Chittoor V. Nagayya
Actor, Composer, Director, Writer
March 28, 1904 — December 30, 1973 (69 years)
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
| 1978 | Ennai Pol Oruvan · as Sundaramoorthy's Father |
| 1973 | Mamatha · as Cast |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Shakti Leelai · as Cast |
| 1972 | Sampoorna Ramayanam · as Vashisth Muni |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Goodu Putani · as Cast |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Srimanthudu · as Cast |
| 1971 | Iru Thuruvam · as The Teacher |
| 1971 | Jeevitha Chakram · as Father Of Raja (ntr) |
| 1970 | Sorgam · as Judge |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Nam Naadu · as Kandhaya, A Schoolmaster |
| 1969 | Deiva Magan · as Baba |
| 1969 | Mooga Nomu · as Somaiah |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | Thillana Mohanambal · as Sundaram's Nadaswaram Teacher |
| 1968 | Ramu · as Swamiji |
| 1968 | Nindu Samsaram · as Cast |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Bhakta Prahlada · as Shukracharya |
| 1967 | Poola Rangadu · as Veeraiah |
| 1966 | Parakkum Pavai · as Vedhachalam |
| 1966 | Saraswathi Sabatham · as Vidyapati's Father |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha · as Paramanandayya |
| 1966 | Balanagamma · as Cast |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam · as Cast |
| 1965 | Satya Harishchandra · as Maharshi Vasishta |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Preminchi Choodu · as Cast |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | Karpagam · as Subramanian |
| 1963 | Naanum Oru Penn · as Cast |
| 1963 | Lava Kusa · as Valmiki Maharshi |
| 1963 | Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham · as Akrura |
| 1962 | Dakshayagnam · as Dhadhechi Maharshi |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Gaali Medalu · as Ranganatham The Father Of Krishna (ntr) |
| 1961 | Bhagya Lakshmi · as Temple Priest |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Sati Sulochana · as Valmiki Maharshi |
| 1961 | Paava Mannippu · as Muslim Doctor |
| 1961 | Kappalottiya Thamizhan · as Ulaganathan Pillai |
| 1961 | Seetha Rama Kalyanam · as Dasaratha |
| 1960 | Sri Venkateswara Mahathyam · as Hathiram Bhavaji |
| 1959 | Sahodari · as Pazhani |
| 1959 | Mahishasura Mardini · as Shukracharya |
| 1959 | Jayabheri · as Viswambhara Sastri |
| 1958 | Bommalapelli · as Varadarajan |
| 1957 | |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Tenali Ramakrishna · as Timmarusu |
| 1955 | Anarkali · as Cast |
| 1953 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | Mana Desam · as Ramnath |
| 1946 | Thyagayya · as Tyagayya |
| 1941 |
| 1946 |
| 1946 |
| 1957 | Panduranga Mahatyam · as Playback Singer |