#HappyBirthday Brahmanandam Garu: Top 10 funny expressions of Veteran Comedian and a meme god of Tollywood
Kanneganti Brahmanandam aka Brahmi/Brahmanandam is an Indian actor, comedian, Painter and an impersonator who workers predominantly in the Indian Telugu cinema. He is a Guinness world Record holder for having the most screen credits for a living actor who appeared in over 1000+ films to date. He was Honoured with the Padama Shri in the year 2009 and was a Telugu lecturer before getting in to the Telugu cinema as a comedian. Today he turns 66, More than his acting and films, In the digital age his expressions are one of the most widely used personalities and most popular faces in the memes and trolls on the social media. In this regard we have selected some of the most commonly seen expressions of the legendary Comedian and the meme god of Tollywood.
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'Aha Naa Pellanta (1987)'
He was then cast in the ever-green film ‘Aha Naa Pellanta
(1987) by the legendary filmmaker Jandhyala which become a breakthrough film
for his career.
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Telugu Comedy shows
He was also a theatre actor and a mimicry artist before getting into film acting and he was introduced to Tollywood by Playwright Adi Vishnuthough a Doordarshan TV Comedy programme ‘Pakapakalu’.
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Blockbusters with Megastar Chiranjeevi
The same year he appeared in ‘Pasivadi Pranam and Swayam
Krushi’ alongside Telugu Megastar Chiranjeevi of which both film blockbuster
hits.
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Lead Roles
He also played lead roles in films such as ‘Babi Hotel’, ‘Money’, and ‘Money Money ‘ which brought him a lot of accolades for his performances in the above films in the lead role.
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Multi faceted Personality
Brahmandam is a multi-faceted personality who was a sculptor and sketch artist is known for his philosophical writings on Swami Vivekananda and Jiddu Krishna Murthy.
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Awards and Rewards
He won several awards for his comic timing and expressions of which ‘Manmadhu’ stands out and he was awarded the Filmfare Best Comedian award for the film besides winning several state Nandi awards for his performances in films such as Money 1993, Anna 1994, Ananagana oka Roju 1995, Vinodam 1996, Ready 2008, Race Gurram 2014.
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Dual Role
He played Dual roles in films such as 'Ramma Chilakamma' in
the year 2001 while he was a guest actor in several the south films.
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Tamil , Kannada and Hindi language films
He gave voice to the other language comedians when they got dubbed in Telugu, especially since he is known to give voice to Tamil actor Vadivelu in no.of blockbuster films such as Chandamukhi, Majaa, Aaru, 23rd Pulikesi, and in The Lion King to Seth Rogen.
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The Judge
He also turned a singer to ‘Naa Peru SriSailam’ song in
2011 Ram Gopal Varma’s film ‘Katha Screenplay Darsakthvam AppalRaju’ He was a judge in the Telugu version of ‘The Great Telugu Laughter Challenge’!
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