Brahmanandam

Brahmanandam
Birth name	Brahmanandam Kanneganti
Born	(1956-02-01) 1 February 1956 Sattenapalli, Guntur Dist, Andhra Pradesh, India
Spouse	Lakshmi

Brahmanandam Kanneganti (born 1 February 1956), is an Indian actor and comedian. Hailing from Sattenapalli in Andhra Pradesh, he mostly acts in Telugu films. Prior to films, he was a Telugu lecturer in Attili, a town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor. He has appeared in over 1000 films. He was honored with the Padma Sri, India's fourth highest civilian honor for his contribution to Indian cinema in 2009. Brahmanandam is considered one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions. Brahmanandam forayed onto the small screen with the quiz show Brahmi 10 Lakh Show on iNews with a format similar to Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Filmography

This is a partial filmography.

Year	Movie Name	Role	Language	Co-Stars
2013	Baadshah	Padmanabha Simha	Telugu	NTR Jr., Kajal Aggarwal
	Attharintiki Daaredhi		Telugu (filming)	Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu
	Sukumarudu		Telugu (filming)	Aadi, Nisha Aggarwal
	Autonagar Surya		Telugu (Filming)	Naga Chaitanya, Samantha
	Jaffa	He Is hero	Telugu Hindi	Brahmanandam - Directed By Vennela Kishore
	Race Gurram		Telugu (Dubbed)	Arya, Narain, Aadhi
	Vaalu		Tamil (filming)	Silambarasan Rajendar, Hansika Motwani
	Mirchi	Veera Pratap	Telugu	Prabhas, Anushka, Richa Gangopadhyay
	Naayak	Jilebi	Telugu	Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Amala Paul
2012	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Rampam(Rangasthala Pandit)	Telugu	Rana Daggubati, Nayantara
	Lucky		Telugu	Meka Srikanth, Meghana Raj
	Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu		Telugu	Pawan Kalyan, Tamanna Bhatia,
	Rebel		Telugu	Prabhas, Tamanna Bhatia, Deeksha Seth
	Denikaina Ready		Telugu	Vishnu Manchu, Hansika Motwani
	Vennela 1 1/2		Telugu	Krishna Chaitanya, Monal Gajjar, Vennela Kishore
	Shirdi Sai	Sandeham	Telugu	Nagarjuna
	Sudigadu	Jaffa Reddy	Telugu	Allari Naresh, Monal Gajjar
	All the Best	Gochi Savithri	Telugu	Meka Srikanth, J. D. Chakravarthy, Lucky Sharma
	Rachcha	Rangeela	Telugu	Ram Charan Teja, Tamannaah Bhatia
	Devudu Chesina Manushulu	Lord Vishnu	Telugu	Ravi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz
	Gabbar Singh	Recovery Ranjith	Telugu	Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Haasan
	Dammu		Telugu	NTR Jr., Trisha Krishnan
	Daruvu	Vidhya Balan	Telugu	Ravi Teja, Taapsee Pannu
	Damarukam	Rudraksha	Telugu	Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty
	Nuvva Nena		Telugu	Allari Naresh, Shriya Saran
	Mr. Nookayya		Telugu	Manoj Manchu, Kriti Kharbanda, Sana Khan
	Nippu	Kaasi	Telugu	Ravi Teja, Deeksha Seth
	Dhoni	As Prakash Raj's Boss	Tamil Telugu	Prakash Raj, Akash Puri, Radhika Apte
2011	Panjaa	Paparayudu	Telugu	Pawan Kalyan, Sarah Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania
	Seema Tapakai	Melimbangaram	Telugu	Allari Naresh,
	Madatha Kaja	Padmasri	Telugu	Allari Naresh, Sneha Ullal
