Vennira aadai murthy biography for kids

Indian actor (born 1936)

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).

Malayalam serial actor moorthy

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.