Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam

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 Telugu cinema. 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 Nandi Awards, including Best Comedian, and Best character actor. 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 Nandi Award 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 Year Film Director Story Screenplay Producer Notes 1997 Super Heroes 2000 Uncle Also lyricist 2003 Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu 2006 Roommates 2010 Kothimooka

As voice actor 2000 Thenali - for Delhi Ganesh (Telugu version)

Television

Popula Pette (1997)

Awards

Nandi Awards Special Jury Award - Mr. Pellam - 1993 Best Male Comedian - Subha Lagnam - 1994 Special Jury Award - Uncle (2000) Best Character Actor - Kothimooka (2011)