B. Padmanabham Biography, Age, Death, Height, Weight, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao, popularly famous by his credit name as Padmanabham. She was a renowned, multi-talented Indian film, comedian,  actor, producer and director who is known mostly for his extraordinary work in Telugu films. He began acting at 12 years old when the incredible director Gudavalli Ramabrahmam offered him a role in a movie"Maayaokam(1943)".

 

B. Padmanabham was arguably among the most noted comedian actors in India then, especially for his comic expressions, dialogue delivery during the golden age of Telugu Cinema, when a comedian was considered, as valuable as leading actors and villain used to be in the film. Apart from the Comedian, he was the finest producer as well and made his entry as a director with the film titled Devatha in the year 1964. He made his debut with film Shri Rama Katha which was released in the year 1969.

 

He has worked in more than 400 movies and was associated with almost 80 different Directors. He has directed almost Eight films and produced five or six films so far. Once interviewed and asked about his favorite comic role, He said that it’s difficult to say that this specific comic part of this movie was among his best one or that comic part was best. Though, he did say that the rickshaw puller role that he played in the film titled Desoddhaarakudu needs a special mention as he really enjoyed playing that part.