Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
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Movie Involvements: 28
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Bhama Vijayam
(1967) SaintSaraswathi Sabatham
(1966) Vidyapati's fatherThillana Mohanambal
(1968) Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacherBhaktha Prahlada
(1967) ShukracharyaPaava Mannippu
(1961) Muslim doctorBhagya Lakshmi
(1961) Temple priestAndavan Kattalai
(1964) DoctorBandipotu
(1963) Dharma NayakaActing
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1978 | N/A | |
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1973 | N/A | |
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1972 | N/A | |
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1971 | N/A | |
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1970 | N/A | |
Judge | ||
1969 | Baba | |
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Raghavendra Rao | ||
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1968 | Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher | |
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1967 | Judge Lakshmana Rao | |
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Saint | ||
Shukracharya | ||
1966 | Diwanji | |
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Vidyapati's father | ||
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1965 | N/A | |
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1964 | Doctor | |
Principal Appa Rao | ||
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1963 | Subramanian | |
Dharma Nayaka | ||
1962 | N/A | |
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1961 | Temple priest | |
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Muslim doctor | ||
Ulaganathan Pillai | ||
1960 | N/A | |
1959 | Pazhani, father of Chandiran and Meena | |
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1958 | Saint | |
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Dasarathan | ||
1957 | N/A | |
Poori's Grandfather | ||
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1956 | N/A | |
Mahamantri Thimmarusu | ||
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1955 | N/A | |
1954 | Dhayabhathar | |
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1953 | N/A | |
1952 | N/A | |
1951 | N/A | |
1950 | N/A | |
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1947 | Vemana/ Vema Reddy | |
1946 | N/A | |
1945 | Rana, King of Mewar | |
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1943 | Potana | |
1941 | King Ashoka | |
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1939 | N/A | |
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Directing
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1946 | Director | |
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Sound
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1946 | Music | |
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