Nagayya

Know as Chittor V. Nagaiah

1. Born March 28, 1904
2. Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
3. Died December 30, 1973 (aged 69)
4. Occupation actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer

Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya (28 March 1904 – 30 December 1973) was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The Paul Muni of India’. Nagaiah acted in about 200 Telugu films, and 160 films in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.

As a Director

1. Ramadasu (Telugu, 1964)
2. En Veedu (Tamil, 1953)
3. Naa Illu (Telugu, 1953)
4. hyagayya (Telugu, 1946)

As a Producer

1. Naa Illu (1953)

 As a Writer

1. Thyagayya (1946)

 Awards

1. Nagayya was one of the first south Indian actors along with Bhanumathi Ramakrishna to be awarded the Padmashri award by the Government of India in 1965.
2. Abinava Thyagaraju by Thiruvankur Maharaja.
3. Best Actor Award by the Andhra Film Journalists Association