Chitturu Nagayya

Chitturu Nagaiah was born on 28 March 1904, in a Telugu Brahmin family in India. He lived until 30th December 1973, he was last in Madras(Chennai), India.His birth name was Uppalam Nageswaram.

Trivia

He was the first south Indian actor along with Bhanumathi Ramakrishna to be awarded the Padmashri award by the Government of India in 1965.

He was the most costliest actor - used to charge 100,000 Indian rupees for each film in 1940s

Multifaceted Personality

He was an Actor, Composer, Play back Singer, Director, Producer, and also a Writer.

Movies as an Actor

# Iddaru Ammayilu (1972) .... Laxman Rao

# Sampoorna Ramayanam (1971) .... Vashistha Mahamuni... aka The Complete Ramayana

# Shrimanthudu (1971)

# Thalli Thandrulu (1970) .... Raobahadur Perumallu

# Aadarsa Kutumbam (1969)

# Mooga Nomu (1969)

# Brahmachari (1968/II)

# Thillana Mohanambal (1968) .... Shanmugasundaram's guru

# Bhama Vijayam (1967)

# Iru Malargal (1967)

# Poola Rangadu (1967) .... Veeraiah

# Rahasyam (1967)

# Bhakta Potana (1966) .... Vyasa Maharshi

# Navarathri (1966)

# Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1966) .... Paramanandaiah

# Shri Krishna Pandaviyam (1966)

# Preminchi Choodu (1965)

# Bobbili Yudham (1964)

# Devatha (1964)

# Ramadasu (1964) .... Ramadasu

# Lava Kusa (1963/I) .... Valmiki Maharshi

# Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1963) .... Akroora

# Dakshayagnam (1962/I) .... Dadheechi

# Siri Sampadalu (1962) .... Nayudu

# Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961) .... Dasarathudu

# Sabash Raja (1961)

# Vagdanam (1961) .... Vishwanatham (Vijaya's father)

# Shantinivasam (1960)

# Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam (1960) .... Bavaji

# Jayabheri (1959) .... Viswambhara Sastri

# Panduranga Mahatyam (1957) .... Jahnavi

# Tenali Ramakrishna (1956/I) .... Mahamantri Thimmarusu

# Muddu Bidda (1956)

# Tenali Raman (1956) .... Mahamantri Thimmarusu

# Anarkali (1955)

# Ethirparadathu (1954) .... Dayaparar

# Viduthalai (1954) .... Periaswamy

# En Veedu (1953) .... Shivram

# Gumasta (1953/I)

# Gumasta (1953/II) .... Ranganatham

# Ladki (1953) (as V. Nagiah)

# Naa Illu (1953) .... Sivaram

# Beedala Patlu (1950)

# Ezhai Padum Padu (1950) .... Kandan

# Mana Desam (1949)

# Navajeevanam (1949) .... Mahadevan

# Yogi Vemana (1947) .... Vemana

# Thyagayya (1946) .... Tyagayya

# Meera (1945) .... King of Mewar

# Swargaseema (1945) .... Murthy

# Bhagyalaxmi (1943) .... Srinivasa Rao

# Chenchulakshmi (1943) .... Chenchu's Father

# Bhakta Potana (1942) .... Pothana

# Ashok Kumar (1941) .... King Ashoka

# Devatha (1941) .... Venu... aka Divinity
# Sumangali (1940) .... Panthulu

# Vishwamohini (1940) .... A Film Director

# Vande Mataram (1939) .... Raghu

# Grihalakshmi (1938) .... Gopineth

Movies as a Composer

# Ramadasu (1964)

# En Veedu (1953)
# Gumasta (1953/II)

# Naa Illu (1953)

# Yogi Vemana (1947)

# Thyagayya (1946) (as V. Nagiah)

# Swargaseema (1945)

# Bhakta Potana (1942)

# Devatha (1941)... aka Divinity

# Sumangali (1940)

# Vande Mataram (1939)

Movies in which he was in Music Department (Play back Singer)

# Gumasta (1953/II) (playback singer)

# Naa Illu (1953) (playback singer)

# Yogi Vemana (1947) (playback singer)

# Thyagayya (1946) (playback singer)

# Swargaseema (1945) (playback singer)

# Bhakta Potana (1942) (playback singer)

# Devatha (1941) (playback singer)... aka Divinity

# Sumangali (1940) (playback singer)

# Vishwamohini (1940) (playback singer)

# Vande Mataram (1939) (playback singer)

# Grihalakshmi (1938) (playback singer)

Movies as Director

# Ramadasu (1964)

# En Veedu (1953)

# Naa Illu (1953)

# Thyagayya (1946) (as V. Nagiah)

Movies as Producer

1. Naa Illu (1953) (producer)

Movie as Writer

1. Thyagayya (1946) (writer) (as V. Nagiah)

References

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619101/#actor1930

http://earlytollywood.blogspot.com/2007/12/chitturu-v-nagaiah.html