# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jandhyala-subramanya-sastry
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:45:54.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jandhyala-subramanya-sastry"
name: "Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry"
slug: "jandhyala-subramanya-sastry"
description: "Jandhyala Subrahmanya Sastry, known mononymously as Jandhyala, was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright known for his work in Telugu cinema and theatre. Popularly referred to as \"Hasya Brahma\", Jandhyala is celebrated for his exceptional contributions to comedy films. In a career spanning twenty five years, he directed more than 40 films and wrote dialogues for over 300 films."
tagline: "Indian film director (1951-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Jandhyala_Subramanya_Sastry.jpg/330px-Jandhyala_Subramanya_Sastry.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-01-14"
deathDate: "2001-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.85
  momentum:             10.01763320210033
  historical:           5.852853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417386/"
    handle:    "nm0417386"
sources:
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    title: "جندھیالہ (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چاندهيالا سوبرامانيا ساسترى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jandhyala"
    title: "Jandhyala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jandhyala_Subramanya_Sastry"
    title: "Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "சந்தியாலா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_(%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "జంధ్యాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్యశాస్త్రి (దర్శకుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6150953"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928860"
    title: "Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump