Telugu Tv Serial Anando Brahma - Cast & Crew

Dharmavarapu Subramanyam was a popular comedian cum character artist in the Andhra Pradesh film industry. He was not only a cinema star, but also a Serial artist. He was born in the year 1960 in Komminenivari Palem in Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in over 800 films right from Jayammu Nischayamurra.  Anando Bhrama, a popular serial in Doordarshan paved the way for him to enter the cinema industry. The serial was telecasted in the year 1980. He began his career as a government employee, but slowly moved to the acting field, due to his passion. He was popular for his humor sense as well as for his dialogues. He stood unique from other comedians and pronounced the language differently and got a huge name and fame from the audience. He also worked as a director in the movie, Thokaleni Pitta. This film had Naresh as the hero. Dharmavarapu Subramanyam has two sons, but he never let them to the limelight of the cinema industry. He has received lots of awards in his acting life. His latest films were Hum Tum, Dilunnodu and Rudrama Devi. Before the release of Rudrama Devi, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam lost his life due to cancer and liver failure in the year 2013. 

Suthi Velu was born on 7 August, 1947 in a village named Bhogireddypalli, in Andhra Pradesh. His original name was Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao. His father was a teacher. From childhood itself he was interested in Drama and developed zeal to become an actor. At an age of seven, he gave his first stage show. But his father discouraged him towards acting. Initially, he was an employee at Vizag Ship Yard.

He started his acting career through a Telugu movie named ‘Mudda Mandaaram’. He mainly acted as comedian. He was very famous in Jandyala’s (veteran Telugu film director) comedy films for dialogue delivery and superb timing.

His name was changed to Suthivelu after the release of movie ‘Nalugu Stambalata’ in which his name was Suthi. From his childhood he was nick named Velu, so after the popular character Suthi, he was named Suthivelu, which became his screen name.

He acted in more than 200 Telugu films as supporting actor and comedian. His reign was spanned from 1980-2000. He won Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor for film ‘Vandemataram’ in 1985. He won Nandi award as best comedian in 1989 and 1990.

He was married to Lakshmi Rajyam and couple has three daughters and a son. He acted up to 2009. He recently died on 16 September, 2012 in Chennai.

Apart from films he took part in TV soaps also. He worked on channels like Doordarshan, ETV and Gemini.

His serials include ‘Devatha’ on Gemini, ‘Lady Detective’ on ETV and ‘Aanandhobrahma (popular comedy serial)’ on Doordarshan.

Ashok Rao hails from Andhra Pradesh. He resides in Masab Tank, Hyderabad. His mother tongue is Telugu. Ashok Rao is a Telugu TV and film actor. He is a senior television artist who has around 25 years of acting experience. He has acted in stage dramas and then entered into television through DD. He has acted in many serials on DD and got popularity with his acting skills.  The serials in which Ashok Rao has acted are- Tenali Ramakrishna, Bhatti Vikramarka, Anando Brahma etc. These serials are telecasted on DD. He has acted as the King Vikramarka in Bhatti Vikkramarka serial. He has acted as the King Sri Krishna Devaraya in the Tenali Ramakrshna serial. His acting in the role of King Vikramarka was appreciated. He got much popularity with this serial. 

Many people get confused with Ashok Rao and his co-artist Ashok Kumar as they have started their careers at the same time and have acted together in many serials. Recently he has acted in some serials. He has acted in the serial Maro Charitra telecasted on Gemini TV. This serial is directed by Ravi Kishore Gurajada and produced by G3 Studio. He has acted in the serial Chandramukhi. This serial is directed by Y.S and Kola Nageshwar Rao and produced by Prasad Devineni. Ashok Rao has directed a TV serial called Bommarillu. This serial was telecasted on Gemini TV. This serial is written and produced by G.Prabhakar Rao. He has acted in supporting roles in many films. One of his films is Ladies Special directed by Jandhyala and produced by Koneru Ravindranath.