	Sri Rama Rajyam	Guest	Telugu	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara
	Bejawada	Sketch Gopi		Naga Chaitanya, Amala Paul
	Dookudu	Padmasri		Mahesh Babu, Samantha
	Badrinath	Batting BABA		Allu Arjun, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj
	Desadrohii		Filming	Namitha
	Mr. Rascal	Balu	Telugu	Paruchuri Ravindranath, Harika
	Vaanam		Tamil	Silambarasan Rajendar, Bharath, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj
	Mr. Perfect	Jalsa Kishore	Telugu	Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal, Taapsee Pannu, Prakash Raj
	Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju	SriSailam		Sunil
	Payanam/Gaganam	Rajesh Kapoor(Film Director)	Tamil Telugu	Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur
	Wanted			Gopichand, Deeksha Seth
2010	Anaganaga O Dheerudu	Jeffa		Siddharth Narayan, Shruti Haasan, Lakshmi Manchu
	Ragada	Brahmam		Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, Priyamani
	Nagavalli	Assistant		Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Shraddha Das, Poonam Kaur
	Orange	Puppy		Ram Charan Teja, Genelia D'Souza
	Kalyanram Kathi			Kalyan Ram, Shaam, Sana Khan
	Collector Gari Bharya			Prakash Raj, Bhumika Chawla
	Brindaavanam	Bommarillu Father		NTR Jr., Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha, Prakash Raj
	Khaleja	Miriyam		Mahesh Babu, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj
	Don Seenu	Vishwas		Ravi Teja, Shriya Saran, Srihari, Sayaji Shinde
	Maryada Ramanna			Sunil, Saloni Aswani
	Panchakshari	Kala Bhairava		Anushka Shetty
	Vedam	Brother Bairagi		Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu, Anushka Shetty, Manoj Bajpai
	Rama Rama Krishna Krishna	Subba Rao		Ram, Priya Anand, Arjun Sarja, Gracy Singh
	Simha	Compounder		Balakrishna, Nayantara, Namitha, Sneha Ullal
	Varudu			Allu Arjun, Arya, Bhanu Sri Mehra
	Yagam			Navdeep, Bhumika Chawla, Kim Sharma, Rahul Dev
	Kedi			Nagarjuna, Mamta Mohandas
	Bindaas	Parabrahmam		Manoj Kumar Manchu, Sheena Shahabadi, Ahuti Prasad
	Namo Venkatesa	Paris Prasad		Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan
	Adhurs	Bhattacharya (Bhattu)		NTR Jr., Nayantara, Sheela
	Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi			Jagapati Babu
2009	Kasko	Mahesh Babu		Vaibhav Reddy, Shweta Prasad, Gauri Pandit
	Saleem			Vishnu Vardhan Babu, Ileana D'Cruz
	Pravarakhyudu			Jagapati Babu, Priyamani
	Prayanam	Satyanarayana Swamy		Manoj Manchu, Payal Ghosh
	Arya 2	Mr. Dasavathaaram		Allu Arjun, Kajal Aggarwal, Navdeep
	Ek Niranjan			Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood
	Jayeebhava	Narasimha Sastry		Kalyan Ram, Hansika Motwani, Mukesh Rishi
	Mahatma			Srikanth, Bhavana Menon
	Ganesh	Comedy Don Yagadiri		Ram, Kajal Aggarwal, Poonam Kaur, Ashish Vidyarthi
	Josh	Political Lerner		Naga Chaitanya, Karthika Nair, J. D. Chakravarthy
	Anjaneyulu	Prabhakar		Ravi Teja
	Magadheera			Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Aggarwal
	Evaraina Epudaina			Varun Sandesh
	Current			Sushanth
	Kick	Halwa Raj/Prakash Raj		Ravi Teja and Ileana D'Cruz
	Mitrudu	JB Jan(Jaana Betthudu Janaardhan)		Balakrishna, Priyamani
	Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam	Gachibowli Divakar		Siddharth Narayan and Tamannaah
	Maska	Doctor		Ram, Hansika Motwani
2008	King	Jayasurya		Nagarjuna and Trisha Krishnan
	Neninthe	Idly Vishwanath		Ravi Teja, Siya, Sayaji Shinde, Subbaraju
	Chedugudu
	Dongala Bandi	Climax Thief		Allari Naresh
	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	College Principal		Varun Sandesh, Shweta Prasad
	Ninna Nedu Repu			A.M. Ravi Krishna, Tamannaah Bhatia
	Chintakayala Ravi	Pinky		Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty and Mamta Mohandas
	Saroja	Guest appearance	Tamil film	Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, S. P. B. Charan, Prakash Raj, Jayaram
	Baladur	Nani		Ravi Teja, Anushka Shetty, Krishna
	Sathyam	Transport office broker	Tamil film	Vishal Reddy, Nayantara, Upendra
	Gajibiji
	Aalayam			Sivaji
	Kathanayakudu	Koya dora		Jagapathi Babu, Rajnikanth, Meena, Nayantara, Sunil
	Ullasamga Utsahamga			Yadho Sagar, Sneha Ullal
	Hare Ram	Nijam		Kalyan Ram, Priyamani
	Victory			Nitin Kumar Reddy, Mamta Mohandas
	Ready	McDowel Murthy		Ram, Genelia D'Souza
	Pandurangadu			Balakrishna, Sneha, Tabu
	Kantri	Brahmi		Jr. NTR, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj, Hansika Motwani
	Naa Manasukemaindi
	Donga Sachinollu	Stalin
	Bhale Dongalu			Tarun Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz
	Sawaal			Bharath
	Jalsa	Pranav		Pawan Kalyan, Ileana D'Cruz
	Premabhishekam
	Lakshmi Putrudu		Cameo Appearance
	Gamyam	Person on a highway		Allari Naresh, Sharwanand, Kamalinee Mukherjee
	Krishnarjuna			Vishnu Vardhan Babu, Mamta Mohandas, Nagarjuna
	Nenu Meeku Telusa...?	Barmani		Manoj Manchu, Sneha Ullal, Riya Sen, Nassar
	Mr. Medhavi			Genelia D'Souza, Raja, Sonu Sood
	Pourudu			Sumanth, Kajal Aggarwal, Nassar
	Krishna	Bobby		Ravi Teja, Trisha Krishnan
	100 Kotlu			Baladitya, Saira Bhanu
	Brahmanandam Drama Company			Sivaji
	Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters			Allari Naresh, Krishna Bhagawan
	John Appa Rao 40 plus			Krishna Bhagawan
	Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna			Raja, Sneha
	Hero			Nitin Kumar Reddy, Bhavana Menon, Ramya Krishna
2007	Aata	Astrologist		Siddharth Narayan, Ileana D'Cruz
	Aaroje
	Athidhi	Uncle of heroine		Mahesh Babu, Amrita Rao
	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule			Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan
	Bhajantrilu
	Brahma - The Creator
	Chiruta	Krish		Ram Charan Teja, Neha Sharma
	Dubai Seenu	Rama Krishna		Ravi Teja, Nayantara
	Dhee	Chari		Vishnu, Genelia D'Souza
	Lakshyam	College Canteen Owner		Gopichand, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty
	Maharajasri
	Maisamma IPS	Minister		Mumaith Khan, Sayaji Shinde, Pradeep Rawat
	Mee Sreyobhilashi	Panthulu
	Athili Sattibabu LKG	Ravi Shastri		Allari Naresh
	Okkadunnadu	Satyanarayana		Gopichand
	Satyabhama
	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Astrologist		Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Karishma Kotak
	Mozhi	Apartment President Anantakrishnan	Tamil film	Jyothika in lead.
	Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw	Joshua Gottam
	Vijayadasami
	Yamadonga	Chitraguptudu		NTR Jr., Priyamani, Mohan Babu
2006	Annavaram	Purohitudu
	Andala Ramudu
	Bommarillu	Loan Officer		Siddharth Narayan, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj
	Vikramarkudu	Duvva Abbulu		Ravi Teja, Anushka Shetty, Ajay
	Pellaina Kothalo			Jagapati Babu, Priyamani
	Stalin	Purohitudu		Chiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan
	Pokiri	Brahmi		Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj
	Sri Ramadasu	Astrologist	Devotional Film
	Happy	Pizza Hut Manager		Allu Arjun, Genelia D'Souza
2005	Jai Chiranjeeva	Shanthi Swaroop		Chiranjeevi
	Evadi Gola Vaadidi	Sankardada R.M.P	Comedy Film
	Hungama	P.A. of Bobbili Raja	Comedy Film
	Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu	Thief		Raja, Shriya Saran
	Vennela	Pampachek
	Athadu	Brahmam		Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Sonu Sood
	Super	lie-detector Operator		Nagarjuna, Ayesha Takia, Anushka Shetty, Sonu Sood
	Andarivaadu	Reporter		Chiranjeevi, Tabu, Rimi Sen, Prakash Raj
	Soggadu	Servant of Satyannarayana
	Radha Gopalam
	Balu ABCDEFG	Hotel Manager
	Allari Bullodu
2004	Swarabhishekam		Telugu
	Apparao Driving School	Losugula Lakshma Reddy
	New		Tamil
	Gilli	Pundit	Tamil
	Suryam	Pujari
	Andhrawala	Home Minister		Jr. NTR, Rakshitha, Sayaji Shinde
	Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu
	Intlo Srimati Veedhilo Kumari
	Leela Mahal Center
	Vidyardhi
	Vijayendra Varma
	Valliddaru Okkate
	Satruvu
	Athade Oka Sainyam	P.A. of Prakash Raj		Prakash Raj
	Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi	Music Pundit
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	Venky	Gajala from Washington, D.C.
	Kaasi		Tamil film
	Nenunnanu	Hero's Friend		Nagarjuna, Shriya Saran and Aarti Agarwal
	Preminchukunnam Pelliki Randi
	Nani	Father of Ravi Babu		Ravi Babu
	Adavi Ramudu
	Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu
	Aithe Enti
	Xtra
	Koduku
	Swamy
	Pallakilo Pellikoothuru
	Andaru Dongale Dorikithe	Chee
	Malliswari	Balu (Katrina Kaif's Driver)		Venkatesh, Katrina Kaif
2003	Satyam	Attender (Manager Lingam)
	Simhadri	Talupulu
	Ninney Ishta Paddaanu
	Ammulu
	Gangotri	School Teacher
	Raghavendra	Sirisha's brother
	Kabaddi Kabaddi
	Fools
	Pellam Oorelithe		Comedy
2002	Sahasa Baludu Vichitra Kothi		Children's film
	Manmadhudu	Sooribabu Lavangam		Nagarjuna, Sonali Bendre, Anshu
	Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu
	Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
	Ramana	Gundusoodi Seenu
	Lagna Patrika
	Nee Premakai	Vineeth's uncle
	Neetho Cheppalani
	Entha Bagundo
	Aaduthu Paaduthu
	Friends
	Vendi Mabbulu
	Tappuchesi Pappukoodu	Lawyer
	Adrustam
	Neetho
	Allari Ramudu
	Bharata Simha Reddy
	Chennakeshava Reddy	Purohitudu		Balakrishna, Shriya Saran and Tabu
	Gemini	Car Mechanic
	2 much
	Eeswar
	Thotti Gang	Gaali Gottam Govinda Saastry/ Saastry's mother
	Premalo Pavani Kalyan
	Sandade Sandadi
	Siva Rama Raju	Uncle of Hero
	Bobby	Ammiraju old B.A		Mahesh Babu, Aarti Agarwal, Prakash Raj
	Indra	Pandit		Chiranjeevi, Aarti Agarwal, Sonali Bendre
	Seema Simham
2001	Hanuman Junction			Jagapathibabu, Arjun
	Ammaye Navvithe
	Family Circus
	Sri Manjunatha	Nandeeswarudu
	Narasimha Naidu	Puro		Balakrishna, Simran Bagga, Preeti Jhangiani
	Mrugaraaju	Assistant Guard
	Apparao Ki Oka Nela Thappindi
2000	Badri	Gangaraju		Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel, Renu Desai
	Kshemanga Velli Labham Ga Randi	One of the heroes	Comedy Film
