Chittor V. Nagaiah
Actor, Film director
1904 – 1973
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Who was Chittor V. Nagaiah?
Chittor V. Nagaiah was a multilingual Indian film actor, 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’. 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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- Born
- Mar 28, 1904
Chittoor district - Also known as
- Chitturu Nagayya
- Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya
- Nagiah
- V. Nagiah
- Nagaiah
- Uppalam Nageswaram
- Naannagaaru
- The Paul Muni of India
- Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 30, 1973
Chennai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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