Birth name Nerella Venu Madhav Name Nerella Madhav Occupation(s) Mimicry Genres Impressionist | Years active 1947-present Movies Gudachari 116 Website nerellavenumadhav.com | |
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Born 28 December 1932 (age 91) ( 1932-12-28 ) Similar People Mimicry Srinivos, Venu Madhav, Siva Reddy, T Chalapathi Rao | ||
Mimicry performance compilation by padmashri dr nerella venumadhav
Nerella Venu Madhav (born 28 December 1932), popularly known as NV, is a famous mimic from India. He rose to popularity imitating celebrities, politicians, local dialects, Nizams et cetera. He started a diploma course at Telugu University, a first in the world. He is often regarded as father of Indian Mimicry. He is also hailed as the pioneer and maestro of mimicry in India.
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- Mimicry performance compilation by padmashri dr nerella venumadhav
- Telangana hero nerella venu madhav legendary mimicry artist
- Early life
- Other Honours
- Awards
- References
Telangana hero nerella venu madhav legendary mimicry artist
Early life
He was born in Warangal, Hyderabad state.
Madhav started his career in 1947 at the age of 16. He performs in Telugu, English, Urdu, Hindi and Tamil. He has toured all over the world and is the first mimic in the world who performed at the United Nations Organisation, New York City.
He was nominated as a Member of Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh by the then Chief Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao in 1971. His birthday, 28 December, is celebrated as World Mimicry Day by some of his students.
Other Honours
An auditorium has been constructed by the government at Hanamkonda Public gardens and was named it in his Honour as Padmasri Dr. Nerella Venu Madhav Kalaa Pranganam. The venue hosted a mimicry festival on his 80th birthday, 28 December 2011