One fine day i.e., on February 1st 1956 The Great Couple Kanneganti Nagalingachari and Kanneganti Lakshmi Narsamma gave an immortal Gift to our Telugu people in the form of their 7th Son Padma Sri Dr. Brahmanandam in Sattenapalle, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the greatest comedians of Telugu Cinema. He had completed his M. A. in Telugu literature from Andhra University. Before he started his career in movies he was a Telugu lecturer in Attili, a town in West Godavari district.
Being a middle class person, there were many financial problems which were to be taken care by him. Getting g into industry was not so easy those days. He says “My parents’ interests towards art helped me to develop artistic ideas”. He is a good mimicry artist and he participated in many cultural activities during his school and college days and won many prizes and this added as an assert for his entry in mighty Telugu film Industry. Though he became a lecturer, he didn’t leave his interest in the field of art he sailed in the same way and received many compliments for his imitation of his colleagues during his days as lecturer in Attili. He got a chance to manage a program named Pakapakalu in Dooradshan in 1985 which announces the name of brahmanandam to TV and Film Industry silently.
It was on his Birthday when he stands before a camera for the first time for the Film SRI TATAVATARAM.This turned his life into other way. Though this was the first movie he started acting, the other movie SATYAGRAHI under JANDYALA’s direction was released first. He showed his rocking performance in the movie AHA NA PELLANTA directed by Jandhyala. . Dr. Brahmanandam says, “Jandhyala garu is not only my favorite director, but also my Guru in film industry. He is a good mimicry artist and he participated in many cultural activities during his school and college days and won many prizes and this added as an assert for his entry in mighty Telugu film Industry.
Starting from Aragundu character role he never looked back in his movie career, He became katti ram das, khan dada, soori babu lavangam, gajala, Brahmmi (software engineer), Chari garu, and Mc Dowell moorthy. He is contributing his great remarkable services to the best which made him to be a Guinness book awardee.
Awards
- Padma Shree award from Government of India.
- Prestigious Guinness book of world records for acting in an above 750 Telugu films in a career spanning 20 years.
- Received 5 Nandi awards for the films
- Ahana pellanta (1987) ,
- Money(1993),
- Anaganaga oka roju,
- Anna,
- Vinodam.
- Rajeev Gandhi Sadbhavan award.
- Doctarate from Nagarjuna University.
- 5 Kalasagar awards, 10 CineGoer awards, 9 Vamsi bearkly awards.
- He was honoured with Gold gandapendaram by Vijayawada viswa brahmana sangham.
- He received all the awards estlblished in the names of famous telugu comedian like Relangi, Raji babu, Chalam, AlluRamaligayya, and Sutti veerra bhadrarao.
