Actor

Chittoor V. Nagayya

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Movies: 70Series: 0Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1122103

IMDb ID: nm0619101

Known for: Acting

Born: March 28, 1904

Died: December 30, 1973

Age: 69

Place of birth: Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1939 - 1978

Years active: 40

Wikidata: Q5102517

Also known as

Nagaiah • C. Nagaiah • Chittoor Nagaiah • V. Nagaiah • V. Nagayya

Other jobs

Original Music Composer (1)Playback Singer (1)

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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.

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