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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
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{{infobox person
| name = V. Nagaiah
| image = Chittor V. Nagaiah actor.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Vuppaladadiyam Nagaiah
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|03|28}}
| birth_place = [[Repalle]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1973|12|30|1904|03|28}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1965)
| years_active = 1938–1973
}}
'''''Chittoor'' V. Nagaiah''' (born '''Vuppaladadiyam Nagaiah Sarma''') was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and [[playback singer]] known primarily for his work in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] cinema. Indian film journalist and the editor of ''Film India'', [[Baburao Patel]], described Nagiah as ''The [[Paul Muni]] of India''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bharatjanani.com/paul-muni-of-india-chittoor-v-nagayya/ |title=Paul Muni of India – Chittoor V.Nagayya |publisher=Bharatjanani.com |date=6 May 2011 |access-date=21 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326135647/http://bharatjanani.com/paul-muni-of-india-chittoor-v-nagayya/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In his honour, the Chittoor Nagaiah Kalakshetram of arts was established in ''[[Chittoor]] city'' of Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mahati-kalakshetram-to-retain-chittoor-nagaiahs-name/article6394814.ece|title=Mahati Kalakshetram to retain Chittoor Nagaiah's name|work=The Hindu|date=9 September 2014|last1=Umashanker|first1=K.}}</ref>

Brought up in [[Chittoor]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], Nagaiah was closely connected to Rama Vilasa Sabha, a [[Telugu theatre]] association in Chittoor City. He performed and directed several stage plays, such as ''[[Sarangadhara]]'', ''Viswamithra Chitra Nilayam'', ''Savitri'', ''Bruhannala'' and ''Ramadasu''. He staged the roles of [[Telugu people|Telugu]] Saint-poets ''[[Pothana]]'', ''[[Vemana]]'', ''[[Kancherla Gopanna|Ramadasu]]'' and ''[[Tyagaraja]]''. Nagaiah developed a life-time association with [[Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy|B. N. Reddy]], at this juncture [[H. M. Reddy]] formed Rohini Pictures with the association of B. N. Reddy. The firm started its first venture in Telugu through the film ''Gruhalakshmi'' in 1938, in which Nagaiah played a significant role. Later, the association worked through several films with [[Vauhini Studios]] including social films such as; ''Vande Matharam'' (1939), ''[[Sumangali (1940 film)|Sumangali]]'' (1940), ''Devata'' (1941), ''Swarga Seema'' (1945) and ''Beedhalapatlu''. (1947).<ref>Amazon / Books / Indian actor Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph, by [[K. N. T. Sastry]] (Author)</ref>

Nagaiah made significant contributions to [[Telugu cinema]], and starred in about two hundred Telugu films.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/chittoor-nagaiah-statue-to-be-installed-in-tirupati/article3106604.ece|title=Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati|work=The Hindu|date=18 July 2006}}</ref> He was a [[method actor]]s, and his forte was usually playing intense characters, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/chittoor-nagaiah-statue-to-be-installed-in-tirupati/article3106604.ece|title=Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati|work=The Hindu|date=18 July 2006}}</ref> Nagaiah was the lead protagonist in the most expensive 1940 Telugu production, ''[[Viswa Mohini]]'', touted to be the first film on the Indian [[motion picture]] world.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040117021114/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm The Hindu : A revolutionary filmmaker]</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266002/ Vishwamohini (1940) - IMDb]</ref><ref>entertaianment.oneindia.in/celebs/lakshmi/biography.html</ref> He was the producer, director, composer and actor for pioneering works; he essayed 14th-century poet ''[[Pothana]]'' in ''[[Bhakta Potana]]'' (1942), 17th-century saint ''[[Tyagaraja]]'' in ''[[Tyagayya (1946 film)|Thyagayya]]'' (1946), 12th-century saint ''[[Gora Kumbhar]]'' in ''Chakradhari'' (1948), and the social problem film ''[[Naa Illu]]'' (1953). In 1964, Nagaiah essayed 17th-century saint ''[[Kancharla Gopanna]]'' in ''[[Ramadasu]]'' for which he won the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/18/stories/2006071807130200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805004446/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/18/stories/2006071807130200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 August 2011 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati | date=18 July 2006}}</ref> Nagaiah also starred in about one hundred and sixty films in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Hindi]].<ref>Autobiography – Chittor V. Nagaiah, RK Books, Hyderabad, 2004.</ref> He received the [[Padma Shri]] from the Government of India in 1965 for his contributions to Indian cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article411771.ece|title=acting mentor|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>Autobiography – Chittor V. Nagaiah, RK Books, Hyderabad, 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCXOfcTihPU|title=Special story on veteran actor Chittor Nagaiah Part 1|work=YouTube}}</ref>

