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Mudabidri Venkat Rao Vasudeva Rao ( 1920 – 22 March 2002) was an Indian actor. He entered the film world as a child actor in 1928. He won the
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at the
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for his role of Choma in the ''
Chomana Dudi Chomana Dudi ( kn, ಚೋಮನ ದುಡಿ, ''Choma's Drum'') is a feature film in the Kannada language. It is based on a novel of the same name, written by Shivaram Karanth. The film was released in the year 1975 and won the ''Swarna Kamal' ...
'' (1975), a film based on
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's novel of the same name. He played a prominent role in Shyam Benegal's Telugu film ''
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''. In Mrinal Sen's ''
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'' and Mani Rathnam's ''
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'', ''
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''. He acted in over 200 films in his career; however, post ''Chomana Dudi'', he mostly played minor roles.


Filmography

* ''
Chomana Dudi Chomana Dudi ( kn, ಚೋಮನ ದುಡಿ, ''Choma's Drum'') is a feature film in the Kannada language. It is based on a novel of the same name, written by Shivaram Karanth. The film was released in the year 1975 and won the ''Swarna Kamal' ...
'' (1975) * ''
Oka Oori Katha ''Oka Oori Katha'' (English title: The Marginal Ones; Telugu: ఒక ఊరి కథ) is a 1977 Indian Telugu-Language drama film directed by Mrinal Sen. The Pan-Indian film is based on the story ''Kafan'' by Munshi Premchand. The film was one o ...
'' (1977) * ''
Kondura ''Kondura'' / ''Anugraham'' is a 1978 Indian bilingual film directed by Shyam Benegal simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Marathi writer, Chintamani T. Khanolkar, the screen adaptation was mad ...
'' (1978) * ''
Nayakan ''Nayakan'' (; ) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language gangster film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. V. Vasu ...
'' (1987) * '' Bagh Bahadur'' (1989) * ''
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'' (1995) * ''
Dweepa ''Dweepa'' () is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film by Girish Kasaravalli, based on the novel of the same name by Na D'Souza. It stars Soundarya, Avinash and M. V. Vasudeva Rao in the lead roles. The film deals with the raging issue of buildin ...
'' (2002)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, M. V. Vasudeva Indian male film actors People from Dakshina Kannada district Tulu people Best Actor National Film Award winners 2002 deaths Male actors from Karnataka 20th-century Indian male actors 1920s births