V. Nagaiah

V. Nagaiah
V. Nagaiah
	File:Chittor V. Nagaiah actor.jpg
Born	Vuppaladadiyam Nagaiah; 28 March 1904; Repalle, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	30 December 1973 (aged 69)
Occupation	Actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer
Years active	1938–1973
Awards	Padma Shri (1965)

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 and Tamil cinema. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as The Paul Muni of India.^[1] In his honour, the Chittoor Nagaiah Kalakshetram of arts was established in Chittoor city of Andhra Pradesh.^[2]

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 Saint-poets Pothana, Vemana, Ramadasu and Tyagaraja. Nagaiah developed a life-time association with 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), Devata (1941), Swarga Seema (1945) and Beedhalapatlu. (1947).^[3]

Nagaiah made significant contributions to Telugu cinema, and starred in about two hundred Telugu films.^[4] He was a method actors, and his forte was usually playing intense characters, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]^[8] 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 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.^[9] Nagaiah also starred in about one hundred and sixty films in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.^[10] He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1965 for his contributions to Indian cinema.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Early life[edit]

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.^[14]

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 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.^[15] 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.^[16]

Civilian honours[edit]

Padmashri, Government of India in 1965

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu (director) – 1964 for Ramadasu

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[edit]

Actor[edit]

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
1938	Gruhalakshmi	Telugu	Gopinath
1939	Vande Mataram	Telugu	Raghu
1940	Viswa Mohini	Telugu	A Film Director
1940	Sumangali	Telugu	Panthulu
1941	Devatha	Telugu	Venu
1941	Ashok Kumar	Tamil	King Ashoka
1943	Bhakta Potana	Telugu	Pothana
1943	Chenchu Lakshmi	Telugu	Chenchu Lakshmi's Father
1943	Bhagyalaxmi	Telugu	Srinivasa Rao
1945	Swargaseema	Telugu	Murthy
1945	Meera	Hindi / Tamil	King of Mewar
1946	Tyagayya	Telugu	Tyagayya
1947	Yogi Vemana	Telugu	Vemana
1948	Chakradhari	Tamil	Korakumbar
1948	Bhaktha Jana	Tamil	Namadeva
1949	Mana Desam	Telugu
1949	Navajeevanam	Tamil	Mahadevan
1950	Ezhai Padum Padu	Tamil	Kandan
1950	Beedala Patlu	Telugu
1951	Sarvadhikari	Tamil
1952	Thai Ullam	Tamil
1953	Ulagam	Tamil
1953	Prapancham
1953	Penn	Tamil
1953	Panakkari	Tamil
1953	Naa Illu	Telugu	Sivaram
1953	Ladki	Hindi	Kamini's father
1953	Gumastha	Tamil	Ranganatham
1953	Gumasta	Telugu	Ranganatham
1953	En Veedu	Tamil	Shivram
1954	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	Telugu	Raja Mansingh
1955	Nam Kuzhandai	Tamil
1956	Tenali Ramakrishna	Telugu	Mahamantri Thimmarusu
1956	Uma Sundari	Telugu
1956	Pennin Perumai	Tamil	Zamindar, father of Ragunathan / Nagendran
1956	Naga Panchami	Telugu
1956	Muddu Bidda	Telugu
1956	Marmaveeran	Tamil
1956	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	Telugu
1957	Panduranga Mahatyam	Telugu	Jahnavi
1957	Nala Damayanti	Tamil
1957	Nala Damayanti	Telugu
1957	Ambikapathy	Tamil	Raja Kulothunga Chola I, the father of Amaravathi
1958	Piya Milan
