Venkatesh debuted through Kaliyuga Pandavulu in 1986. With just two years of acting under his belt, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam directed by Kasinadhuni Viswanath. Varasudochadu, released in the same year, was another successful hit. After a few flops, he got a break in the form of Bobbili Raja. This movie included a delightful performance by Divya Bharati, with good comedy and melodious music. Bobbili Raja was a musical hit and also entertained all types of audience members because of its good family entertainment quality. Venkatesh has also worked with famed Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam, which was a huge success at the box office.
Chanti, a remake of Tamil movie Chinna Thambi, was released in 1991. Chanti was definitely a challenging project and it was a box office hit benefitting his career. His recent films, Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule and Tulasi are big hits. This year he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan and acted in a movie called Eenadu,which released in 18 September.However the movie got average talk but still it is doing good business all over. His next movie is Namo Venkatesa directed by Sreenu Vytla is going to release next year.
Venki is very intense in his work. He is known to be very down to earth and a spiritual person. He believes in positive thinking and very professional. He is one of the best and well-known comedy hero of the Telugu film industry, and at the same time for many serious roles and action movies like Gharshana, Lakshmi,Tulasi etc. He also achieved 7 Nandhi awards apart from other awards.
