Vijaya Vauhini Studios
Indian movie studio in Chennai
An old image of the studio c. 1952
Vauhini Pictures advertisement in 1948 issue of Chandamama magazine.
Vijaya Vauhini Studios is a film production company based in Chennai , 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 ,[ 1] [ 2] Vijaya Vauhini Studios resulted from the merger between Vauhini Studios and Vijaya Productions, in 1948 when Telugu 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 (1954), and Maya Bazar (1957) were dubbed into Tamil at the same time, Missamma was remade as Missiamma (1955) with Gemini Ganesan playing N. T. Rama Rao 's role. Excepting a few films like Chandraharam (1954) and Uma Chandi Gowri Sankarula Katha (1968), most films made by Vijaya Productions were successful at the box office.
Filmography
Year
Title
Language
Cast
Director
Notes
1950
Shavukaru
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao , Govindrajula Subba Rao
L. V. Prasad
1951
Pathala Bhairavi
Telugu / Tamil
N. T. Rama Rao , K. Malati, S. V. Ranga Rao
K. V. Reddy
1952
Kalyanam Panni Paar
Tamil
N. T. Rama Rao , G. Varalakshmi , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao
L. V. Prasad
Pelli Chesi Choodu
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao , G. Varalakshmi , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao
1953
Chandraharam
Telugu / Tamil
N. T. Rama Rao , Sriranjani , S. V. Ranga Rao , K. Savithri , Relangi
K. Kameswara Rao
1955
Missamma
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao , A. Nageswara Rao , Jamuna , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao , Relangi , Ramana Reddy
L. V. Prasad
Missiamma
Tamil
Gemini Ganesan , K. A. Thangavelu , Jamuna , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao , K. Sarangapani . M. N. Nambiar
Guna Sundari
Gemini Ganesan , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao , M. N. Nambiar
K. Kameswara Rao
1957
Mayabazar
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao , A. Nageswara Rao , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao
K. V. Reddy
Maya Bajaar
Tamil
N. T. Rama Rao , Gemini Ganesan , K. Savithri , S. V. Ranga Rao
1958
Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam
Gemini Ganesan , K. Savithri , T. R. Ramachandran , Jamuna , S. V. Ranga Rao , T. S. Balaiah , K. A. Thangavelu , E. V. Saroja
L. V. Prasad
1959
Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao , K. Savithri , Jaggayya , Jamuna , S. V. Ranga Rao , C. S. R. Anjaneyulu , Relangi , Girija
1961
Jagadeka Veeruni Katha
N. T. Rama Rao , B. Saroja Devi , L. Vijaya Lakshmi, Jayanthi, Bala, Rajanala and Relangi
K. V. Reddy
1962
Gundamma Katha
N. T. Rama Rao , A. Nageswara Rao , S. V. Ranga Rao , K. Savithri , Jamuna , L. Vijaya Lakshmi
K. Kameswara Rao
Manithan Maravillai
Tamil
Gemini Ganesan , A. Nageswara Rao , S. V. Ranga Rao , K. Savithri , Jamuna , L. Vijaya Lakshmi
1963
Maduve Madi Nodu
Kannada
1965
Satya Harischandra
Kannada/ Telugu
Dr.Rajkumar, Pandari Bai, