Chittoor V. Nagayya
AKA: Nagaiah
Birthday: 1904-03-28
Died: 1973-12-30
Birthplace: Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
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.
Filmography
Character: Pazhani, father of Chandiran and Meena
Character: Judge Lakshmana Rao
Character: Sundaramoorthy's father
Character: Mahamantri Thimmarusu
Character: Kulothunga Chola I
Character: Zamindar Seethapath
Character: Principal Appa Rao
Character: Dhadhechi Maharshi
Character: Hathiram Bhavaji
Character: Paramanandayya
Character: Valmiki Maharshi
Character: Raghavendra Rao
Character: Rana, King of Mewar
Character: Poori's Grandfather
Character: Kandhan Dayalan Ambalavanan
Character: Vemana/ Vema Reddy
Character: Vidyapati's father
Character: Ulaganathan Pillai
Character: Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher
Character: Chalapathi Rao
Character: Maharshi Vasishta
Job: Original Music Composer
Job: Original Music Composer