==Early life==
Nagaiah was born on 28 March 1904 in a Telugu-speaking Brahmin family in a tiny hamlet near [[Repalle]], [[Guntur district]], Andhra Pradesh. His parents were Ramalinga Sharma and Venkata Lakshmamba. His maternal grandmother adopted him and took him to her native village, Gonugur, near [[Kuppam]] and later to [[Chittoor]]. He took up studies with a scholarship provided by the Tirupati Devasthanam and took his degree in Chittoor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/Eng-Pub/Au-Wise/EN19.HTM |title=Chittoor V. Nagaiah – A Monograph |access-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101184058/http://publicationsdivision.nic.in/Eng-Pub/Au-Wise/EN19.HTM |archive-date=1 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After working as a clerk in a government office, Nagaiah became a journalist with ''Andhra Patrika''. [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and Nehru influenced him and he participated in the freedom struggle ([[Dandi, Gujarat|Dandi]] Satyagraha) in 1930, later going on to work for some gramophone companies including Hutchins as well as attending the Gowhati Congress conclave with S. Srinivasa Iyyengar.<ref name="hindu.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/08/stories/2005040800220400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125162147/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/08/stories/2005040800220400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 November 2005 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Nagaiah – noble, humble and kind-hearted | date=8 April 2005}}</ref> He was married to Jaya Lakshmi, but she died giving birth to a daughter a year after. He then married Girija, and Girija, too died due to miscarriage in the eighth month. His first daughter died of an un-diagnosed illness. He then participated in long stays at [[Ramana Maharshi]] Ashram. He has family in Tirupati who are his brother's (Vuppaladadiyam Subrahmanya Sharma) son, Vuppaladadiyam S. Haragopal and daughters (Late Amruthavalli and Late Kusuma) , Lakshmi Narasimha and their children, Vuppaladadiyam Shyam Sundar and Vuppaladadiyam Pavan Kumar.<ref>[http://www.exoticindia.co.in/book/details/chittoor-v-nagaiah-monograph-IDG495/ Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph]</ref>

==Civilian honours==
*[[Padmashri]], [[Government of India]] in 1965

==Awards==
;[[National Film Awards]]
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] (director) – 1964 for ''[[Ramadasu (1964 film)|Ramadasu]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1964 |title=National Film Awards (1964) |access-date=5 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327145101/http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1964 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

;State Awards
*Abinava Thyagaraju by the [[Maharaja of Travancore]].
*Best Actor Award by the Andhra Film Journalists Association
* Felicitated by a life size statue in Panagal Park, Chennai after his demise.

