From Wikitia Venkitesh V.P | |||
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| Born | 9 August 1993 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India | ||
| Nationality | Indian | ||
| Citizenship | India | ||
| Occupation | Actor | ||
| Years active | 2014-present | ||
Venkitesh V.P (born 9 August 1993)[1] is an Indian actor who appears on Malayalam language films. He rose into fame as a contestant of 2018 talent hunt show Nayika Nayakan. He ventured into acting with leading roles in Stand Up (2019 film), Kho-Kho (film) and The Priest (2021 film).
Venkitesh made his first big-screen appearance through 2017 film Velipadinte Pusthakam starring Mohanlal and was part of the viral song "Entammede Jimikki Kammal". He played an uncredited role as a college-student. He was casted as the main lead in a Telugu language directed by Veeranji following his acting in a short film Mukilae.[2] He participated in the 2018 talent-hunt reality show Nayika Nayakan[3] and bagged the best comedian title of the show.[4] He was announced as the lead actor named Das on Vishakh Nair's Das Capital.[5]
After making a cameo appearance in Thattumpurath Achuthan through the song "Muthumani Radhe"[6] and a minor role in Odiyan his first leading role came with Stand Up (film)|Stand Up (2019), directed by Vidhu Vincent, in which he played Amal, the abusive boyfriend of Diya, played by Rajisha Vijayan.[7][8][9] Reviewing the film for Onlookers Media, Vignesh Shivan called him "quite impressive".[10] Later he did a supporting role in Mammootty starrer The Priest (2021 film)|The Priest playing Siddharth, boyfriend of Jessie, played by Nikhila Vimal.[11][12][13][14] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost reviewing his performance in the movie wrote that he made "most of the situation and delivered performances that is impressive considering the flaws he must contend with".[15] He then went on to reunite with Rajisha Vijayan through Kho-Kho (film)|Kho-Kho portraying Ben.[16]
He will be featuring in Hemanth G Nair's film Higuita opposite Suraj Venjaramood.[17][18][19][20]
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| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2014 | Mizhi Thurakku | Muslim revolutionary | Santhosh Souparnika | Junior artist |
| 2015 | Ammakkoru Tharattu | Sreekumaran Thampi | ||
| 2017 | Velipadinte Pusthakam | College student | Lal Jose | |
| 2018 | Odiyan | Villager | V. A. Shrikumar Menon | |
| Das Capital | Das | Vishak R Warrier | Cancelled project | |
| Thattumpurath Achuthan | Devotional singer | Lal Jose | Cameo | |
| 2019 | Stand Up (2019 film) | Amal | Vidhu Vincent | |
| 2020 | People during Lockdown | Jobless youth | Unknown | Short segment |
| 2021 | The Priest (2021 film) | Siddharth | Joffin T Chacko | |
| Kho-Kho (film) | Ben | Rahul Riji Nair | ||
| Say No to Dowry[21] | Bridegroom | Sijoy Varghese | Short film | |
| TBA | Higuita |
N/A | Hemanth G Nair | |
| TBA | Untitled Veeranji film |
N/A | Veeranji | Telugu film |
| Year | Show | Role | Channel | Notes |
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| 2018 | Nayika Nayakan | Contestant | Mazhavil Manorama | Winner (Best comedian) |
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