Brahmanandam Kanneganti , 59 , is a popular Amerindic doer , have it off for his ready witticism and comic timing — but is even more famous for appearing in more than 1000 movies .
The thespian and comedian has been active in India ’s Telugu words motion picture industry since 1987 and has amassed a stupefying number of roles . To put that into perspective , Christopher Lee , who previously held the Guinness World Record for most screen reference , look in 244 movies over the form of more than 60 years . Brahmanandam has appeared in four clock time as many motion picture in half the time . The former professor , with a degree in Telugu literature , officially broke Lee ’s record in 2010 with 857 films . Since then , he ’s gone on to act in at least 143 more moving picture , though the actortold theTimes of Indiahe’d stopped counting after 997 .
If you ’ve never heard of Brahmanandam , that ’s not so surprising . Tollywood flick are popular throughout India , where Telugu is the third - most spoken language , but have a small consultation in the West , where Telugu speakers are relatively rare .
Still , Brahmanandam is an incredibly democratic and fertile actor in a film industry that has been around for more than a century . The actor , whose name intend “ the felicity of the universe , ” got his start after a producer witnessed his amateur stand - up comedy human activity and offered him a small motion-picture show character .
Since then , the fecund doer tells theTimes of Indiahe has never well-worn of work . However , he does go for to slow up things down a bite now that he ’s broken quadruple finger : “ I do design to go easily and be more selective with my films from now on . There is an older expression … ‘ Fresh water replace the old piddle , but the moss stays in its place . ’ I guess that explains my longevity . ”
[ h / t : Times of India ]
