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Chittoor V. Nagayya

Born 1904-03-28

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

Bhakta Prahlada 1967 · 8.2 Saraswathi Sabatham 1966 · 7.3 Kappalottiya Thamizhan 1961 · 7.9 Thiruvarutselvar 1967 · 7.6 Meera 1945 · 7.4 Alayamani 1962 · 7.1 Karpagam 1963 · 7.4 Aandavan Kattalai 1964 · 7.1 Pattikatu Ponnaiah 1973 · 7.4 Ashok Kumar 1941 · 9.0 Ramu 1966