==Filmography==
===Actor===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Language
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Gruhalakshmi]]''
| Telugu
| Gopinath
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Vande Mataram (1939 film)|Vande Mataram]]''
| Telugu
| Raghu
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Viswa Mohini]]''
| Telugu
| A Film Director
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Sumangali (1940 film)|Sumangali]]''
| Telugu
| Panthulu
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[Devatha (1941 film)|Devatha]]''
| Telugu
| Venu
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[Ashok Kumar (film)|Ashok Kumar]]''
| Tamil
| King Ashoka
|
|-
| 1943
| ''[[Bhakta Potana]]''
| Telugu
| [[Pothana]]
|
|-
| 1943
|[[Chenchu Lakshmi (1943 film)|''Chenchu Lakshmi'']]
| Telugu
| Chenchu Lakshmi's Father
|
|-
| 1943
| ''Bhagyalaxmi''
| Telugu
| Srinivasa Rao
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Swargaseema]]''
| Telugu
| Murthy
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]]''
| Hindi / Tamil
| King of Mewar
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Tyagayya (1946 film)|Thyagayya]]''
| Telugu
| [[Tyagayya]]
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Yogi Vemana]]''
| Telugu
| [[Vemana]]
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Chakradhari (Tamil Film)|Chakradhari]]''
| Tamil
| Korakumbar
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Bhaktha Jana]]''
| Tamil
| Namadeva
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Mana Desam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Navajeevanam]]''
| Tamil
| Mahadevan
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Ezhai Padum Padu]]''
| Tamil
| Kandan
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Ezhai Padum Padu|Beedala Patlu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Sarvadhikari (film)|Sarvadhikari]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Thai Ullam]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Ulagam]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1953
| ''Prapancham''
|
|
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Penn (film)|Penn]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1953
| ''Panakkari''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Naa Illu]]''
| Telugu
| Sivaram
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Ladki]]''
| Hindi
| Kamini's father
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Gumastha (1953 film)|Gumastha]]''
| Tamil
| Ranganatham
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Gumasta (film)|Gumasta]]''
| Telugu
| Ranganatham
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[En Veedu]]''
| Tamil
| Shivram
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Viduthalai (1954 film)|Viduthalai]]''
| Tamil
| Periaswamy
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Thuli Visham]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1954
| ''Maa Gopi''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Edhir Paradhathu]]''
| Tamil
| Dayaparar
|
|-
| 1954
| ''Prapancham''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Sangham]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Anarkali (1955 film)|Anarkali]]''
| Telugu
|Raja Mansingh
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Nam Kuzhandai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]''
| Telugu
| Mahamantri Thimmarusu
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Uma Sundari]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Pennin Perumai]]''
| Tamil
| Zamindar, father of Ragunathan / Nagendran
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Naga Panchami (1956 film)|Naga Panchami]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Muddu Bidda]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Marmaveeran]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Aasai (1956 film)|Asai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''Bhakta Markandeya''
| Kannada
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Bhakta Markandeya]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''Bhakta Markandeya''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''Amaradeepam''
|
|
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Tenali Raman]]''
| Tamil
| Appaji
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Yaar Paiyyan]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Vanangamudi]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Sati Savitri (1957 film)|Sati Savitri]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Panduranga Mahatyam (film)|Panduranga Mahatyam]]''
| Telugu
| Jahnavi
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Nala Damayanthi (1959 film)|Nala Damayanti]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1957
| ''Nala Damayanti''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Ambikapathy (1957 film)|Ambikapathy]]''
| Tamil
| Raja Kulothunga Chola I, the father of Amaravathi
|
|-
| 1958
| ''Piya Milan''
|
|
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 film)|Sampoorna Ramayanam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Pati Bhakti]]''
| Tamil
| Bhikshu
|
|-
| 1958
| ''Parvati Kalyanam''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1958
| ''Ettuku Pai Ettu''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1958
| ''Bommala Pelli''
| Telugu
| Varadarajan
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Bommai Kalyanam]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Illarame Nallaram]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Jayabheri]]''
| Telugu
| Viswambhara Sastri
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Sahodhari]]''
| Tamil
| Pazhani, father of Chandiran and Meena
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Nalla Theerpu]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Mahishasura Mardini]]''
| Kannada
| Shukracharya
|
|-
| 1959
| ''Kalaivanan''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Banda Ramudu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam]]''
| Telugu
| Bhavaji
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Abhimanam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam]]''
| Telugu
| Dasarathudu
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Intiki Deepam Illale]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Vagdanam]]''
| Telugu
| Vishwanatham (Vijaya's father)
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Sabash Raja]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Paava Mannippu]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Nichaya Thamboolam]]''
| Tamil
| Ramanna, a teacher who is the father of Seetha (Jamuna)
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Nagarjuna (film)|Nagarjuna]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Kappalottiya Thamizhan]]''
| Tamil
| Ulaganatha Pillai
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Ellam Unakkaga]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Thirudathe]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Palum Pazhamum]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Manapanthal]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Gaali Medalu]]''
| Telugu
| Ranganatham the father of Krishna (NTR)
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Dakshayagnam (1962 film)|Dakshayagnam]]''
| Tamil
| [[Dadhichi]]
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Dakshayagnam (1962 film)|Dakshayagnam]]''
| Telugu
| [[Dadhichi]]
|
|-
| 1962
| ''Swarnamanjari''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Aalayamani]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Valar Pirai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Thendral Veesum]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Siri Sampadalu]]''
| Telugu
| Nayudu
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Santhi Nivasam|Shantinivasam]]''
| Telugu
| Ramadasu the father of four children
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Padandi Munduku]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham]]''
| Telugu
| Akroora
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Lava Kusha]]''
| Telugu
| [[Valmiki]] Maharshi
|
|-
| 1963
| ''Amarshilpi Jakanachari''
|
|
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Naan Vanangum Dheivam]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Naanum Oru Penn]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1963
| ''Mani Osai''
|
|
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Lava Kusa]]''
| Hindu
| Valmiki
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Karpagam]]''
| Tamil
| The father of Amudha (Savitri)
|
|-
| 1963
| ''Anuragam''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Lakshadhikari]]''
| Telugu
| Lakshadhikari Rangaiah
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Bobbili Yudham]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Ramadasu (film)|Ramadasu]]''
| Telugu
| [[Ramadasu]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Pachai Vilakku (1964 film)|Pachai Vilakku]]''
| Tamil
| Gopalaiya
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Kai Koduttha Dheivam]]''
| Tamil
| Father of Latha
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Amarshilpi Jakanna]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Aggi Pidugu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''Aatma Balam''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''Amarshilpi Jakkanachari''
| Kannada
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''Chandavalliya Tota''
| Kannada
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Annapurna]]''
| Kannada
| Father of Annapurna
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Devatha (1964 film)|Devatha]]''
| Telugu
| Father of Prasad
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Gudi Gantalu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Aandavan Kattalai]]''
| Tamil
| Doctor
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Sumangali (1965 film)|Sumangali]]''
| Telugu
| Venkata Chalam
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Satya Harishchandra (Telugu film)|Satya Harishchandra]]''
| Telugu
| [[Vasistha]] Maharshi
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Devata (1965 film)|Devatha]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Santhi (1965 film)|Santhi]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Preminchi Choodu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Enga Veetu Penn]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Sri Simhachala Kshetra Mahima]]''
| Telugu
| Father of Pururava
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Veerabhimanyu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Dorikithe Dongalu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Sri Krishna Pandaviyam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Selvam (1966 film)|Selvam]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Shakuntala (1966 film)|Shakuntala]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha]]''
| Telugu
| Paramanandaiah
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Parakkum Paavai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Navarathri (1966 film)|Navarathri]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Motor Sundaram Pillai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Bhakta Potana]]''
| Telugu
| [[Vyasa]] Maharshi
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Adugu Jaadalu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Aastiparulu]]''
| Telugu
| Diwan to Zamindar
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Sadhu Mirandal]]''
| Tamil
| Priest Micheal
| (Special Appearance)
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Saraswati Sabatham]]''
| Tamil
| Vidhyapathy father
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Kanchu Kota|Kanchukota]]''
| Telugu
| Raja Rajendra Bhupathi
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Sri Krishnavataram]]''
| Telugu
| [[Dhritarashtra]]
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Punyavathi]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1967
| ''Veera Pooja''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Rahasyam (1967 film)|Rahasyam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Poola Rangadu]]''
| Telugu
| Veeraiya
|
|-
| 1967
| ''Patukunte Padivelu''
|
|
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Iru Malargal]]''
| Tamil
| Sivasamy
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Bhama Vijayam (film)|Bhama Vijayam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1967
| ''Maa Vadina''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Private Master]]''
| Telugu
| Father of Private Master
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Marapurani Kadha]]''
| Telugu
| [[Madhava Rao]]
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Brahmachari (Telugu film)|Brahmachari]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Ramu (1966 film)|Ramu]]''
| Tamil / Telugu
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Deva kanya (1968 film)]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Thillana Mohanambal]]''
| Tamil
| Shanmugasundaram's Nadaswara Guru
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Nindu Samsaram]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Niluvu Dopidi]]''
| Telugu
| Swamiji the director of an orphanage
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Bandhavyalu]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1968
| ''[[Uyarndha Manithan]]''
| Tamil
| Manickam
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Saptaswaralu]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|Nam Naadu]]''
| Tamil
| The school master Kandhaya
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Mooga Nomu]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Deiva Magan]]''
| Tamil
|
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Annaiyum Pithavum]]''
| Tamil
|
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Aadarsa Kutumbam]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Natakala Rayudu]]''
| Telugu
| Adiseshayya
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|-
| 1970
| ''[[Akka Chellelu]]''
| Telugu
| Second judge
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|-
| 1970
| ''Kaalam Vellum''
|
|
| (Guest Appearance)
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Engirundho Vandhaal]]''
| Tamil
| Dharmalingam
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Thalli Thandrulu]]''
| Telugu
| Raobahadur Perumallu
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|-
| 1970
| ''[[Thabalkaran Thangai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Raman Ethanai Ramanadi]]''
| Tamil
| Director Nagaiya
|
|-
| 1970
| ''Kanmalar''
| Tamil
|
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|-
| 1970
| ''[[Sorgam]]''
| Tamil
| Judge
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Srimanthudu]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
|1971
|[[Prema Nagar]]
|Telugu
|Doctor
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|-
| 1971
| ''Vichithra Dampathyam''
|Telugu
|
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|-
|1971
|[[Pavitra Bandham (1971 film)|Pavitra Bandham]]
|Telugu
|
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Sri Krishna Satya]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Raitu Kutumbam]]''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1971
| ''Kulagaurava''
| Kannada
|
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Jeevitha Chakram]]''
| Telugu
| Father of Raja (NTR)
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Iru Thuruvam]]''
| Tamil
| Teacher
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|-
| 1971
| ''C.I.D.Raju''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Thangaikkaaga]]''
| Tamil
|
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Ramalayam]]''
| Telugu
| Temple priest
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|-
| 1971
| ''[[Pavitra Hrudayalu]]''
| Telugu
|Zamindar Bhujanga Rao
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|-
| 1972
| ''[[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1971 film)|Sampoorna Ramayanam]]''
| Telugu
| Vasishta Mahamuni
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Papam Pasivadu]]''
| Telugu
| Doctor
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Shakti Leelai]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1972
| ''Pedda Koduku''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Neethi (1972 film)|Neethi]]''
| Tamil
| Judge
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Iddaru Ammayilu]]''
| Telugu
| Laxman Rao
|
|-
| 1972
| ''Goodu Putani''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1972
| ''Beedala Patlu''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Bala Bharatam]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Raja (1972 film)|Raja]]''
| Tamil
| Haridass
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Shakthi Leelai]]''
| Tamil
| Guruji
|
|-
| 1972
| ''Ganga Gauri''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1972
| ''Inti Kodalu''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1973
| ''Vishali''
| Telugu
|
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|-
| 1973
| ''Sampoorna Ramayan''
|
| Vashisht Muni
|
|-
|1973
|[[Desoddharakulu]]
|Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Pattikaattu Ponnaiya]]''
| Tamil
|
|
|-
| 1973
| ''Panjaramlo Pasipapa''
|
|
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|-
| 1973
| ''Ganga Gowri''
|
|
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Puttinillu Mettinillu]]''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
| 1974
| ''Lav Kush''
|
| Valmiki
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Sivagamiyin Selvan]]''
| Tamil
| Church Father
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|-
| 1974
| ''Inti Kodalu''
|
|
|
|-
| 1976
| ''Tu Hi Ram Tu Hi Krishna''
|
|
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|-
| 1976
| ''[[Kula Gowravam]]'
| Tamil
|
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|-
| 1976
| ''[[Ennai Pol Oruvan]]''
| Tamil
| Sundaramoorthy's Father
| (final film role)
|}

