Huccha Venkat

For the 2014 film, see Huccha Venkat (film).
Huccha Venkat Sene
Native name ಹುಚ್ಚ ವೆಂಕಟ್
Born Venkataram Laxman
19 September[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Kannadiga
Education Diploma in Civil Engineering (dropped out)
Alma mater The Oxford Polytechnic, Bangalore
Occupation Film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer.[2]
Years active 2001–present
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Reshma (2007–2010)

Venkataram Laxman, popularly known as Huccha Venkat, is an Indian fictional character, film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer,[2] working in Kannada cinema.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Venkat was born in Bangalore into Kannada-speaking family of Vokkaligas, M. Laxman and Gowramma. He enrolled in higher education and sought a Diploma in Civil Engineering, but failed to complete his coursework. Now, Preetham from Topeka heads the international fans association of Hucha Venkat sene.[3][4] In 2007, he married his live-in girlfriend Reshma, whom he met while working on the film Swathanthra Palya. They separated after three years.[6]

Career

Venkat made his acting debut playing a supporting role in the 2005 Kannada film Mental Manja.[7] His next role was as the lead in the 2009 film Swathanthra Palya, which he also directed.[8][9] In his 2014 Huccha Venkat that he directed and produced, he starred as the eponymous lead, which received negative reviews.[10][11][12]

Venkat has since appeared as a guest in television shows such as Bengaluru Benne Dose and Divided.[13][14] In October 2015 he appeared as a contestant on the reality television series Bigg Boss Kannada 3 aired on Colors Kannada.[15] While on the show Venkat clashed with other participants, primarily due to his insistence that his female contestants were dressing inappropriately.[16][17][18][19][20] This eventually led to his eviction from the house after he assaulted another contestant, Ravi Mooruru for insulting Huccha Venkat Sene.[21][22][23][24] Venkat also challenged Sudeep, later withdrew the challenge and didn't want to talk to Sudeep ever.[21] Ravi Mooruru praised Venkat, his post eviction from Bigg Boss Kannada 3 house for Venkat's concern towards women.[25]

It is to be noted, Venkat was the most popular contestant in Bigg Boss Kannada 3, celebrities such as Raghu Dixit, Priyamani supported him.[26][27][28][29][30]

Venkat has since, been referred to in the media and social media platforms as "Youtube Star", "Internet Star", "Ban Star" and "Firing Star" of Kannada cinema.[5][26][31][32][33][34] Huccha Venkat fans have also created a Android app Huccha Venkat to get latest updates of their favorite actor.[35][36][37] Senior journalist Ganesh Kasargod has written book "Huchcha Venkat…Huchchu Manasina nooru Mukhagalu" which is ready for release in January 2016.[38]

Huccha Venkat started his singing career with Yograj Bhat's Parapancha movie by singing Huttida Ooranu song. This received positive response from fans and from Kannada film industry.

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Actor Director Producer
2003 Venkat Yes Yes Yes Unreleased in India
2005 Mental Manja Yes Supporting role
2009 Swathanthra Palya Yes Yes Supporting role
2014 Huccha Venkat Yes Yes Yes Lead role
2016 Parapancha Yes Playback singer for song "Huttida Ooranu"
Cameo Appearance[39]
2016 Dictator Yes Announced, directed by S. Narayan, produced by B. Vijay Kumar[40][41]
2016 Porki Huccha Venkat Yes Yes Yes Post-production[42]

Huccha Venkat Sene

Huccha Venkat claims to have formed a people's army, Huccha Venkat Sene to uplift poor and needy people in the society. priyanka joshi from Topeka ,Kansas in USA heads the international operations of sene.[3][21][31][43][44] Since Venkat sports and loves blue shirts, his fans in the sene is said to wear blue shirts.[3] Venkat regularly gives messages to his sene through facebook and even while at Bigg Boss Kannada 3.[45]

Controversies

Venkat is frequently seen as a controversial person by news outlets.[4] Two of his most notable controversies center around things he said while promoting his 2014 film Huccha Venkat, where he made claims that he was married to the Kannada actress Ramya and gave an expletive-laden rant to a television interviewer. Ramya responded to Venkat's claims by filing a police report and publicly refuting his statements, to which Venkat did not issue any response - although he did stop claiming Ramya was his wife.[46][47][48][49][50][51] Venkat's rant, which was sparked by the poor opening turnout for his film, quickly went viral on YouTube and spawned several parody videos.[4][52]

Venkat made other controversial statements in November 2015, in a television appearance where he allegedly made derogatory remarks towards B. R. Ambedkar while taking part in a panel discussion.[53][54][55][56] After the appearance several students viewing the discussion lodged complaints against Venkat and the news station, who they claimed provoked Venkat into making the offensive remarks.[55] These complaints were followed by several protests and blackened Venkat's face.[57][58][59] Venkat was arrested on 19 November 2015, and was be held in judicial custody until December 4, 2015.[55][60][61] Ironically, Venkat's fame continues to grow. Venkat was welcomed by jail inmates in parappana agrahara, Bangalore where is held in judicial custody.[62] Venkat's attorney has claimed that Venkat suffers from schizophrenia.[63] As a growing concern, Venkat's remarks in TV channel is said to be discussed in Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[64] On 25 November, a Bangalore city civil court issued conditional bail to Venkat.[33][65][66][67] Venkat was not until the surety amount was paid and completed the bail formalities, he was finally released on 3 December with conditional bail.[68][69][70]

The Times of India commented on Venkat's behavior, stating that he was a "sad reflection of our times" and that he "embodies all the drivel that is delivered as entertainment and news these days by our television channels."[71] They criticized his remarks on the panel discussion, where they stated that he "lives in a world of fallacies and fantasies" and that he "believes in enforcing his ideas of morality, behaviour and attire on women."[71]

The actor also engaged in several controversies in the third season of famous Kannada TV Show "Bigg Boss". He took a rage at actress turned politician Pooja Gandhi for wearing western clothes on the show which left her in tears not knowing what to do. Venkat was finally evicted from the show after slapping fellow contestant Ravi Moorur. This eviction was glamorized quickly by the Kannada press and was what lead to Huccha Venkat's newly found fame. Huccha Venkat has also claimed he will become Prime Minister of India, one day.[72][73]

References

  1. ↑ "Venkat Birthday Celebrated". indiaglitz.com. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Huccha Venkat turns singer!". timesofindia.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Huccha Venkat — Sandalwood’s first internet star". The Times of India. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Who Is Controversial Actor Huccha Venkat?". filmibeat.com. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Why Karnataka can't stop talking about 'Huccha' Venkat". sify.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "DISCLOSED: Huccha Venkat Marriage Video Goes Viral!". Filmibeat. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mental Manja Movie". filmibeat.com. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Swathanthra Palya (2009) (Kannada)". NowRunning.com. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Swathanthra Palya". filmibeat.com. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Huccha Venkat’s Mad Act". bangaloremirror.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Huccha Venkat Movie Review". indiaglitz.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Huccha Venkat Movie Review". nowrunning.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "Harshika Poonacha, Risheeka and Huccha Venkat participates on Divided". The Times of India. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Huccha Venkat on the show". hotstar.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "'Bigg Boss 3' Kannada: Meet 15 contestants of Sudeep's reality show". International Business Times. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Bigg Boss: Huccha Venkat calls Chandan a girl!". The Times of India. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Ravi Mooruru, Neha Gowda, Kruthika nominated for elimination". International Business Times. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Bigg Boss: Cover up, Huccha Venkat tells women inmates". The Times of India. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "'Bigg Boss 3': Kannada day 8: Huccha Venkat threatens to attack Ravi Mooruru". International Business Times. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "'Bigg Boss 3' Kannada: Huccha Venkat clashes with Rehman; Pooja Gandhi lashes out at Kitty". International Business Times. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  21. 1 2 3 "I will never meet Sudeep again: Huccha Venkat". The Times of India. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Police to arrest Huccha Venkat?". The Times of India. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  23. ↑ "Bigg Boss: Ramya, Ravichandaran to replace Huccha Venkat?". The Times of India. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "Bigg Boss: Huccha Venkat beats up Ravi Mooruru!". The Times of India. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "Bigg Boss: Ravi Mooruru praises Huccha Venkat". The Times of India. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  26. 1 2 "Huccha Venkat Evicted: Will People Watch Bigg Boss 3 From Now?". filmibeat. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  27. ↑ "Priya Mani wants Huccha Venkat to win". The Times of India. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  28. ↑ "Bigg Boss: Raghu Dixit wants Huccha Venkat to win". The Times of India. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  29. ↑ "Huccha Venkat: Mentally unstable or victim of bullying?". The Times of India. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  30. ↑ "Huccha Venkat steals the show". International Business Times. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  31. 1 2 "Huccha Venkat, irresponsible media and heights of immaturity". OneIndia. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  32. ↑ "OMG! A temple in US for Huccha Venkat". The Times of India. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Huccha Venkat Gets Bail". Desimartini.com. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  34. ↑ "Huccha Venkat Bangs Head On Jail Walls!". filmibeat.com. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  35. ↑ "STARDOM: Download Huccha Venkat App Now!". filmibeat.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  36. ↑ "Now, a Huccha Venkat app!". The Times of India. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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  39. ↑ "Huccha Venkat's Song In 'Parapancha' Goes Viral!". filmibeat.com. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
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  41. ↑ "S Narayan to Direct Huchcha Venkat's Dictator". chitratara.com. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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  43. ↑ "Huccha Venkat Sene Felicitates Veterans of Sandalwood". filmibeat.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  44. ↑ "Is Ravi Moorur safe outside the Bigg Boss house?". The Times of India. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  45. ↑ "Bigg Boss 3: Highlights Of Episode-1". filmibeat.com. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  46. ↑ "The crazy things fans do for celebrities". The Times of India. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  47. ↑ "Director will be booked for gimmick threat to abduct Ramya: Top cop". The Times of India. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  48. ↑ "Director Venkat in police custody". The Times of India. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  49. ↑ "Huccha Venkat In Trouble For Playing Gimmick With Ramya's Name". filmibeat.com. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  50. ↑ "Director's prank on Ramya lands him in soup". intoday.in. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  51. ↑ "Man held for publishing 'love' ad on Ramya". Deccan Herald. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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  53. ↑ "'Bigg Boss 3' Kannada: Huccha Venkat tries to assault a director in TV studio [VIDEO]". International Business Times. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  54. ↑ "Kannada actor Huccha Venkat arrested over comments against Ambedkar". Daily News and Analysis. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  55. 1 2 3 "Actor Huccha Venkat held for 'diatribe' against Ambedkar". Deccan Herald. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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  57. ↑ "Huccha Venkat's face blackened". The Times of India. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  58. ↑ "Ink attack : Dalit activists blacken Huccha Venkat's face in Bengaluru". thenewsminute.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  59. ↑ "Kannada actor Huccha Venkat's face blackened". OneIndia. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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  61. ↑ "'Huccha' Venkat in Judicial Custody". The New Indian Express. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  62. ↑ "Huccha Venkat gets joyous welcome at Parappana Agrahara". The Times of India. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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  64. ↑ "Huccha Venkat issue to hit legislature this session?". The Times of India. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  65. ↑ "Huccha Venkat granted bail, still in jail". The Times of India. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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