The actor with the worldwide record of Guinness for most of the appearances in films

In the United States, the vast world of Telugu cinema is not terribly known. In fact, many Americans could have exposed for the first time to Telugu cinema as recently as 2022 with the launch of the epic of the musical action of SS Rajamouli “RRR”, a film that won the best original song in the Academy Awards. Telugu cinema, sometimes called Tollywood, is an industry that dates back to 1912 and occurs in the southern part of India. Tollywood’s films should not be confused with Bollywood movies, which belong to a separate industry, describing films made of bombay. Tollywood’s films are in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada or Malayalam. Bollywood movies are in Hindi, but sometimes also in the languages ​​of Punjabi or Haryanvi. In addition, in general terms, Bollywood’s films are shorter than Tollywood’s films, and the former tend to skew towards romantic melodramas, while the second lean towards action and show.

Working in the world of Telugu cinema since its first feature film in 1986 is the prolific superstar Kanneganti Brahmanandam, who is generally accredited only his last name. Brahamanandam’s first film was the romantic failure by director Jandhyala “Chanttabai”, a movie about a possible detective (Chiranjeevi) that calms his life around James Bond. Brahmanandam’s character is not named, but appears in the background.

Since then, Brahmanandam has accumulated the amazing 1,049 additional cinematographic credits. Throughout the 1990s, he appeared on an average of 40 films per year. His pleasant face and talent for comedy is one of the most reliable and demanded actors of Teluu cinema, and it seems that Brahmanandam never says not to anything. He has also branched from Telugu cinema from time to time, with a modest filmography in Tamil as well. He currently has the world record of Guinness for the largest amount of credits of any living actor, and yes, that also includes voice actors and adult artists.

Brahmanandam began to prolific and simply stopped. He made his debut in 1986, but 1987 he was already busy; It appeared in six feature films that year. In 1988, he starred in 18 films. He remained in that clip for decades, only decreasing slightly in 2016, when he only appeared in 13 films. In 2017, a break was taken, appearing in just seven. Here in the United States it impresses us when, for example, Jude Law appears in five high -profile films. Brahmanandam exceeds Law annual record in mid -January. In 2024, Brahamanandam appeared in the animated series “Bujji and Bhairava”, a movie in Hindi, a movie in Nepalí, two Tamile films and three Telugu movies. That is in addition to your dubbing work.

The Americans can be familiar with a character that Brahmanandam has interpreted, since he provided the telugu language dialogue for Pumbaa in the Indian dubbing of “The Lion King” by Jon Favreau. He returned to the role of the prequel movie, “Mufasa: The Lion King” too.

Brahmanandam’s easily accessible performance will find his films “Indian II”, “Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo”, “Bro” and “Manmadhudu 2” in Netflix. The Sunnxt transmission service also has 24 more. However, given how prolific it is, these films are nothing more than a sample of the incredible comic talents of man. While many Teluu films are available worldwide, the great most of them are only available in India. In his native country, however, Brahmanandam is a national and recognizable treasure in sight.

Before becoming an actor, Brahmanandam went to university, obtained a master’s degree in arts and worked as an occasional professor and interpreter, giving scenario examples of various types of physical comedy. His simulated performances were impressive and fun to attract the attention of the playwright Adi Vishnu. Vishnu had connections at a local television station Telugu, and Brahmanandam was able to get a concert on television. That performance, in turn, attracted the film director Jandhyala, and a film race was initiated.

Brahamnandam has been so prolific, there are few other biographical details to inform. He acted. He acted more. He acted even more. He found time to marry at some point and has two children, who also have in functions.

When he broke 1,000 credits in 2015, Brahmanandam was interviewed by The Times of Indiaand was impressively modest about achievement. He said:

“Every man aspires to do something with his life, that’s why I think it’s not me that is the reason. I am sure that each actor works as hard as me, if not more. But people have not tired of me yet. .

Brahmanandam is also very religious (he is a Brahamanist), and claimed to be authorizing a book based on his personal relationship with God and his Tour of Faith. To date, he has won six Nandi awards, the Oscar del Cine Telugu. He has no intention of retiring soon, so his records will only expand. “I will continue to do it,” he said, “as long as the show continues.” Telugu cinema would not be the same without him. Now he is 69 years old.

Brahmanandam is, however, only the most prolific actor is still alive, and only has the record of most cinematographic credits. As volumetric records advance, Brahmanandam has a way to go before being able to overcome Jan Leighton’s record, the American actor who, according to Guinness’s book, played more roles than any actor known in history. Leighton’s album includes voice papers, stage performances, commercials, printed ads and occasional pieces of movies and television. But according to Guinness’s estimate, Leighton “played” (or at least dressed as) to more than 3,000 people in his life.

Leighton, born in 1921, began to secure roles on stage at the end of the 50s, and appeared in some television programs in the 1960s. He liked the story, he often read historical biographies, which allowed him Historical with poise. He usually built his own costumes and kept them at home. According A 1989 interview with New York magazineLeighton had peluk, shoes, togas, almost 200 hats and 71 pairs of vessels. According Leighton’s 2009 obituary at the New York TimesIt was attributed more than 2,400 roles. However, its now missing website put that number at more than 3,000.

Leighton was able to fill in his credits by including modeling work. He dressed as Henry Kissinger and Leonardo da Vinci on the covers of New York magazine, for example. It was Dracula in a mobile phone ad, and Robert E. Lee in a department store. He even touched John Wayne’s voice in Kleeer’s single “Get Tough”.

As for cinematographic credits, Leighton is less prolific. His most visible cinematographic role could be to interpret Albert Einstein in the obscenity of supernatural sex of 1982 “Zapped!”