;Composer and play back singer
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Song
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Gruhalakshmi]]''
| ''Lendu Bharata Veerulara''
|-
| 1953
| ''Gumasta''
| ''Oyi Parugekkadikoyi''
|-
| 1953
| ''Prapancham''
| ''Anta Kooleelam Manamanta Kooleelam, Premasudha Sarasilo Hamsalamai''
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Sangham]]''
| ''Jati Bhedam Samasipoda''
|-
| 1954
| ''Maa Gopi''
| ''Sanubhoothiye Leda Jagatini, Amma Krishnamma Apacharamemitamma''
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Bhakta Markandeya]]''
| ''Om Namashivaya, Jaya Jaya Shankara Sambasadashiva''
|-
| 1956
| ''Naga Panchami''
| ''Sambho Mahadeva''
|-
| 1956
| ''Muddu Bidda''
| ''Itulela Chesavaya O Devadeva''
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]''
| ''Gandupilli Menu Marichi''
|-
| 1957
| ''Nala Damayanti''
| ''Ghorambaina Daavagni Keelakerayai''
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Panduranga Mahatyam (film)|Panduranga Mahatyam]]''
| ''Jaya Jaya Gokula Bala'', ''Sannuti Seyave Manasa''
|-
| 1962
| ''Swarnamanjari''
| ''Madhuramaina Guru Deevena''
|-
| 1967
| ''Maa Vadina''
| ''Suthudilu Peeda Mandiramu'' (poem)
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Poola Rangadu]]''
| ''Chillara Rallaku Mokkutu Unte Chedipoduvura''
|}

;Playback singer
*Ramadasu (1964)
* Tenali Raman
*Gumasta (1953/II) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Naa Illu]] (1953) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Yogi Vemana]] (1947) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Thyagayya]] (1946) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Swargaseema]] (1945) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Bhakta Potana]] (1942) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Devatha]] (1941) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Sumangali (1940 film)|Sumangali]] (1940) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Vishwamohini]] (1940) (playback singer)
*[[Vande Mataram]] (1939) (playback singer and composer)
*[[Gruhalakshmi]] (1938) (playback singer)

;Director (partial filmography)
*Ramadasu (Telugu, 1964)
*[[En Veedu]] (Tamil, 1953)
*[[Naa Illu]] (Telugu, 1953)
*[[Tyagayya (1946 film)|Thyagayya]] (Telugu, 1946)

;Producer (partial filmography)
*[[Naa Illu]] (1953)

;Writer (partial filmography)
*[[Tyagayya (1946 film)|Thyagayya]] (1946)

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0619101}}
* [http://mymovieminutes.blogspot.sg/2014/06/the-venerable-vnagaiah.html The Venerable V. Nagaiah in My Movie Minutes]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}

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