Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam (2 January 1957 – 8 November 2013), better known and credited by his initials AVS, was an Indian actor, comedian, producer, director, and journalist known for his works in

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. A.V.S. was known particularly for his comic dialogue delivery, and expressions. He starred in over five hundred feature films and has garnered four state

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, including Best Comedian, and Best character actor.

Early life and career

AVS was born on 2 January 1957 in

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. He was introduced to the film industry by director Bapu through his film '' Mister Pellam'' in 1993. With this film, he became a comedy star in the Telugu film industry. For his role he received many awards including

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by Government of Andhra Pradesh. He won many private and Government awards for both in films and in TV shows. He produced two films: ''Uncle'' and '' Ori Nee Prema Bangaaram Kanu...!'' and directed four films, namely ''Super Heroes'', '' Ori Ni Prema Bangaaram Kaanu..!'', '' Roommates'', and ''Kothimooka''. He was General Secretary of the Movie Artistes Association for 3 terms.

Death

AVS sustained kidney and liver trauma for some days. He had a liver transplant in 2008. He died on 8 November 2013 at his son's residence in Manikonda, Hyderabad after multiple organ failure.

Selected filmography

As actor

Other crew positions

As voice actor

* 2000 '' Thenali'' - for

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(Telugu version)

Television

* '' Popula Pette'' (1997)

Awards

;Nandi Awards(in Telugu) * Special Jury Award - Mr. Pellam - 1993 * Best Male Comedian - Subha Lagnam - 1994 * Special Jury Award -

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(2000) * Best Character Actor - Kothimooka (2011)

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