South Indian Comedy Actor Brahmanandam Biography

BRAHMANANDAM KANNEGANTI is a South India Actor who is known for his amazing comedy roles in numerous south Indian Telugu films. He is mostly known as a great Comedian but apart from this, he is a versatile personality who is more than a comedian - a professor, Guinness World Record holder, and artist.

Personal details

Birthday - 1 February 1956

Brahmanandam age - 66 years as on 1 Feb 2022

Birthplace - Sattenapalli, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.

Height - 5 foot 2 inches

Hobbies - He loves art and he has shared several beautiful pencil artworks through his Instagram account. Also, he likes reading books and writing in his free time.

Brahmanandam Family

Father's name - Lakshminarasamma

Mother's name - Nagalingachary

His wife's name is Lakshmi and he has two sons. They are Raja Gautham and Siddharth.

Brahmanandam lives in Jubilee hill, Hyderabad with his family.

Education

He has done MA in Telugu from Dantuluri Narayana Raju College (D.N.R), Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.

Brahmanandam Career

Brahmanandam started his career as a Telugu language lecturer and later in 1987, he was introduced to the Telugu film industry. His first movie was "Aha Naa-Pellanta!" which was written and directed by Jandhyala. It was a successful comedy-drama film. After this, he never looked back and progressed successively with the numerous hit movies.

His work is always praised by everyone in his movies and he is the highest-paid comedy actor in Tollywood. He has worked almost with all the superstars of Tollywood.

According to some news reports, Brahmanandam charges Rs. 1 crore for a movie and his total financial assets have been pegged at Rs. 320 crores.

Brahmanandam Achievements

Brahmanandam holds Guinness World Record for most screen credits for a living actor (as he worked in more than 1000 films).
For his great contribution to Indian Cinema, he was awarded Padma Shri in the year 2009.
Brahmanandam is honored by several awards for his contribution to Cinema.

6 State Nandi Awards - Best Comedian 5 times for movies Money, Anaganaga Oka Roju, Vinodam, Ready and Race Gurram. Best Supporting Actor for movie Anna.
1 Filmfare Award South
6 CineMAA Awards - He received CineMAA Award for Best Comedian in movies Manmadhudu, Dhee, Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam, Adhurs & Dookudu
3 South Indian International Movie Awards.

Social media

Instagram account - https://instagram.com/actorbrahmanandam

Brahmanandam drawings

Brahmanandam made several pencil arts such as lord Venkatesh, Sai Baba, Ram-Hanuman, India lockdown condition, and many more. Also, he gifted a few of them to the top stars of Tollywood (like Allu Arjun and Rana). Here are a few images of the drawings that are made by south Indian comedy king Brahmanandam.