Chittoor V. Nagayya

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-03-28 (69 years old)

Deathday

1973-12-30

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.

Acting

1959

Sahodari

as Pazhani, father of Chandiran and Meena

1963

Karpagam

as Subramanian

1970

Sorgam

as Judge

1967

Punyavathi

as Judge Lakshmana Rao

1978

Ennai Pol Oruvan

as Sundaramoorthy's father

1972

1971

Iru Thuruvam

as The teacher

1966

1956

Tenali Raman

as Mahamantri Thimmarusu

1956

1968

Ramu

as Swamiji

1952

Thai Ullam

as Zamindar Seethapath

1954

1967

Bhaktha Prahlada

as Shukracharya

1969

1941

Ashok Kumar

as King Ashoka

1964

Marriage Relation

as Principal Appa Rao

1967

1956

Tenali Ramakrishna

as Timmarusu

1962

Dakshayagnam

as Dhadhechi Maharshi

1960

Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam

as Hathiram Bhavaji

1961

1964

Aggi Pidugu

as Veeraiah

1966

1954

Sangham

as Ramanatham

1967

Sri Krishnavataram

as Dritharashtra

1949

Mana Desam

as Ramnath

1943

Bhakta Potana

as Potana

1961

Sati Sulochana (Indrajeet)

as Valmiki Maharshi

1969

Aadarsa Kutumbam

as Raghavendra Rao

1945

Meera

as Rana, King of Mewar

1964

1957

Yaar Paiyyan

as Poori's Grandfather

1958

Sampoorna Ramayanam

as Dasarathan

1954

Edhir Paradhathu

as Dhayabhathar

1963

Bandipotu

as Dharma Nayaka

1958

Crafty Thief

as Saint

1947

Yogi Vemana

as Vemana/ Vema Reddy

1966

Saraswathi Sabatham

as Vidyapati's father

1961

Kappalottiya Thamizhan

as Ulaganathan Pillai

1961

Bhagya Lakshmi

as Temple priest

1966

1966

Aastiparulu

as Diwanji

1961

Paava Mannippu

as Muslim doctor

1968

Thillana Mohanambal

as Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher

1959

Mahishasura Mardini

as Shukracharya

1969

Kathanayakudu

as Chalapathi Rao

1972

Production

1946

Thyagaiah

as Music

1946

Thyagaiah

as Director

1957

Panduranga Mahatyam

as Playback Singer

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