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{{Infobox person
| image = Vijaya Nirmala.jpg
| name = Vijaya Nirmala
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|02|20|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|06|27|1946|02|20|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| birth_place = [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| birth_name = Nidudavolu Nirmala
| website =
| notable role =
| spouse = {{ubl
| Krishna Murthy
|[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]]
}}
| children = [[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]] (son)<br />[[Ramesh Babu]] (step-son)<br />[[Mahesh Babu]] (step-son)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/mahesh-babu-father-krishna-wife-namrata-shirodkar-pay-their-last-respects-legendary-vijaya-nirmala-458265|title = Mahesh Babu with father Krishna & wife Namrata Shirodkar pay their last respects to legendary Vijaya Nirmala|date = 27 June 2019}}</ref>
}}
'''Vijaya Nirmala''' (born '''Nidudavolu Nirmala'''; 20 February 1946 – 27 June 2019) was an Indian film actress, producer and director known for her works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]]. She directed 44 films in Telugu. In 2002, she entered the [[Guinness Book of Records]] as the female director of the most films.<ref name="Guinness">{{cite news|date=30 April 2002|title=Vijayanirmala enters the Guinness|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/vijayanirmala-enters-the-guinness/article28370836.ece|url-status=|access-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref> In 2008, she received the [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]] for her contributions to Telugu cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/ex-actress-director-vijaya-nirmala-dead/articleshow/69980636.cms|title=Ex-actress, director Vijaya Nirmala dies at 73|date=28 June 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Vijaya Nirmala was born on 20 February 1946 into a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] family settled in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Actor-director Vijaya Nirmala passes away|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/jun/27/actor-director-vijaya-nirmala-passes-away-12565.html|access-date=2021-06-10|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Her father was a film producer. Her paternal uncle is scholar and literary historian, [[Nidudavolu Venkatarao]]. Actress [[Jayasudha]] is Venkatrao's granddaughter while singer [[Raavu Balasaraswathi]] is her paternal aunt's daughter.

== Personal life ==
Vijaya Nirmala was married to Krishna Murthy and had a son [[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]], who is also an actor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Y|first=Sunita Chowdhary|date=27 June 2019|title=Vijaya Nirmala: A full life, in retrospect|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vijaya-nirmala-a-full-life-in-retrospect/article28166938.ece|url-status=live|access-date=24 June 2021|website=The Hindu}}</ref> She later married actor [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]].<ref>{{cite news|date=4 August 2007|title=Bestowed with bliss|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/08/04/stories/2007080452160600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503091259/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/08/04/stories/2007080452160600.htm|archive-date=3 May 2009}}</ref>

== Career ==
Vijaya Nirmala entered cinema at the age of seven as a child artist with a Tamil movie ''Machcha Rekhai'' (1950). At age eleven she debuted in Telugu films with the movie ''[[Panduranga Mahatyam (film)|Panduranga Mahatmyam]]'' (1957). In 1964, she starred opposite [[Prem Nazir]] and rose to stardom with the Malayalam ''[[Bhargavi Nilayam]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/11/16/stories/2009111651140400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629033144/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/11/16/stories/2009111651140400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=Bhargavi Nilayam 1948|author=B. Vijayakumar|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 November 2009|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Also, in 1967, she starred again opposite [[Prem Nazir]] in ''[[Udhyogastha]]'', by [[P. Venu]]. She debuted in the [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu industry]] in the film ''[[Rangula Ratnam (1966 film)|Rangula Ratnam]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/ragupathi-venkaiah-award-to-vijaya-nirmala-news-telugu-kkfqMxaehecsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819085156/http://www.sify.com/movies/ragupathi-venkaiah-award-to-vijaya-nirmala-news-telugu-kkfqMxaehecsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-08-19|title=Ragupathi Venkaiah Award to Vijaya Nirmala|website=Sify|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>

Her first film in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] was ''Engaveettu Penn'',<ref name="Guinness" /> which was followed by ''Panama Paasama'', ''[[En Annan]]'', ''Gnanaoli'' and ''[[Uyira Maanama]]''. She met her second husband Krishna on the sets of ''[[Sakshi (film)|Saakshi]]'' (1967), her second film in Telugu, and they starred together in 47 films. It was ''Saakshi'' that kindled her interest in direction.<ref name="Guinness" /> She has acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil, and the remaining in Telugu.<ref name="Guinness" />

