Chittoor V. Nagayya
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1904-03-28
Deathday 1973-12-30 (69 years old)
Place of Birth Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
Chittoor V. Nagayya
Biography
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
Actor
as Judge
as Baba
as Raghavendra Rao
as Chalapathi Rao
as Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher
as Swamiji
as Judge Lakshmana Rao
as Dritharashtra
as Saint
as Shukracharya
as Diwanji
as Vidyapati's father
as Paramanandayya
as Doctor
as Principal Appa Rao
as Veeraiah
as Subramanian
as Dharma Nayaka
as Dhadhechi Maharshi
as Temple priest
as Valmiki Maharshi
as Muslim doctor
as Ulaganathan Pillai
as Dasaratha
as Hathiram Bhavaji
as Pazhani, father of Chandiran and Meena
as Shukracharya
as Saint
as Dasarathan
as Poori's Grandfather
as Mahamantri Thimmarusu
as Timmarusu
as Dhayabhathar
as Ramanatham
as Zamindar Seethapath
as Ramnath
as Vemana/ Vema Reddy
as Rana, King of Mewar
as Potana
as King Ashoka
Sound
as Playback Singer
as Music
Director
as Director