The great comedian of Tollywood – Padmanabham was no more ! I love his comedy like anything.I never forgot the song ” Jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi“shooted on him
His age is 79 years and he acted in more that 400 films.He entered into movie field in 1943.Padmanabham (born Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao, 20 August 1931) is a Telugu movie comedian as well as film producer. He was born to Smt. Santham and Sri. Basavaraju Venkata Seshaiah in Simhadripuram village, Pulivendula taluk, Kadapa District.
Like many others of his era who had no godfathers to give them a straight lift in films, Padmanabham too landed in Madras with only fire in his belly and a talent to sing and imitate any actor of those days. Though he worked with almost 80 directors in his long career, Padmanabham cherishes most his association with Gudavalli Ramabrahmam, Ghantasala Balaramayya, L.V. Prasad and K.V. Reddy. “They werereally great directors,” he says.
Padmanabham is proud that he never aspired for any role but directors sometimes designed certain roles exclusively for him. “A comedian in those days was always one of the four main characters in a film, standing on the same level as a hero, heroine and villain. I don’t think comedians of the present era are getting the same importance,” he remarks.
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