Her small screen debut came with Balaji Telefilms' ''[[Pelli Kanuka (1998 film)|Pelli Kanuka]]''. Soon after, she launched her own banner Vijaya Krishna Movies and produced 15 films.<ref name=":1" /> She added Vijaya to her name as a gratitude to the production house.<ref name=":0" /> She made her directorial debut with a Malayalam film on a budget of 3 lakhs. She made her directorial debut in Telugu with ''Meena'' and directed 40 films in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and one film each in Malayalam (directorial debut film) and Tamil (''Kungumachimizh'').<ref name="Guinness" /> The actress-director was based in [[Hyderabad]] and managed [[Padmalaya Studios]] and [[Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cgstudionet.com/padmalaya/aboutus.htm|title=About Us|website=Padmalaya Telefilms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211131338/http://cgstudionet.com/padmalaya/aboutus.htm|archive-date=11 February 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=26 February 2011}}</ref>

== Death ==
Vijaya Nirmala died on 27 June 2019, at the age of 73, in Hyderabad at Continental hospital, Gachibowli of a heart attack.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijaya-nirmala-veteran-director-actor-and-mahesh-babu-s-mother-passes-away-73-104358|title=Veteran director and actor Vijaya Nirmala passes away at 73|date=27 June 2019|website=The newsminute|access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/actress-director-vijaya-nirmala-dies-at-73-2059943|title=Actress-Director Vijaya Nirmala Dies At 75; Jr NTR And Others Post Tributes|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/unique-achiever-actress-vijaya-nirmala-passes-away-telugu-news-239123|title=Unique achiever, actress Vijaya Nirmala passes away - Telugu News|date=2019-06-27|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==

=== Telugu ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Panduranga Mahatyam (film)|Panduranga Mahatyam]]'' || Bala Krishnudu
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Bhookailas (1958 Telugu film)|Bhookailas]]'' || Goddess Seetha
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Manchi Kutumbam]]'' ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Rangula Ratnam (1966 film)|Rangula Ratnam]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1967 || ''[[Poola Rangadu]]'' || Padma
|-
| ''[[Sakshi (1967 film)|Saakshii]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1968 || ''[[Asadhyudu]]'' || Radha
|-
| ''[[Bangaru Gaajulu]]'' || Radha
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Aatmiyulu]]'' || Saroja
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Akka Chellelu]]'' ||Lawyer Vijaya
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971 || ''[[Bomma Borusa]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mosagallaku Mosagadu]]'' || Radha
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972 || ''[[Tata Manavadu]]'' || Rani
|-
| ''[[Pandanti Kapuram]]''||
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1973 || ''[[Devudu Chesina Manushulu]]'' ||
|-
| ''Sahasame naa Oopiri'' ||
|-
| ''Pinni'' ||
|-
| ''[[Buddhimantudu]]'' ||
|-
| ''Patnavasam'' ||
|-
| ''[[Manchi Vallaki Manchivadu]]'' || Saakhi
|-
| ''[[Marina Manishi]]'' ||
|-
| ''Meena'' || Meena
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974 || ''[[Alluri Seetarama Raju (film)|Alluri Seetarama Raju]]'' || Seeta
|-
| ''[[Bantrotu Bharya]]'' ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Paadipantalu'' ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Kurukshetram (1977 film)|Kurukshetram]]'' || [[Subhadra]]
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Hema Hemeelu]]'' || Vijaya
|-
| 1989 || ''Pinni'' || Lakshmi
|}

