Brahmanandam

Brahmanandam Kanneganti
Born	February 1, 1957 (1957-02-01) (age 53) Sattenapalli, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Bramhi
Spouse	Lakshmi

Padma Shri Dr.Brahmanandam Kanneganti (Telugu: బ్రహ్మానందం కన్నెగంటి)(born 1 February 1956) is a popular comedian-actor in Telugu Cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest comedy actors in Telugu cinema. He has also entered the Guinness World Records. He has been accoladed with many awards including the Nandi Award. (see ref 1 & external links

Background

Padma Shri Dr. Brahmanandam Kanneganti was born on 1 February 1956 in Andhra Pradesh, India. Prior to films, he was a Telugu lecturer in the town of Attili, a town in West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

He began his film career with popular Telugu director and writer, Jandhyala's Aha Naa Pellanta in which Rajendra Prasad played the lead role. This movie has since become a cult classic among Telugu comedy films. Owing to his comic abilities and impeccable expressions, he is one of the most respected comedians in the history of Tollywood. Nowadays, he is a versatile with comedian roles in Tamil movies as well, such as in Ghilli, Mozhi, Kuselan and Sathyam. Audiences and critics have enjoyed his comedy characters in recent Telugu movies such as Krishna,King, Ready,Adurs,Namo Venkatesha etc.

According to him, Jandhyala, EVV and S.V.Krishna Reddy were the best comedy directors he has ever worked with. He is presently writing a book based on his experiences in the film industry. His dialogue 'thakita thakita 2-4-6' is very much funny in his recent movie 'King'. He coined a new word "jafa" which he uses to scold others. His nee yankamma dialogue is also very popular.

Family

He is married to Lakshmi and has two sons, Raja Goutham and Siddharth. His eldest, Raja Goutham debuted through 'Pallakilo Pellikooturu', a Telugu film. Goutham will be soon seen in another film named 'Vareva' with Sambhavi of MTV Roadies 5.0 fame, as his heroine.

Awards

• Acharya Nagarjuna University awarded Brahmanandam an honorary doctorate award.
• He has been selected for 2005 year's Allu Award instituted in the memory of Allu Rama Lingaiah. On 1 October 2005, the award was presented to him at a function in Hyderabad. The award consists of a Swarna Kankanam (Translation: Gold bracelet), a citation and a souvenir.
• He recently earned a spot in the Guinness World Records for acting in 754 Telugu films in 20 years. It is because no actor in the whole world has ever performed the feat of acting in so many films in just 20 years, in just one language.
• In January 2009, the Government of India bestowed the coveted title of Padmasri on Brahmanandam for his contributions to art.
• As on 1 May, he acted in about 840 Telugu movies, a record, which made him reach the Guiness Book of World Records!
• Selected for Nandi Award for best male comedian for 2008 film, announced in 2009. This was for the film Ready.

In the media

Brahmanandam foreyed into the small screen by conducting a quiz show called Brahmi 10 Lakh Show on iNews Telugu TV News Channel. This is show very similar to the popular Indian quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Partial filmography

