Venu Thottempudi after making an impression with feel-good entertainers like Swayamvaram and Chirunavvuto later disappeared from the screen. He is making his return with Raviteja's Ramarao On Duty in which he is playing a powerful role. Venu after turning hero encouraged Trivikram Srinivas by providing him opportunities in his films as a dialogue writer.
Trivikram also planned to reciprocate Venu and Venu shared the same. Inside talk is Trivikram offered Venu the role of Sonu Sood in Mahesh Babu's Athadu. Everyone knows how the role turned out to be a hit. But Venu refused it as it had negative shades. Sonu Sood's role has a lot of screen presence but still, Venu refused it.
However, Venu did a small role in Boyapati Srinu's Dammu starring NTR. When asked why he did the small role in Dammu, He shocked all by saying that Boyapati while narrating his role told him that the role would be similar to Amitabh Bachchan's in the iconic film Sholay. This shows how Boyapati elevates the roles while narrating it to the actors.