teja (2002) Mahesh Babu (2002) Pavan Malhotra (2003) Saritha (2004) Mahesh Babu (2004) Allu Arjun (2004) Sneha (2005) Priyadarshini Ram (2005) Vadde Naveen (2005) Gangaraju Gunnam (2006) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Ram Charan (2007) Bhumika Chawla (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Anushka Shetty (2008) Genelia D'Souza (2009) Ram Charan (2009) Srikanth (2009) Manchu Manoj (2010) Sunil (2010) Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2010)
2011–present	Nagarjuna (2011) Charmy Kaur (2011) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2012) Lakshmi (2012) Gautham Vasudev Menon (2012) Anjali (2013) Nithya Menen (2015) Nani (2016)