1958	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	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	Tamil	Dadhichi
1962	Dakshayagnam	Telugu	Dadhichi
1962	Swarnamanjari	Telugu
1962	Aalayamani	Tamil
1962	Valar Pirai	Tamil
1962	Thendral Veesum	Tamil
1962	Siri Sampadalu	Telugu	Nayudu
1962	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	Bandipotu	Telugu	Saluva Dharmanayaka
1963	Anuragam	Telugu
1963	Lakshadhikari	Telugu	Lakshadhikari Rangaiah
1964	Bobbili Yudham	Telugu
1964	Ramadasu	Telugu	Ramadasu
1964	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	Amarashilpi Jakanachari	Kannada
1964	Chandavalliya Tota	Kannada
1964	Annapurna	Kannada	Father of Annapurna
1964	Devatha	Telugu	Father of Prasad
1964	Gudi Gantalu	Telugu
1964	Aandavan Kattalai	Tamil	Doctor
1965	Sumangali	Telugu	Venkata Chalam
1965	Satya Harishchandra	Telugu	Vasistha Maharshi
1965	Devatha	Telugu
1965	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	Tamil
1966	Shakuntala	Telugu
1966	Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha	Telugu	Paramanandaiah
1966	Parakkum Paavai	Tamil
1966	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	Kanchukota	Telugu	Raja Rajendra Bhupathi
1967	Sri Krishnavataram	Telugu	Dhritarashtra
1967	Punyavathi	Telugu
1967	Veera Pooja	Telugu
1967	Rahasyam	Telugu
1967	Poola Rangadu	Telugu	Veeraiya
1967	Patukunte Padivelu
1967	Iru Malargal	Tamil	Sivasamy
1967	Bhama Vijayam	Telugu
1967	Maa Vadina	Telugu
1967	Private Master	Telugu	Father of Private Master
1967	Marapurani Kadha	Telugu	Madhava Rao
1968	Brahmachari	Telugu
1968	Ramu	Tamil / Telugu
1968	Deva kanya (1968 film)	Telugu
1968	Thillana Mohanambal	Tamil	Shanmugasundaram's Nadaswara Guru
1968	Nindu Samsaram	Telugu
1968	Niluvu Dopidi	Telugu	Swamiji the director of an orphanage
1968	Bandhavyalu	Telugu
1968	Uyarndha Manithan	Tamil	Manickam
1969	Saptaswaralu	Telugu
1969	Nam Naadu	Tamil	The school master Kandhaya
1969	Mooga Nomu	Telugu
1969	Deiva Magan	Tamil
1969	Annaiyum Pithavum	Tamil
1969	Aadarsa Kutumbam	Telugu
1969	Natakala Rayudu	Telugu	Adiseshayya
1970	Akka Chellelu	Telugu	Second judge
1970	Kaalam Vellum			(Guest Appearance)
1970	Thaali Bottu	Telugu
1970	Engirundho Vandhaal	Tamil	Dharmalingam
1970	Thalli Thandrulu	Telugu	Raobahadur Perumallu
1970	Thabalkaran Thangai	Tamil
1970	Raman Ethanai Ramanadi	Tamil	Director Nagaiya
1970	Kanmalar	Tamil
1970	Sorgam	Tamil	Judge
1971	Srimanthudu	Telugu
1971	Prema Nagar	Telugu	Doctor
1971	Vichithra Dampathyam	Telugu
1971	Pavitra Bandham	Telugu
1971	Sri Krishna Satya	Telugu
1971	Raitu Kutumbam	Telugu
1971	Kula Gourava	Kannada
1971	Jeevitha Chakram	Telugu	Father of Raja (NTR)
1971	Iru Thuruvam	Tamil	Teacher
1971	C.I.D.Raju	Telugu
1971	Thangaikkaaga	Tamil
1971	Ramalayam	Telugu	Temple priest
1971	Pavitra Hrudayalu	Telugu	Zamindar Bhujanga Rao
1972	Sampoorna Ramayanam	Telugu	Vasishta Mahamuni
1972	Papam Pasivadu	Telugu	Doctor
1972	Shakti Leelai	Tamil
1972	Pedda Koduku	Telugu
1972	Neethi	Tamil	Judge
1972	Iddaru Ammayilu	Telugu	Laxman Rao
1972	Goodu Putani	Telugu
1972	Beedala Patlu	Telugu
1972	Bala Bharatam	Telugu
1972	Raja	Tamil	Haridass
1972	Shakthi Leelai	Tamil	Guruji
1972	Ganga Gauri	Tamil
1972	Inti Kodalu	Telugu
1973	Vishali	Telugu
1973	Sampoorna Ramayan		Vashisht Muni
1973	Desoddharakulu	Telugu
1973	Pattikaattu Ponnaiya	Tamil
1973	Panjaramlo Pasipapa
1973	Ganga Gowri
1973	Puttinillu Mettinillu	Telugu
1974	Lav Kush		Valmiki
1974	Sivagamiyin Selvan	Tamil	Church Father
1974	Inti Kodalu
1976	Tu Hi Ram Tu Hi Krishna
1976	Kula Gowravam'	Tamil
1976	Ennai Pol Oruvan	Tamil	Sundaramoorthy's Father	(final film role)

