# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chittoor-nagaiah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:25:04.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chittoor-nagaiah"
name: "Chittoor Nagaiah"
slug: "chittoor-nagaiah"
description: "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."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chittor_V._Nagaiah.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1904-03-28"
deathDate: "1973-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.700836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619101/"
    handle:    "nm0619101"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيتور ناجاياه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "V. Nagayya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "वुप्पलादादियम नगय्या"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "V. Nagaiah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "チットゥール・V・ナガイアー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "சித்தூர் வி. நாகையா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "చిత్తూరు నాగయ్య"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "وی ناگیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Nagaiah"
    title: "V. Nagaiah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5102517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1122103"
    title: "Chittoor V. Nagayya"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump