- B. Nagi Reddy
B.Nagi Reddy (2 December 1912 - 25 February 2004cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/27/stories/2004022709540300.htm | title= TTD condoles B.Nagi Reddy | date=
2004-02-27 | access date =2007-04-17] ) is a famous Telugu movie producer from theKadapa District ofAndhra Pradesh . He set upVijaya Studios inChennai , which was then the Asia's biggest film studio.cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/feb262004/n5.asp | title=B.Nagi Reddy dead| date= 2004-02-26 | access date =2004-02-26] Some of the famous movies produced by Nagi Reddy include"Patala Bhairavi " (1951), "Missamma " (1955), "Maya Bazaar " (1957),Gundamma Katha (1962) "Ram Aur Shyam " and "Julie (1975" -Hindi ), "Swarg Narak "- Hindi ( 1978) and "Shriman Shrimati ".Film career
B Nagi Reddy has produced over 50 films in the four South Indian languages as well as Hindi.cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/feb262004/n5.asp | title=B.Nagi Reddy dead| date= 2004-02-26 | access date =2004-02-26] He has made many mythological, devotional and historical
Telugu movies for four decades. Films produced by him likePathala Bairavi ,Maya Bazaar ,Missamma are classics. He made most of his films in association with screen writerChakrapani .He closed down Vijaya-Vahini after the Tamil film industry moved out of studios in the 1970s and started the Vijaya Hospital and Vijaya Health Centre.Awards and Recognition
For his contributions to Indian, telugu and Tamil cinema, he received various awards
* GoI awarded him the prestigiousDada Saheb Phalke Award in 1986.
* Government ofAndhra Pradesh awarded the Raghupathy Venkaiah award in 1987.
* Government ofTamil Nadu awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1972. [cite web | url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/movienews/morenews134.html | title= ‘Vijaya’ NagiReddy passes away | date=2004-02-25 | access date =2007-04-17]Other Businesses and Philanthropy
B Nagi Reddy served as the Chairman, Board of Trustees of
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams between 1980 and 1983 and is credited for building theVaikuntam Queue Complex that now serves to regulate pilgrims for darshan in theTirumala Venkateswara Temple . Nagi Reddy founded the Vijaya Medical & Educational Trust in 1972. [cite web | url=http://www.vijayahospital.org/overview.HTM | title= VIJAYA MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST - Overview | access date =2007-04-17] The trust runs the Vijaya Hospital (1972), Vijaya Health Center (1987) and Vijaya Heart Foundation (1996). Nagi Reddy headed the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce for four times and All-India Film Sammelan for two terms.Nagi Reddy started the "Andhra Jyoti" newspaper in 1945. cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/feb262004/n5.asp | title=B.Nagi Reddy dead| date= 2004-02-26 | access date =2004-02-26] He also established the children's magazine "
Chandamama " in July 1947. [cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/business/1999/sep/22chand1.htm | title= Investors revive Chandamama | date=1999-09-22 | access date =2007-04-17]External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714769/ B Nagi Reddy at IMDB]
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