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Chittor V. Nagaiah

Chittor V. Nagaiah

Birthday: 1904-03-28 | Place of Birth: Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh

Chittor V. Nagaiah (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya, Telugu: వుప్పలదడియం నాగయ్య) 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1978
Ennai Pol Oruvan

as    Sundaramoorthy's father

1971
Iru Thuruvam

as    The teacher

1970
Sorgam

as    Judge

1969
Deiva Magan

as    Baba

1969
Kathanayakudu

as    Chalapathi Rao

1968
Thillana Mohanambal

as    Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher

1968
Ramu

as    Swamiji

1967
Sri Krishnavataram

as    Dritharashtra

1967
Punyavathi

as    Judge Lakshmana Rao

1966
Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha

as    Paramanandayya

1964
Marriage Relation

as    Principal Appa Rao

1964
Aggi Pidugu

as    Veeraiah

1962
Dakshayagnam

as    Dhadhechi Maharshi

1961
Seetha Rama Kalyanam

as    Dasaratha

1961
Paava Mannippu

as    Muslim doctor

1961
Kappalottiya Thamizhan

as    Ulaganathan Pillai

1961
Sati Sulochana (Indrajeet)

as    Valmiki Maharshi

1960
Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam

as    Hathiram Bhavaji