V. N. Anoop Kumar

V. N. Anoop Kumar
Born
Other nameAnup Tej (in Telugu)[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2006–2014

V. N. Anoop Kumar is a former Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut in the 2006 film, Vattaram directed by Saran.[2]

Career

Anoop is the grandson of Telugu film director V. Madhusudhana Rao. He is originally from Vijayawada and grew up in Chennai.[2] He learned dance at The Swingers in Chennai and also taught there.[3] Director Saran launched Anoop in the Tamil film Vattaram, where he played a character role in love with Vasundhara Kashyap's character.[4] Thereafter, Anoop produced a film, Kathi Kappal, in which he played the lead role. The film, which featured him alongside Meera Vasudevan, won poor reviews with a critic noting "after a point, his scruffy face makes you want to shake him out of misery".[5] He then signed on to play a role in Keka, a Telugu film and then also appeared in a second lead role in Chikku Bukku with Arya and Shriya Saran.[3][6]

In 2014, he starred in the Tamil film Marumugam co-starring Daniel Balaji, and the Telugu films Jabilli Kosam Aakashamalle and Ninnu Chusi Vennele Anukunna, the latter of which remains unreleased.[7][8][9][10][11]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2006VattaramRameshTamil
2008Kathi KappalJoshua PrakashAlso producer
KekaKiranTelugu
2010Chikku BukkuAmmaiyappanTamil
2012IshtamAkash
2014MarumugamRamTamil
Jabilli Kosam AakashamalleRajTelugu

References

  1. ↑ Narasimham, M. L. (8 February 2014). "Yamini Chandrasekhar: The mystery deepens". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Six years with Swingers - Behindwoods.com - Kathikappal hero Anoop Vijayawada Chennai Vattaram Adisaya Teja P C Sreeram tamil movie news hot images picture gallery". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Cinema Plus / Columns : itsv - bitsv". The Hindu. 2 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "அடையாளம்!". Kalki (in Tamil). 19 November 2006. p. 38. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Review: Kathikappal - Rediff.com movies". Inhome.rediff.com. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Anup is aiming for the stars". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ Nikhil Raghavan (3 March 2012). "Itsy Bitsy: Star cast". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Role call for Anup". The Times of India.
  9. ↑ "Anoop excited about Marumugam". The Times of India.
  10. ↑ "జాబిల్లి కోసం ఆకాశమల్లే". Sakshi. 16 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Ninnu Chusi Vennele Anukunna Music Launch - Telugu cinema news". www.idlebrain.com.