	Annayya
	Mee Aayana Jagratha
	Real Story
1999	Raja Kumarudu	Policeman		Mahesh Babu, Preity Zinta, Prakash Raj
	Samara Simha Reddy	Server in a Hotel
	Sneham Kosam	P.A of Prakash Raj		Prakash Raj
	Premaku Velayara
1998	Subhakankshalu
	Premante Idera
	Paradesi
	Bavagaru Bagunnara?	Gopal
	Choodalani Vundi	House owner
	Sooryavansham		hindi
	Maavidakulu		Telugu	Jagapati Babu, Rachana Banerjee
1997	Hitler
	Super Heroes	Hero	Directed by AVS
	Anaganaga Oka Roju	Michael Jackson
	Annamayya	Pundit
	Gokulamlo Seetha
	Pelli Sandadi	Relative of Hero
1996	Oho Naa Pellanta	Armugam
	Vinodam	Thief
	Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi	Father of lady's hostel warden
	Little Soldiers	Servant
1995	Subhamasthu
	Sisindri
	Gharana Bullodu	Jatka man
	Alluda Majaka	Abbulu/Ms. Dakota
	Money Money	Khan Dada
	Rikshavodu	One of the riksha guys
1994	Police Alludu
	Mugguru Monagallu	Assistant to the Dancer
	Aame
	Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu	One of the thieves in last fight
	Allari Premikudu	Hero's Friend
	Bangaru Kutumbam		Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award
	Brahmachari Mogudu	Gurnadham
	Gandeevam
	Gangmaster
	Hello Brother	Assistant to Raja		Nagarjuna, Soundarya, Ramya Krishna
	Number One
	Pelli Koduku
	Shubhalagnam
	Yamaleela	Chitragupta
1993	Mutamestri	coolie		Chiranjeevi, Meena
	Aa Okkati Adakku	Pulla Rao
	Allari Priyudu	Hero's friend
	Ish Gup Chup
	Jamba Lakidi Pamba	Anandam
	Ladies Special	Brahmanandam
	Mayalodu	Police Inspector
	Mechanic Alludu	mechanic		Chiranjeevi
	Money	Khan Dada
	Parugo Parugu
	Pekata Paparao
	Prema Chitram Pelli Vichitram
	Rajendrudru Gajendrudru	Bank Manager
1992	Aapathbandavudu
	Babai Hotel	Hero	Debut As Hero
	420			Mammootty
	Allari Mogudu	Hero's friend
	Ashwamedham
	Chitram Bhalare Vichitram	Boondi Brahmanandam
	Gharaana Mogudu	Appanna
	Pachani Samsaram
	Sundara Kanda	student
1991	Rowdy Alludu
	Kshana Kshanam	Store Manager
	Naa Pellam Naa Ishtam	Tea Stall owner
	Rowdy Gari Pellam	Hotel Owner
	Prema Entha Madhuram	Siva
	Aditya 369
	Stoovertpuram Police Station
	Appula Appa Rao	Sastri	Comedy film
	Talli Tandrulu
1990	Raja Vikramarka	Janaki (Jackey)
	Jagadeka Veerudu Attilokasundari	Photographer
	Chevilo Puvvu
	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa	Gopalam
1989	Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu	Hero's Friend
	Bava Bava Panneeru	Servant
	Hai Hai Nayaka	Patel Master
	Mutyamantha Muddu
1988	Yudda Bhoomi
	Rudra Veena	Dunkard
	Chikkadu Dorakadu
	Chinni Krishnudu
	Choopulu Kalasina Shubhavela
	Donga Kollu	Veeragandham Apparao
	Vivaaha Bhojanambu
1987	Swayam Krushi	Cobbler
	Pasivadi Pranam
	Aha Naa Pellanta	Ara Gundu

Awards

• Acharya Nagarjuna University awarded Brahmanandam an honorary doctorate award.
• In 2005, he was selected to receive the 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. It consists of a Swarna Kankanam (gold bracelet), a citation and a souvenir.
• He earned a spot in the Guinness World Records for acting in 754 Telugu films in 20 years in 2007.
• Filmfare Best Comedian Award (Telugu) for Dhee (2007).
• He was awarded the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for the 2008 film Ready.
• In January 2009, the government of India bestowed the title of Padma Shri, fourth highest civilian award, on Brahmanandam for his contributions to art.
• Best Actor in a Comic Role in Dookudu at The Hyderabad Times Film Awards (2011).

External links

• Brahmanandam at the Internet Movie Database