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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-03-28 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh

Chittoor V. Nagayya

Biography:

Chittor V. Nagaiah (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma, Telugu: వుప్పలదడియం నాగయ్య శర్మ) was a multilingual Indian filmactor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer from Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The Paul Muni of India’. [1] Nagaiah has acted in about 200 Telugu films, and 160 films in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. He was one of the first south Indian actors, to be honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1965.

Known For

Acting

1978

Ennai Pol Oruvan as Sundaramoorthy's father

1973

1972

1971

1970

1969

Deiva Magan as Baba
Aadarsa Kutumbam as Raghavendra Rao
Kathanayakudu as Chalapathi Rao

1968

Ramu as Swamiji
Thillana Mohanambal as Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

Karpagam as Subramanian
Bandipotu as Dharma Nayaka

1962

Dakshayagnam as Dhadhechi Maharshi

1961

Sati Sulochana (Indrajeet) as Valmiki Maharshi
Kappalottiya Thamizhan as Ulaganathan Pillai
Bhagya Lakshmi as Temple priest
Paava Mannippu as Muslim doctor

1960

1959

Sahodari as Pazhani, father of Chandiran and Meena
Mahishasura Mardini as Shukracharya

1958

1957

1956

1955

1954

Sangham as Ramanatham
Edhir Paradhathu as Dhayabhathar

1953

1952

Thai Ullam as Zamindar Seethapath

1951

1950

1949

Mana Desam as Ramnath

1947

Yogi Vemana as Vemana/ Vema Reddy

1946

1945

Meera as Rana, King of Mewar

1943

Bhakta Potana as Potana

1941

Ashok Kumar as King Ashoka

1939

Sound

1957

Panduranga Mahatyam as Playback Singer

1946

Thyagaiah as Music

Directing

1946

Thyagaiah as Director