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The venu ( Sanskrit: ; ) is a bamboo transverse flute used in the Carnatic music. It is also called by various other names such as pullankuzhal (புல்லாங்குழல்) in Tamil, പുല്ലാങ്കുഴല് in Malayalam, and ಕೊಳಲು (kūḷalu) in Kannada. It is known as pillana grōvi (పిల్లన గ్రోవి) or Vēṇuvu (వేణువు) in Telugu (Andhra Pradesh).
Venu is an Indian cinematographer and film director in Indian cinema. Venu graduated in cinematography from FTII, Pune. He has won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography three times, in 1987 for Amma Ariyan and Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal, in 1993 for Miss Beatty's Children, and in 1994 for Ponthan Mada. He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). His debut directorial venture " Daya" won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director in 1998.
A venu is a bamboo transverse flute used in the Carnatic music of South India.
Venu is also Indian masculine given name or surname and may refer to:
- K. Venu (Kerala), Naxalite leader from Kerala
- K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician), Indian politician
- Kurma Venu Gopalaswamy, Indian lawyer
- Master Venu, Indian composer
- Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor
- Nerella Venu Madhav, Indian ventriloquist
- P. Venu, Indian film director
- Venu Arvind, Tamil actor
- Venu Isc, Indian cinematographer
- Venu Madhav (actor), Indian comedian
- Venu Nagavally, Indian actor
- Venu Nair, Indian film director
- Venu Ravichandran, Indian film producer
- Venu Srinivasan, Indian businessman
- Venu Thottempudi, an Indian Actor
- Venu V. Desom, Malayalam poet