1946
Thyagaiah
Thyagaraja, a saint and a poet, overcomes many hurdles in his life, including grinding poverty to emerge as the greatest Carnatic music composers of all time.
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Acting
Born
1904-03-28 · 69 yrs
Died
1973-12-30
From
Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh
Known for
Acting
Chittor V. Nagaiah (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma, Telugu: వుప్పలదడియం నాగయ్య శర్మ) was a multilingual Indian filmactor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer from Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The Paul Muni of India’. [1] Nagaiah has acted in about 200 Telugu films, and 160 films in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. He was one of the first south Indian actors, to be honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1965.
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