Dr.Jandyala (Hasya Brahma)

Jandhyala Veera Venkata Durga Siva Subramanya Sastry (Telugu: జంధ్యాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్య శాస్త్రి) (14 January 1951 - 19 June 2001) was an Indian film Screenwriter, Director and Actor from Telugu Cinema. He is revered as a Comic genius and has directed several successful comedy movies in Telugu. He has also introduced several comedy actors including Brahmanandam to the film industry.

Jandhyala, popularly known as 'Hasya Brahma' Jandhyala, was born on the auspicious day of Makara Sankranti- Pongal (January 14) in 1951 at Narsapuram. He is the son of Jandhyala Narayana Murthy. He graduated with a Bachelors in commerce from SRR & CVR College in Vijayawada.


Career

He was a noted playwright during his college days. His first play 'Ek Din Ka Sultan' became a pretty popular play. His last play was Gundelu Marchabadunu. He entered the films as a lyricist through the film 'Punya Bhoomi Kallu Teru'. His first film as a dialogue writer was K. Vishwanath's Siri Siri Muvva. He was the dialogue writer for films like Shankarabharanam. He turned into a director with the film Mudda Mandaram. His last film Vichitram was apparently his 60th film as a director.
He has introduced many comedy actors like Bramhanandam, Suthi Velu and Suthi Veerabhadra Rao. His film with Usha Kiron movies Srivariki Premalekhabecame an all time comedy film. His other film Ananda Bhairavi was a milestone in his career and won many awards including the National award for best director.
He directed several hits like Nalugu Sthambalata, Ananda Bhairavi, Rendu Rella Aaru, Aha Naa Pellanta, Vivaha Bhojanambu, Choopulu Kalasina Subhavela,Chantabbai, Amara Jeevi, Seeta Rama Kalyanam and Padamati Sandhya Ragam. He has also acted in Aapathbandhavudu directed by K. Viswanath as father of the lead actress. He has also worked as a dubbing artist for few films in Telugu.
One of his famous quotes in Telugu was "Navvadam oka bhogam, Navvinchadam oka yogam, Navvalekapovadam oka rogam".
It's English Translation is "To be able to laugh is a blessing, to make others laugh is an art and to be unable to laugh is a disease".


 

 

Personal life

Jandhyala married Annapurna with whom he had two daughters-Sahiti and Sampada. Jandhyala died on 19 June 2001.[1]




Other Awards won for the film Ananda Bhairavi

§  Madras Film Fans Award
§  Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Award
§  Vijayawada Film Journalists Award
§  Vamsi Award
§  Kalasagar Award
§  Andhra Pradesh Cinegoers Award


As Writer

§  Adavi Ramudu (1977) (dialogues)
§  Siri Siri Muvva (1978)
§  Tayaramma Bangarayya (1979) (dialogues)


As Director

Film
Actors
Release Date
Pradeep, Poornima
11-9-1981
Vijji Babu, Jyothi, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
1982
Naresh, Pradeep, Poornima, Tulasi
15-5-1982
25-1-1983
Naresh, Pradeep, Rajesh, Subhakar, Mahalakshmi, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, Suthivelu
30-3-1983
Amarajeevi
19-8-1983
-9-1983
2-3-1984
1984
Ramarao Gopalrao
Rao Gopal Rao, Chandra Mohan, Muchcharla Aruna
1984
Naresh, Poornima, Muchcharla Aruna
1985
Balakrishna, Anitha Reddy[Debut], Sutti Veerabhadra Rao
8-2-1985
Naresh, Anitha Reddy
1985
5-8-1985
1985
11-1-1986
18-4-1986
22-8-1986
11-4-1987
Raghu, Sumalatha, Tulasi, Sandhya
4-6-1987
Satyagraham
Challa Ramakrishna Reddy, Saritha, Guntur Sastry
1987
27-11-1987
Ramesh, Kushboo, Sarath Babu
-4-1988
Chandra Mohan, Rajendra Prasad, Aswani
-4-1988
8-1988
Naresh, Mohan, Aswani, Sudha
7-10-1988
Naresh,Sri Bharathi
23-2-1989
6-7-1989
Naresh, Rupa Kala
9-8-1991
Naresh, Mayuri
6-9-1991
1991
Brahmanandam, Kinnera
5-6-1992
Rajendra Prasad, Aiswarya, Subhalekha Sudhakar
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Varun Raj, Achyuth, Vijay Kumar
-
Varun Raj, Bhanupriya
12-5-1994
Harish, Sanghavi
20-3-1996
Ghazal Srinivas, Chandra Sree, Sri Harsha, Charmi
6-11-1998


As Actor



Dubbing Artist

§  Chupulu Kalasina Subhavela (for Sutti Veerabhadra Rao)
§  Bharateeyudu - Telugu version of Shankar's Tamil film Indian (1996 film) (for the cop who chases Kamal Haasan)
§  Iddharu (for Prakash Raj)
§  Padamati Sandhyaragam (for Uncle (Babai) - Meer Abdulla)
§  Arunachalam (for {Vissu} Rangachary, Rambha's father)
§  Bhama Ne Satyabhama Ne (for Geminiganeshan, Meena's father)CLICK HERE TO GO TO TOP


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