Title	Role	Note	Co Star
Anjaneyulu	Creative Director Prabhakar	Average	Ravi Teja
Current		Flop	Sushant
Evaraina Epudaina		Flop	Varun Sandesh
Desadrohi		Flop	Namitha
Eevayasulo			On Hold
Kick	Halwa Raj/Prakash Raj	Super Hit	Ravi Teja and Ileana
Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam	Gachibowli Divakar	hit	Siddharth Narayan and Tamanna
Maska	Doctor	Hit	Ram, Hansika Motwani
2008
King	Jayasurya - Music Director	average	Nagarjuna and Trisha
Chedugudu		Flop
Chintakayala Ravi	PINKY, cyberwave owner	hit	Venkatesh and Anushka and Mamta Mohandas
Saroja		Average	Vaibhav, S.P.Charan
Gajibiji		Flop
Aalayam		Flop	Sivaji
Hare Ram	Nijam	hit	N.Kalyan Ram, Priyamani
Brahmanandam Drama Company		Flop	Sivaji
Ready	McDowell Murthy	Super Hit	Ram, Genelia D'Souza
Bhale Dongalu		average	Tarun Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz
Premabhishekam		Flop Comedy Film, Released on 14 March 2008
Gamyam	Person on a highway(Bewars)	Super Hit	Allari naresh, Sarvanand & Kamilini Mukherjee
Jalsa	Pranav The Head Constable	Block buster	Pawan Kalyan, Ileana D'Cruz
Krishna	Bobby (Brother of Trisha)	Hit	Ravi Teja, Trisha Krishnan
Lakshmi Putrudu		Cameo Appearance Flop
Donga Sachinollu	Stalin	Average
Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters		Hit	Allari Naresh, Krishna Bhagawan
John Appa Rao 40 plus		Flop, Released on 20 March 2008	Krishna Bhagawan
Ninna Nedu Repu		Flop	A.M. Ravi Krishna, Tamannah Bhatia
Naa Manasukemaindi		Flop
Sawaal		Flop	Bharat
Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna		Released on 22 February 2008	Raja, Sneha
100 Kotlu		Flop	Baladitya, Saira Bhanu
2007
Aata	Astrologist	Flop	Siddharth nayaran, Ileana D'Cruz
Aaroje		Flop
stalin		Average	Chiranjeevi,Trisha Krishnan
Athidhi	Uncle of heroine(Amrita Rao)	disater	Mahesh babu, Amrita rao
Adivaram Adavallaku Selavu		Hit	Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan
Bhajantrilu		Flop
Brahma - The Creator		Flop
Chiruta	Kkrish	Flop	Ram Charan Teja, Neha Sharma
Dubai Seenu	Rama Krishna	super hit	Ravi Teja, Nayan Tara
Dhee	Chari	Super Hit	Vishnu, Genelia D'Souza
Godavari		super Hit
Lakshyam		Blockbuster
Maharajasri		Flop
Maisamma IPS	Minister	Flop
Mee Sreyobhilashi	Pantulu who ask for drop	Hit
Okkadunnadu	Satyanarayana (Auditor)	Block Buster
Pellaina Kothalo		Hit
Satyabhama		Flop
Shankar Dada Zindabad	Astrologist
Mozhi	apartment president (Tamil)	Hit
Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw	joshua gottam	Hit
Vijayadasami		Flop
Yamadonga	Chitraguptudu	Blockbuster
2006
Annavaram		Average
Andala Ramudu		Super Hit
Bommarillu	Loan Officer	Super Hit
Vikramarkudu	Duvva Abbulu	Hit
Pokiri	Brahmi, Software Engineer	Hit
Sri Ramadasu	Astrologist	Devotional Film, Hit
Happy	Pizza Hut Manager	Average
2005
Jai Chiranjeeva	Neelima's uncle (NRI)	Flop
Gilli	Pundit (Tamil) remake of Telugu hit Okkadu	Hit
Evadi Gola Vaadidi	Sankardada R.M.P	Comedy Film, Hit
Hungama		Comedy Film, Average
Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu	Thief	Flop	Raja and Shriya Saran
Vennela	Pampachek	Hit
Athadu	Thrisha's uncle bramam	Super Hit
Super (film)		Average
Andarivaadu	co reporter with siddart	Flop
Soggadu		Flop
Radha Gopalam		Flop
Balu ABCDEFG	Hotel Manager	Flop
Allari Bullodu		Flop
2004
Swarabhishekam		Flop
Apparao Driving School	Losugula Lakshma Reddy
Suryam		Flop
Andhrawala	Home Minister	Flop
Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu		Flop
Intlo Srimati Veedhilo Kumari		Flop
Leela Mahal Center		Flop
Vidyardhi		Flop
Vijayendra Varma		Flop
Valliddaru Okkate
Satruvu
Athade Oka Sainyam		Flop
Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi	Music Pundit	Flop
143		Average
Venky	Gajala from Washington D.C	Super Hit
Kaasi		Flop
Nenunnanu	Hero's Friend	Average	Nagarjuna, Shriya Saran and Arti Agarwal
Preminchukunnam Pelliki Randi
Nani		Flop
Adavi Ramudu		Average
Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu		Flop
Aithe Enti		Flop
Xtra		Flop
Koduku
Swamy
Pallakilo Pellikoothuru		Flop
Andaru Dongale Dorikithe	CHEEKO	Average
Swetha Naagu		Average, Soundarya's last Film
Mee Intikoste Em Istaaru Maa Intkoste Em Testaaru	as brother-in-law to hero
Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy		Flop
Gudumba Shankar	Guruvu Gaaru
