Person Details

Birthday: 1904-03-28 03:09:10

Death: 1973-12-30 03:09:10

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: N/A

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, Telugu: వుప్పలదడియం నాగయ్య) 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
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8

Bhama Vijayam

(1967) Saint
Saraswathi Sabatham
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7

Saraswathi Sabatham

(1966) Vidyapati's father
Thillana Mohanambal
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7

Thillana Mohanambal

(1968) Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher
Bhaktha Prahlada
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0

Bhaktha Prahlada

(1967) Shukracharya
Paava Mannippu
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8

Paava Mannippu

(1961) Muslim doctor
Andavan Kattalai
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5

Andavan Kattalai

(1964) Doctor
Bhagya Lakshmi
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0

Bhagya Lakshmi

(1961) Temple priest
Bandipotu
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Bandipotu

(1963) Dharma Nayaka

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1946 Director
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Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1946 Music
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