Today is a memorable for every comedy and class movie lover of Telugu Cinema. It is the birth anniversary of a legendary film personality Jandhyala who changed the dimensions of Comedy through his films and proved the power of pen when Telugu films were stuck in gross commerciality.
Nobody can forget the hilarious characters created by this Hasya Brahma. On the eve of his birth anniversary, iQlikmovies brings you some of the interesting facts about him:
Jandhyala garu is extremely fond of the old classic Mayabazar. Hence his films had the titles Aha Na Pellanta , Chupulu Kalasina Subhavela , Vivaha Bhojanambu , Hai Hai Nayaka, Oho Na Pellanta which are the song titles of Mayabazar album. The title cards of his films even feature the original black and white footage of these songs!He introduced Brahmanandam, Sutthi Veerabhadra Rao, Sutthi Velu, Potti Prasad, Subbaraya Sharma and so on who not only are great comedians but fantastic actors.Gave voice for dubbed version of Mani Ratnam’s Iddaru (Iruvar-Tamil Original) for the character of Prakash Raj. The indigenous touch given by Jandhyala garu through his voice is something never forgotten!Only director who had the unique idea of keeping “Titla Dandakam” as a song in Shh Gup Chup. It was penned by the great lyricist Jonnavitthula.E.V.V.Satyanarayana, who also took many comedy films later worked as an assistant to Jandhyala. In fact, the idea of the gender reversal in Mogudu Pellalu was suggested by EVV, which was later made by him as a full time movie- Jamba Lakadi Pamba.Every film of Jandhyala garu has atleast one classical oriented or a beautiful melody songMany of the comedy film directors who made mark in Telugu Cinema later- Relangi Narasimha Rao, E.V.V.Satyanarayana and even the recent dialogue writer turned director Trivikiram have an unavoidable Jandhyala mark in many of their worksThe only writer in Telugu Cinema venturing into Science Fiction- for Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s Aditya 369 which dealt with Time TravelJandhyala is also a wonderful actor but except for a brief cameo as himself in Vivaha Bhojanambu and a memorable role as a talented poet in K.Vishwanath's Apathbandhavudu, we couldn't see much of his acting prowess in Tollywood.
