Venu has also acted in some television serials. He acted in NFDC film "Parinamam" ("The Change"), directed by P Venu that won the best screenplay award at the "Ashdod International Film Festival" held in Israel. He won the Best Actor award for his role in "Saira" at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival which concluded in September 2007; "Saira" was the only film from India to be included in the festival. The committee mentioned that he acted compellingly and convincingly in his portrayal of a man caught between secularism and fundamentalism.