Huccha Venkat is the stage name of Venkataram Laxman,[2] an Indian film producer, actor, director, politician,[3] screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer.
[citation needed] In the aftermath of the video, Venkat was catapulted to minor celebrity among regular social media users, in their early 20s and 30s, looking for comical content online.
He would later cash in on his social media celeb status and become a participant in reality shows such as Bigg Boss Kannada (season 3) and Super Jodi Season 2 His constant lies and outrageous statements, including those where he claimed marriage to actresses[12] despite being married at the time[13] and alarming actions[14][15][16] garnered negative responses and critiques[17] from his audience and media alike.
However, , several media outlets have capitalized on Venkats behavioural issues by conducting Q&As with the basis being his lies; provocating the troubled star into outbursts much to the amusement of the audience leading to higher TRP ratings.
[41][42][43] Senior journalist Ganesh Kasargod has written a book, "Huchcha Venkat...Huchchu Manasina nooru mukhagalu", which was released in January 2016.
[45] Details for his candidature such as his age, assets and other mandatory information, are put up for public viewing as per law and can be looked up using his real name Venkatram in this Govt.
[4] Venkat regularly gives messages to his sene through Facebook by coming live periodically and even while at Bigg Boss Kannada 3.
[5] 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.
[53][54][55][56][57][58] Venkat's rant, which was sparked by the poor opening turnout for his film, quickly went viral on YouTube and spawned several parody videos.
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.