Vennira Aadai Moorthy

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| name = Vennira Aadai Moorthy

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| birth_name = Moorthy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1936|07|25}}

| birth_place = Komaratchi block, Chidambaram, Madras Presidency, British India (now part of Tamil Nadu, India)

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| yearsactive = 1965–2018

| spouse = Manimala (m.1966){{Cite news |date=January 22, 2017 |title=நடிகை மணிமாலாவை மணந்தார், மூர்த்தி: 5 ஆண்டு காதல், திருமணத்தில் முடிந்தது |work=Maalai Malar |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2017/01/22233642/1063658/cinima-history-moorthy.vpf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125170103/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2017/01/22233642/1063658/cinima-history-moorthy.vpf |archive-date=25 January 2017}}

| children = 1

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| mother = Sivakami

| father = Natarajan Sastri

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| occupation = Actor, comedian

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Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936){{Cite news |date=2011-04-19 |title=Memories of Madras — Days of baby taxis and food tickets |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article1709562.ece |access-date=2016-01-12}} 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.{{Cite news |date=May 20, 2016 |title=வெண்ணிற ஆடை மூர்த்தி சின்னத்திரையில் சாதனை |trans-title=Venniradai Moorthy succeeded in Television also |work=Maalai Malar |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/05/20215724/vennira-aadai-moorthi-tv-seria.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927004550/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/05/20215724/vennira-aadai-moorthi-tv-seria.html |archive-date=27 September 2013}} He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. degree in addition to a PhD in astrology.{{Cite news |last=Shiva Kumar |first=S. |date=1982 |title=Chaplin of Tamil cinema |work=Mid-Day |url=https://twitter.com/sshivu/status/1251811253820899330/photo/1 |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208020142/https://twitter.com/sshivu/status/1251811253820899330/photo/1 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite news |date=2010-11-18 |title=Vignettes from a veteran |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article893780.ece?homepage=true |access-date=2016-01-12}}

He is especially remembered for his Sunday TV Show 'Meendum Meendum Sirippu', which aired on Sun TV for 11 years.{{Cite web |last=Indiaglitz |title=Venniradai Moorthy: I'm Familiar With Double Meaning Dialogues {{!}} May Day Special |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7rQ3jxRuOA&t=1786s |access-date=2020-09-07 |website=YouTube |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207033012/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7rQ3jxRuOA&t=1786s |url-status=live }} 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.

Early life

Moorthy was born on 25 July 1936 in British India. He is the youngest of seven children of Parents Chidambaram K. R. Nataraja Sastri, Thiruvaduthurai Sivakami The Father a criminal lawyer. He sought to follow in his father's footsteps and studied law, but ultimately never became a lawyer. After completing his BL, he obtained employment as a sales representative of Remington Rand. Moorthy left the job because it involved excess touring, and struggled to find a new job.

He had a brief stint at AMJain college, Meenambakkam Chennai as tutor in department of English. He taught Shakespeare plays in 1959–1960.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Career

After leaving Remington Rand, Moorthy met his friend Chakravarthy, an associate of filmmaker C. V. Sridhar, and told him about his desire to act. Chakravarthy, who had previously seen Moorthy act on stage, told Sridhar about him, and Moorthy made his film debut in Vennira Aadai (1965).{{Cite news |date=9 December 2016 |title='I can recall every frame of mgr films' |work=The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/dec/09/i-can-recall-every-frame-of-mgr-films-1547366.html |access-date=2020-09-07 |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101210321/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/dec/09/i-can-recall-every-frame-of-mgr-films-1547366.html |url-status=live }} It was after the success of this film that he came to be known as Vennira Aadai Moorthy.