Composer and play back singer

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	Gandupilli Menu Marichi
1956	Tenali Ramakrishna	"Putrile Pambirukkum...Kottaiyile Oru Kaalatthile"
1957	Nala Damayanti	Ghorambaina Daavagni Keelakerayai
1957	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) (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)
Thyagayya (Telugu, 1946)

Producer (partial filmography)

Naa Illu (1953)

Writer (partial filmography)

Thyagayya (1946)

References[edit]

↑ "Paul Muni of India – Chittoor V.Nagayya". Bharatjanani.com. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
↑ Umashanker, K. (9 September 2014). "Mahati Kalakshetram to retain Chittoor Nagaiah's name". The Hindu.
↑ Amazon / Books / Indian actor Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph, by K. N. T. Sastry (Author)
↑ "Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati". The Hindu. 18 July 2006.
↑ "Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati". The Hindu. 18 July 2006.
↑ The Hindu : A revolutionary filmmaker
↑ Vishwamohini (1940) - IMDb
↑ entertaianment.oneindia.in/celebs/lakshmi/biography.html
↑ "Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011.
↑ Autobiography – Chittor V. Nagaiah, RK Books, Hyderabad, 2004.
↑ "acting mentor". The New Indian Express.
↑ Autobiography – Chittor V. Nagaiah, RK Books, Hyderabad, 2004.
↑ "Special story on veteran actor Chittor Nagaiah Part 1". YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Chittoor V. Nagaiah – A Monograph". Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
↑ "Nagaiah – noble, humble and kind-hearted". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005.
↑ Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph

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[1] "Paul Muni of India – Chittoor V.Nagayya". Bharatjanani.com. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[2] Umashanker, K. (9 September 2014). "Mahati Kalakshetram to retain Chittoor Nagaiah's name". The Hindu.

[3] Amazon / Books / Indian actor Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph, by K. N. T. Sastry (Author)

[4] "Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati". The Hindu. 18 July 2006.

[5] "Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati". The Hindu. 18 July 2006.

[6] The Hindu : A revolutionary filmmaker

[7] Vishwamohini (1940) - IMDb

[8] tertaianment.oneindia.in/celebs/lakshmi/biography.html

[9] "Chittoor Nagaiah statue to be installed in Tirupati". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011.

[10] Autobiography – Chittor V. Nagaiah, RK Books, Hyderabad, 2004.

[11] "acting mentor". The New Indian Express.

[12] Autobiography – Chittor V. Nagaiah, RK Books, Hyderabad, 2004.

[13] "Special story on veteran actor Chittor Nagaiah Part 1". YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[14] "Chittoor V. Nagaiah – A Monograph". Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

[hindu.com-15] "Nagaiah – noble, humble and kind-hearted". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005.

[16] Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph

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1960s	Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagaiah (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) Narayan Shridhar Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (music director) (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramaiah (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parween Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahato (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Shahir Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (Tamil actress) (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tikku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarange Gowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Pravakara Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)