Vijaya Vauhini Studios was one of the premier

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s in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the combination of Vijaya Productions and Vauhini Studios. B. Nagi Reddy (Bommireddy Nagi Reddy) was the founder of Vijaya Productions and Moola Narayana Swamy founded Vauhini Studios.

History

Being once considered as the largest film studio in Asia, Vijaya Vauhini Studios resulted from the merger between Vauhini Studios and Vijaya Productions, in 1948 when

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film producer Moola Narayana Swamy leased the studios which was under heavy liabilities to the Vijaya Productions run by B. Nagi Reddy (Bommireddy Nagi Reddy), Chakrapani who were one time partners of Moola Narayana Swamy in the 1930s.

Productions

Some of these films such as '' Pathala Bhairavi'' (1951), '' Pelli Chesi Choodu'' (1952), ''

Chandraharam ''Chandraharam'' is a 1954 Telugu-Tamil bilingual swashbuckler film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao in his debut. It was produced by Nagi Reddy-Chakrapani under the Vijaya Productions banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri and Sriran ...

'' (1954), and '' Maya Bazar'' (1957) were dubbed into Tamil at the same time, '' Missamma'' was remade as ''

Missiamma ''Missiamma'' () is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad. Produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani Vijaya Vauhini Studios, the script was adapted by Chakrapani from the Bengali novel ''Manmoyee G ...

'' (1955) with Gemini Ganesan playing NTR's role. Excepting ''Chandraharam'' and '' Uma Chandi Gowri Sankarula Katha'' (1968), every film made by Vijaya Productions was successful at the box office.

Filmography

Awards

References

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The Hindu

Stars – Chakrapani: 100 years

External links

IMDb Page
Film production companies based in Chennai Film production companies of India Indian film studios Mass media companies established in 1948 Indian companies established in 1948