Vennira Aadai Moorthy

Krishnamoorthy Nataraja Sastri, better known by his stage name Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936), is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. degree in addition to a PhD in astrology. He is married to actress Manimala. He is also a well known script-writer. Kamal Haasan's first full-fledged film as hero, Maalai Sooda Vaa, had Murthy as a script writer.

He is especially remembered for his Sunday TV Show Meendum Meendum Sirippu, which aired on Sun TV for 11 years. The show had a comical take on common household themes involving slapstick and wordplay, usually ending with a social message. Moorthy wrote much of the material himself, in addition to starring on the show. He has also written 11 books off which 1 in English and 10 in Tamil which includes Super Market, Jokes Dairy, and Nambamudiyadha Nambikkaigal are a noted few.