Vennira Aadai Moorthy

Vennira Aadai Moorthy
Born
Moorthy

(1936-07-25) 25 July 1936 (age 88)
Komaratchi block, Chidambaram, Madras Presidency, British India (now part of Tamil Nadu, India)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1965–2018
SpouseManimala (m.1966)[1]
Children1
Parents
  • Natarajan Sastri (father)
  • Sivakami (mother)

Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936)[2] 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.[3] He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. degree in addition to a PhD in astrology.[4] He is married to actress Manimala who played Suhasini's mother in Sindhu Bhairavi and the heroine in Vallavanukku Vallavan (1965). 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.[5]

He is especially remembered for his Sunday TV Show 'Meendum Meendum Sirippu', which aired on Sun TV for 11 years.[6] 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 noted few.

  1. ^ "நடிகை மணிமாலாவை மணந்தார், மூர்த்தி: 5 ஆண்டு காதல், திருமணத்தில் முடிந்தது". Maalai Malar. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Memories of Madras — Days of baby taxis and food tickets". The Hindu. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ "வெண்ணிற ஆடை மூர்த்தி சின்னத்திரையில் சாதனை" [Venniradai Moorthy succeeded in Television also]. Maalai Malar. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  4. ^ Shiva Kumar, S. (1982). "Chaplin of Tamil cinema". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Vignettes from a veteran". The Hindu. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ^ Indiaglitz. "Venniradai Moorthy: I'm Familiar With Double Meaning Dialogues | May Day Special". YouTube. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2020.