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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = M. V. Vasudeva Rao<br /> | image = M.V.-Vasudeva-Rao-pic.jpg<br /> | image_size = 155px<br /> | caption = <br /> | birth_name = Mudabidri Venkat Rao Vasudeva Rao<br /> | birth_date = {{circa}} 1920<br /> | birth_place = [[British India]]<br /> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|03|22|1920|df=yes}}<br /> | death_place = [[Bangalore]], India<br /> | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br /> | other_names = <br /> | occupation = Actor<br /> | known_for = <br /> | awards = [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] (1975)<br /> [[Karnataka State Film Awards For Best Actor]] (1975-76)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Mudabidri Venkat Rao Vasudeva Rao&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{circa}} 1920 – 22 March 2002) was an Indian actor. He entered the film world as a child actor in 1928. He won the [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor Award]] at the [[23rd National Film Awards]] for his role of Choma in the &#039;&#039;[[Chomana Dudi]]&#039;&#039; (1975), a film based on [[Shivarama Karanth]]&#039;s novel of the same name.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title= Vasudeva Rao Dead |url= http://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3237-vasudeva-rao-dead.html |publisher= chitraloka.com |date= 22 March 2002 |accessdate= 5 December 2014 |archive-date= 17 December 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141217133818/http://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3237-vasudeva-rao-dead.html |url-status= live }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He played a prominent role in Shyam Benegal&#039;s Telugu film &#039;&#039;[[Kondura]]&#039;&#039;. In Mrinal Sen&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Oka Oori Katha]]&#039;&#039; and Mani Rathnam&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Nayakan]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]&#039;&#039;. He acted in over 200 films in his career; however, post &#039;&#039;Chomana Dudi&#039;&#039;, he mostly played minor roles.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last1=Rao|first1=M. K. Bhaskar|title=A natural|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr13/at3.htm|website=Deccan Herald|accessdate=2 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020425090527/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr13/at3.htm|archivedate=25 April 2002|date=14 April 2002}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Filmography==<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Chomana Dudi]]&#039;&#039; (1975)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Oka Oori Katha]]&#039;&#039; (1977)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Kondura]]&#039;&#039; (1978)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Nayakan]]&#039;&#039; (1987)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Bagh Bahadur]]&#039;&#039; (1989)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]&#039;&#039; (1995)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Dweepa]]&#039;&#039; (2002)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{IMDb name|1115041}}<br /> <br /> {{NationalFilmAwardBestActor}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, M. V. Vasudeva}}<br /> [[Category:Indian male film actors]]<br /> [[Category:People from Dakshina Kannada district]]<br /> [[Category:Tulu people]]<br /> [[Category:Best Actor National Film Award winners]]<br /> [[Category:2002 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Male actors from Karnataka]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]<br /> [[Category:1920s births]]</div>

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