=== Malayalam ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Bhargavi Nilayam]]'' ||Bhargavi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965 || ''[[Rosie (1965 film)|Rosie]]'' ||Leena
|-
| ''[[Kalyanarathriyil]]'' ||Karthika
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Poochakkanni]]'' ||Maheshwari
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1973 || ''[[Pooja (1967 film)|Pooja]]'' ||Radha
|-
| ''[[Udhyogastha]]'' ||Sujatha
|-
| ''[[Anweshichu Kandethiyilla]]'' ||Radhika
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Karutha Pournami]]'' ||Janamma
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974 || ''[[Nishagandhi (film)|Nishagandhi]]'' ||Padmini
|-
| ''[[Vivaham Swargathil]]'' ||Lisy
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan]]'' ||Omana
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1973 || ''[[Kalippava]]'' ||Rani
|-
| ''[[Pulliman (1972 film)|Pulliman]]'' ||Devika
|-
| ''[[Postmane Kananilla]]'' || Nalini
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1978 || ''[[Thenaruvi|Thenaruvi (1976)]]'' || Sudha
|-
| ''[[Kattuvithachavan|Kattuvithachavan (1976)]]'' ||Lakshmi
|-
| ''[[Ponnapuram Kotta]]'' ||Kanni
|-
| ''[[Kavitha (1973 film)|Kavitha (1975)]]'' ||Kavitha
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Durga (1974 film)|Durga]]'' || Thulasi
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Kenalum Collectorum]]'' ||Indhulekha
|}

=== Tamil ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
| 1950 || ''Machcha Rekhai'' || Young Mahalingam
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Enga Veetu Penn]]'' ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Chitthi]]'' || Saroja
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Pandhayam (1967 film)|Pandhayam]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1968 || ''[[Neelagiri Express]]'' || Geetha
|-
| ''[[Panama Pasama]]'' ||
|-
| ''Siritha Mugam'' ||
|-
| ''Sathiyam Thavaradhey'' ||
|-
| ''[[Soaappu Seeppu Kannadi]]'' || Latha
|-
| ''Uyira Manama'' ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Anbalippu]]'' || Meena
|-
| 1970 || ''[[En Annan]]'' || Thangam
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan|Yanai Valartha Vanampadi Magan]]'' ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Gnana Oli]]'' ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Puthiya Manithan'' ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Sumangali Kolam'' ||
|}

=== Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 1971 || ''Meena'' || Based on the novel ''Meena'' by [[Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani]] which was later adapted into 2016 movie ''[[A Aa]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/020616/a-aa-movie-review-trivikram-is-back-with-a-bang.html | title=A.. Aa.. movie review: Trivikram is back with a bang | date=2 June 2016 | newspaper=Deccan Chronicle | first=Suresh | last=Kavirayani | access-date=14 June 2019 }}</ref>
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Kavitha (1973 film)|Kavitha]]'' || Malayalam: IV SASI directed for her
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Devadasu (1974 film)|Devadasu]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976 || ''Devude Gelichadu'' || Remake of Malayalam film ''[[Yakshagaanam]]''
|-
|''Kavitha'' ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Panchayathi'' ||
|-
| 1978 ||''Rowdy Rangamma'' ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1979 || ''Moodu Puvvulu Aaru Kayalu'' ||
|-
|''Sanku Theertham'' ||
|-
| ''[[Hema Hemeelu]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1980 || ''[[Ram Robert Rahim]]'' || Remake of Hindi film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''
|-
| ''Kiladi Krishnudu'' ||
|-
|''Sangham Chekkina Silpalu'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sirimalle Navvindi]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981 || ''Bhogi Mantalu'' ||
|-
| ''Antham Kadidi Aarambam'' || Remake of Kannada film ''[[Antha (film)|Antha]]''
|-
| 1982 || ''Doctor Cine Actor'' ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Bezawada Bebbuli]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1984 || ''Mukhyamantri'' || Remake of Kannada film ''[[Chakravyuha (1983 film)|Chakravyuha]]''
|-
| ''Mukkopi'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1985 || ''Lanke Bindelu'' ||
|-
| ''Surya Chandra'' ||
|-
| 1988 ||''Collector Vijaya'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989 || ''Sahasame Naa Oopiri'' ||
|-
|''[[Ajatha Satruvu]]'' ||
|-
| 1990 || ''Prajala Manishi'' ||
|-
| 1991 ||''Vadina Maata'' ||
|-
| 1992 ||''Mogudu Pellala Dongaata'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Yes Nenante Nene'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1996 || ''Puttinti Gowravam'' ||
|-
|''Rendu Kutumbala Katha'' ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Neramu Siksha'' ||
|}

== See also ==
* [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0632560}}

{{Raghupathi Venkaiah Award Recipients}}

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