Malla Vijaya Prasad is an Indian politician, educationalist, film producer, former MLA and businessman. He serves as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Education Welfare and Infrastructure Development Corporation.

Early life

Malla Vijaya Prasad was born in 1966 at

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, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his B.A. at

Berhampur University Berhampur University is a Public teaching-cum-affiliating university in Brahmapur, Odisha, India inaugurated by former Governor of Odisha, Dr. A.N. Khosla. History Berhampur University was established on 2 January 1967 as an affiliating univ ...

in Odisha, and graduated in 1998.

Career

Prasad began by working in the transport business. Later, he worked in real estate and started a welfare group. He later started an engineering college and a degree college. He produced films in Telugu. He established Vijaya Prasad Welfare Charitable Trust. He undertook social activities including education for the poor, and health camps.

Politics

He entered into politics for the Congress Party. He contested the

Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam ...

and defeated P.G.V.R. Naidu. He joined

YSR congress The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth lar ...

in 2014. He later contested the Constituency in 2019 and lost. On July 17, 2021, He was appointed as Education Welfare and Infrastructure Development (EDID) board chairman by the Ruling party.

Film

He produced several films: * ''

Seema Tapakai ''Seema Tapakai'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by G.Nageswara Reddy, produced by Dr. Vijaya Prasad Malla under Wellfare Creations banner and starring Allari Naresh and Shamna Kasim. The soundtrack was co ...

'' * '' Seeta Ramula Kalyanam Lankalo'' * ''

Siddu from Sikakulam ''Siddu from Sikakulam'' (alternate spelling: ''Sidhu from Srikakulam'') is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Eashwar, produced by Malla Vijayaprasad under Welfare Creations banner and starring Allari Na ...

'' * ''

Friends Book ''Friends Book'' is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language suspense drama film directed by R. P. Patnaik (who also composed the music). The film stars Nishal, Nanduri Uday, Surya Teja, and Archana Sharma. Cast *Nishal as Nischal *Nanduri Uday as Aksh ...

'' * ''

Ramachari ''Ramachari – Eedo Pedda Goodachari'' is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Eshwar. A remake of '' C.I.D. Moosa'', the film stars Venu Thottempudi and Kamalinee Mukherjee. The film was released on 17 May 2013. After the failure ...

'' * Inkenti Nuvve Cheppu

References

{{Reflist 1966 births Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Politicians from Visakhapatnam Businesspeople from Visakhapatnam YSR Congress Party politicians Telugu film producers Berhampur University alumni