Malliswari	Balu	Super Hit
2003
Satyam	Attendar (Manager Lingam)	Super Hit
Simhadri	Talupulu	Blockbuster
Ninney Ishta Paddaanu		Average
Ammulu		Flop
Gangotri		Average
Raghavendra	Sirisha's brother
Kabaddi Kabaddi		Hit
Fools		Flop
Pellam Oorelithe	Comedy	Hit
2002
Sahasa Baludu Vichitra Kothi		Children's film
Manmadhudu	Lavangam, a French NRI	Super Hit
Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu		Super Hit
Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
Ramana	Gundusoodi Seenu
Lagna Patrika
Nee Premakai
Neetho Cheppalani
Entha Bagundo
Aaduthu Paaduthu
Friends
Vendi Mabbulu
Tappuchesi Pappukoodu	lawyer
Adrustam		Flop
Neetho
Allari Ramudu		Average
Bharata Simha Reddy		Flop
Chenna Kesava Reddy		Hit	Balakrishna, Shriya Saran and Tabu
Gemini	car mechanic	Flop
2 much		Average
Eeswar		Average
Thottigang		Average
Premalo Pavani Kalyan
Sandade Sandadi	as pair to kovi sarala potiraju
Siva Rama Raju	uncle to the hero	Average
Bobby		Flop
Indra	Pandit	Hit.
Seema Simham		Flop
2001
Hanuman Junction		Hit
Ammaye Navvithe
Family Circus
Sri Manjunatha	Nandeeswarudu
NarasimhaNaidu	Purohit	Super Hit
Mrugaraaju	assistant guard	Flop
Apparao Ki Oka Nela Thappindi
2000
Badri	Gangaraju	super Hit
Kshemanga Velli Labham Ga Randi		Comedy Film, Super Hit
Annayya		block busterHit
Mee Aayana Jagratha		Flop
Real Story
1999
Raja Kumarudu	Policeman	Mahesh Babu Average
Samara Simha Reddy	Server in a Hotel	Super Hit
Sneham Kosam		Flop
Premaku Velayara		Hit
1998
Subhakankshalu		Hit
Premante Idera		Hit
Paradesi		Average
Bavagaru Bagunnara?	Gopal	Average
Choodalani Vundi	house owner	Hit
Maavidakulu
1997
Hitler		Average
Super Heroes	Hero	Directed by AVS
Anaganaga Oka Roju	Thief	Super Hit
Annamayya	pundit	Super Hit
Gokulamlo Seetha		Average
Pelli Sandadi		Super Hit
1996
Oho Naa Pellanta	Armugam
Vinodam		Hit
Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi		Average
Little Soldiers		Super Hit
1995
Subhamasthu
Sisindri		Hit
Gharana Bullodu		Average
Alluda Majaka	Abbulu/Ms. Dakota	Average
Money Money	Khan Dada	Hit
Rikshavodu		Flop
1994
Police Alludu
Mugguru Monagallu	assistant to the dancer
Aame		Hit
Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu	one of the thieves in last fight imitates kaidi (chiranjeevi flip)	Hit
Allari Premikudu	Hero Friend	Average
Bangaru Kutumbam		Won Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award
Brahmachari Mogudu	Gurnadham
Gandeevam		Flop
Gangmaster		Flop
Hello Brother	assistant thief to raja (nagarjuna)	Super Hit
Number One
Pelli Koduku
Shubhalagnam		Hit
Yamaleela	Chitragupta	Super Hit
1993
Mutamestri	a coolie in mestri's gang and later will be with bajjila bujjama (meena) when mestri becomes minister (chiranjeevi)
Aa Okkati Adakku	Pulla Rao	Super Hit
Allari Priyudu		Super Hit
Ish Gup Chup		Flop
Jamba Lakidi Pamba	anandam ||Hit
Ladies Special	Brahmanandam
Mayalodu	police inspector with ali as assistant	Hit
Mechanic Alludu	co-mechanic in nageshwar raos garage where chiranjeevi works	Flop
Money	Khan Dada	Super Hit
Parugo Parugu
Pekata Paparao
Prema Chitram Pelli Vichitram
Rajendrudru Gajendrudru	Bank Manager	Hit
1992
Aapathbandavudu
Babai Hotel	Hero	Debut As Hero
420	Mammootty
Allari Mogudu
Ashwamedham		Average
Chitram Bhalare Vichitram	Boondi Brahmanandam
Gharaana Mogudu	Appanna	Hit
Pachani Samsaram
Sundara Kanda	Long-standing student under venkatesh	Average
1991
Rowdy Alludu		Hit
Kshana Kshanam	Store Manager	Average
Naa Pellam Naa Ishtam	Tea Stall owner
Prema Entha Madhuram	Siva
Aditya 369		Super Hit
Stoovertpuram Police Station
Appula Appa Rao	Sastri	Comedy Movie, Average
Talli Tandrulu
1990
Raja Vikramarka	Janaki(Jackey)
Jagadeka Veerudu Attilokasundari	Photographer	Super Hit
Chevilo Puvvu
Jayammu Nischayammu Raa	Gopalam
1989
Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu		Super Hit
Bava Bava Panneeru
Hai Hai Nayaka	Patel Master	Hit
Mutyamantha Muddu
1988
Yudda Bhoomi
Rudra Veena	Dunkard	Average
Chikkadu Dorakadu
Chinni Krishnudu	super hit
Choopulu Kalasina Shubhavela	super hit
Donga Kollu	Neighbourhood of actress sumalatha, his name is "veeragandham Apparao"
Vivaaha Bhojanambu	super hit (Best comedy movie than Aha Naa Pellanta)
1987
Swayam Krushi	A Cobbler	Hit
Pasivadi Pranam		Super Hit
Aha Naa Pellanta	Ara Gundu	Super Hit