# Chittoor Nagaiah

> Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma, popularly known as Chittoor Nagayya, was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. Nagayya was one of the first multilingual filmmakers in India. Indian film journalist Baburao Patel described Nagayya as "The Paul Muni of India". Nagayya was considered the best character actor in South Indian cinema during 1940s and 1950s. In 1965, he became the first South Indian actor to receive the Padma Shri in Arts from the Government of India for his contributions to Indian cinema.

*Indian actor*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1904-03-28
- **Died:** 1973-12-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619101/ (@nm0619101)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79105c15-b7db-4e4d-b592-59945cfcf0a4)
- [كيتور ناجاياه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87)
- [V. Nagayya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Nagayya)
- [वुप्पलादादियम नगय्या](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE)
- [V. Nagaiah](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Nagaiah)
- [チットゥール・V・ナガイアー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BBV%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC)
- [சித்தூர் வி. நாகையா](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE)
- [చిత్తూరు నాగయ్య](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF)
- [وی ناگیا](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7)
- [V. Nagaiah](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Nagaiah)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5102517)
- [Chittoor V. Nagayya](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1122103)

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