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Chittor V. Nagaiah is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Sound Indian born on 28 march 1904 at Chittoor district (Inde)

Chittor V. Nagaiah

Chittor V. Nagaiah
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Birth name Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya
Nationality Inde
Birth 28 march 1904 at Chittoor district (Inde)
Death 30 december 1973 (at 69 years)
Awards Padma Shri

Chittor V. Nagaiah (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya) was a multilingual Indian film actor, thespian, 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. In his honor, the Mahati Chittor Nagaiah Kalakshetram of arts was established in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He was the lead protagonist in the most expensive 1940 Telugu production, Viswa Mohini touted to be the first film on the Indian motion picture world.

Nagaiah is starred in about 200 Telugu films, and 160 films in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Widely recognized as one of the finest Indian method actors, his acting quality, was usually playing intense characters, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was the first south Indian film star to be honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1965.

Usually with

Sivaji Ganesan
Sivaji Ganesan
(37 films)
Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
(25 films)
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
(24 films)
M.S.Viswanathan
M.S.Viswanathan
(24 films)
Padmanabham
Padmanabham
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Chittor V. Nagaiah (119 films)

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Pattikattu Ponnaiya
Pattikattu Ponnaiya (1973)
, 2h18
Directed by B.S. Ranga
Genres Drama
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa, Rajasree, Chittor V. Nagaiah, M. N. Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan
Rating68% 3.4282853.4282853.4282853.4282853.428285
Somewhere between the Tamil campaign and its capital. As the farmer Ponnaiya (MGR) puts a lot with a big seriousness into fields, that he takes to heart responsibility that his father, Nathamai Nalasivam (Chittor V. Nagaiah) delegates to him, as the twin younger brother of Ponnaiya, Muthaiya (MGR), studying in agronomy, lets go itself, does not really get involved in its studies, because its spirit is monopolized somewhere else...
Sampoorna Ramayanam
Sampoorna Ramayanam (1972)

Directed by Bapu
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Shobhan Babu, Chandrakala, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
Roles Vasishtha
Rating82% 4.148214.148214.148214.148214.14821
The story is the complete Ramayana from the birth of Lord Rama to his Pattabhisheka after completing his exile.
Papam Pasivadu
Papam Pasivadu (1972)

Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Actors Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Devika, Nagesh, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Suryakantam, Raja Babu
Rating77% 3.8891953.8891953.8891953.8891953.889195
Venugopal (Ranga Rao) and Janaki (Devika) are loving couple. They get a baby boy with lot of happiness in their heart. During the childhood, he is attacked by Tuberculosis. He was planned to get the best treatment. According to the advice of their family doctor (Nagaiah) and send him to Europe with pilot (Nagesh). The plane crashes in a desert due to sudden heart attack to the pilot. The boy has to face several obstacles and finally survives to meet the parents happily.
Needhi
Needhi (1972)
, 2h39
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, K. Balaji, Jayalalithaa, Mukkamala Krishnamurthy, Chittor V. Nagaiah

Sivaji Ganesan earns a living driving a truck. He is a rash driver and more than usually also driving while drunk. One night he stops at a prostitute's, spends the night with her, and gets up late the next morning. He rushes out and drives at breakneck speed in thick fog to make up for lost time while again drinking. He inevitably ends up running over and killing a farmer. But despite the opportunity to hit and run, he decides to stay and face the consequences. He is arrested by the police, charged, and brought before the courts.
Ramalayam
Ramalayam (1971)

Actors Kongara Jaggaiah, Jamuna, Shobhan Babu, Vijaya Nirmala, Dr. Prabhakar Reddy, Chittor V. Nagaiah

The story is about an Indian family of Ramaiah (Jaggaiah) and closely resembles Hindu epic Ramayanam. Ramaiah and Gopi (Shobhan Babu) are brothers. Janaki (Jamuna) is wife of Ramaiah and looks after the home very well. Chitti (Roja Ramani) is their dearly loved sister. They married her into a wealthy family of Kantham (Suryakantham) giving big dowry lending money from Rayudu (Prabhakar Reddy). This leads them to many problems including differences between the family members. Finally their son in law (Chandramohan) and sister helps them solving the problem. The entire family is reunited and live happily.