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Bommireddy Nagi Reddy is a Producer and Editor Indian born on 2 december 1912 at YSR district (Inde)
Bommireddy Nagi Reddy (2 December 1912 – 25 February 2004) was a Telugu movie producer. He set up Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Chennai, which was then Asia's biggest film studio. As his elder brother (who was also a director) had the same initials and was known as B. N. Reddy, Nagi Reddy was popularly known as B. Nagi Reddy. Some of the movies produced by Nagi Reddy include Patala Bhairavi (1951), Missamma (1955), Maya Bazaar (1957), Gundamma Katha (1962), Maduve Madinodu (1965-Kannada), Ram Aur Shyam, Shriman Shrimati, Julie (1975), and Swarg Narak (1978), the latter two of which were in Hindi.
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Bommireddy Nagi Reddy
Nationality Inde
Birth 2 december 1912 at YSR district (Inde)
Death 25 february 2004 (at 91 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Filmfare Awards South
Birth 2 december 1912 at YSR district (Inde)
Death 25 february 2004 (at 91 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Filmfare Awards South
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Shriman Shrimati (1982)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Rakesh Roshan, Amol Palekar, Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Sarika
Roles Producer
Rating61%
A rich and wealthy couple, Shankarlal and Parvati (Sanjeev Kumar & Raakhee) are appalled at the problems of the world, especially in households, so they decide to try to make things right - one household at a time. They first go the household of alcoholic Rajesh (Rakesh Roshan); his domineering mom (Lalita Pawar); and uneducated wife, Veena (Deepti Naval). Their second task takes them to the household of Vishwanath Gupta(A. K. Hangal); his son, Madhu (Amol Palekar) who has taken to drinking; and his attractive, outgoing, and wealthy wife, Aruna (Sarika). The couple go to work on these families to turn them around and improve and better their relations with each other.
Swarg Narak (1978)
, 2h44Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi, Tanuja
Roles Producer
Rating54%
This is the story of three couples. First couple is that of Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar)who always takes advantage of other's mistakes and position and earn money and his wife Mary. Second one is that of Geeta (Shabana Azmi) and romeo Vinod (Vinod Mehra) while the jealous and possessive Shobha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Vicky Kapoor (Jeetendra) forms the third one.
It's Life (1977)
Directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Lucky Ali, David Abraham, Romesh Sharma, Ramesh Deo
Roles Producer
Rating70%
Anand Narayan comes from a poor family, which consists of his wife, Gayetri, daughter, Kamla, and two sons Madhu and Govind. Through hard work, Anand starts on his way to success. He meets with Nekiram, who becomes his business partner, and also his samdhi (in-law) as his daughter is in love with Madhu. Both get married in a simple ceremony. After this marriage, both Nekiram, and Anand and his family work hard at preparing food in a small sweet shop. Lord Krishna then appears to Anand who asks the Lord for material success, After this meeting Anands Dhaba grows into a restaurant, then a larger fancier restaurant, finally a five star hotel. Now Anand and his family are all wealthy and live in a palatial home. Bhagwan Shri Krishna regularly visits him and asks about him and his family. Anand proudly takes all the credit, and asks Krishna to accompany him to see his success and his hotel. Bhagwan Krishna declines, but agrees do so later. Things don't go quite as well for Anand, when he finds out that lakiram has been cheating him. lakiram leaves the house, but Madhu accompanies him. Then Anand finds that Govind has been squandering money and time on women and alcohol; and to top his disappointment Kamla gets pregnant. When Bhagwan Krishna comes to visit Anand again, he admits that he is a failure, his health is poor, and his family are all strangers to him. Lord Krishna advises Anand that this is his life and he must learn from the Mahabharata, and that every life is a struggle, which is confused by relations and near and dear ones, and also by one's ego. Once the ego is removed, then only one can see clearly.
Julie (1975)
, 2h25Directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Lakshmi Narayan, Florence Ezekiel Nadira, Om Prakash, Rita Bhaduri, Utpal Dutt, Achala Sachdev
Roles Producer
Rating61%
This film depicts the restrictive social conventions regarding inter-caste marriage and unwed motherhood in India. Julie (Laxmi) is a Christian Anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic, father (Om Prakash), a dominating mother (Nadira), a younger brother and sister (Sridevi). She falls in love with her best friend's (Rita Bhaduri) brother Shashi Bhattacharya (Vikram Makandar), a Hindu boy. The lovers consummate their relationship, which leaves her pregnant. Shashi goes away to college, not knowing about her pregnancy. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian (Sulochana) talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. After the baby's birth, Julie's mother arranges for the child to be left in an orphanage, and demands that Julie return home and forget about the baby.
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1970)
Directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao
Actors Mahesh Kothare, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Om Prakash, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery, Shashikala
Roles Producer
Rating79%
Shankarnath (Balraj Sahni), is an Honest Government employee on the other hand his subordinate Sadhuram (Om Prakash) is a corrupt employee. Shankarnath, even though employed in a supervisory capacity, nets only Rs.630/-, and is unable to accede to any of the demands placed by his three school-going children, Ravi, Roopa, and Raja. When the trio declare a hunger-fast until their demands are met, he decides to let them run the household expenses, for a period of six months, by giving Ravi his entire salary. Ravi thinks that he can save a lot of money and get stuff for himself and his siblings - but things go seriously wrong when Raja loses money while gambling; relatives descend on them during Diwali; cash is stolen; and his mother, Padma (Nirupa Roy), becomes seriously ill.
Nam Naadu (1969)
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh, Ramasamy Subramania Manohar, Sridevi, Thangavelu
Roles Producer
Rating75%
Dharmalingham (S. V. Ranga Rao), Aalavandar (S. A. Ashokan) and Punniyakodi (K. A. Thangavelu) are three VIPs in a township who have established themselves as noble citizens of the country but in reality are traitors who dare to do any type of crimes for money.
Ram Aur Shyam (1967)
, 2h51Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Pran Krishan Sikand, Laxmi Chhaya, Leela Mishra
Roles Producer
Rating71%
Rangula Ratnam (1966)
Actors Chandra Mohan, Pushpavalli, Vanisri, Anjali Devi, Vijaya Nirmala, Rekha
Roles Producer
Rating66%
A united family of two brothers and a sister along with their parents move to a town. Elder brother (Suryam - Ram Mohan) finds easy way to get rich and marries the daughter of a rich politician and abandons his family. After their father expires, tragedy hits the family. The younger brother Vasu (Chandra Mohan) sticks with the family to take care of his mother (Anjali Devi) and sister (Vijaya Nirmala).
C.I.D. (1965)
, 2h52Actors Jamuna, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Pandari Bai, Meena Kumari, Mikkilineni, Ramana Reddy
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Enga Veettu Pillai (1965)
, 3h3Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, M. N. Nambiar, Thangavelu, Nagesh
Roles Producer
Rating70%
Ramu (MGR) is the cowardly one – the heir to all riches of Poonjolai Jamin. He has been raised that way by his sister's husband Narendran (Nambiar). Ramu shivers at the very mention of his brother in law's name and a whiplash is Narendran's favorite form of punishment. Narendran wants to get Ramu married to Leela (Saroja Devi) but she is turned off by his cowardice. Ilango (MGR) is a jobless young man, prone to pick a fight and for this reason, the cause of trouble for his mother. Circumstances lead to Ramu and Ilango taking each other's place. Ilango teaches a lesson to Narendran while Ramu learns the ways of the world. Then Ilango teaches Narendran a lesson which forces him to leave the house. Due to this, his sister scolds and he plans to leave by reveal that he was not Ramu. Then the relation of the story reveals that Ramu and Ilango are brothers. With Ramu being kidnapped and Ilango going to help his brother and revealing everything to narendran brings the film to climax.
Gundamma Katha (1962)
, 2h46Directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Jamuna, Suryakantam, Ramana Reddy
Roles Producer
Rating87%
Gundamma (Suryakantam) is a rich widow who has a daughter Saroja (Jamuna Ramanarao), and son Prabhakar (Haranath) and a step daughter Lakshmi (Savitri). Both the girls are beautiful and intelligent. Saroja is a teen spoiled by her mother's pampering whereas Lakshmi is treated as a servant in her own house. Ramabhadraiah (S. V. Ranga Rao), who has two sons of marriageable age, is searching for suitable brides. Gundamma is interested in pursuing an alliance with Ramabhadraiah’s family for her daughter Saroja and sends a word through a middle man. It happens that he used to be a good friend of Gundamma's late husband. She wants to overcome the obstacle of her elder step daughter by getting her married to a down-and-out guy so she doesn’t have to get jeered for neglecting her step daughter. Kanchu Gantaiah (Ramana Reddy), Gundamma's manager and a cousin somehow wants Saroja to marry his son Bhupati (Rajanala) who happens to be a delinquent and is in a prison.
Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1959)
, 2h56Directed by L. V. Prasad
Actors Kommareddy Savitri, Jamuna, Kongara Jaggaiah, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Ramana Reddy
Roles Producer
Rating83%
Mayabazar (1957)
, 3h4Directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Gemini Ganesan, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rushyendramani, Allu Rama Lingiah
Roles Producer
Rating90%
Subhadra (the sister of Balarama and Krishna) marries a Pandava named Arjuna, and their son Abhimanyu falls in love with Balarama's daughter, Sasirekha. The families decide to marry them when they reach adulthood. By the time Abhimanyu and Sasirekha grow up, the Pandavas have lost a dice game to the Kauravas due to Sakuni's manipulation. Krishna, furious at an action of Dussasana that has insulted Draupadi, saves Draupadi. Balarama teaches the Kauravas a lesson and later reaches Hastinapuram. Sakuni and Duryodhana respect Balarama; after manipulating him, they seek his favour by requesting that Sasirekha be married to Duryodhana's son Lakshmana Kumara. They intend to force Balarama and Krishna to support them if the Pandavas wage war after their fourteen-year exile. Unaware of this, Balarama accepts.
Missamma (1955)
, 2h45Directed by L. V. Prasad
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, Kommareddy Savitri, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Ramana Reddy
Roles Producer
Rating86%
Gopalam, the zamindar of Appapuram, is the principal of the high school named after his elder daughter Mahalakshmi. When a child, she went missing during a pilgrimage to Kakinada. She was found and adopted by a Christian couple, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, who named her Mary.
Chandraharam (1954)
, 2h54Directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Actors Kommareddy Savitri, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Suryakantam
Roles Producer
Rating71%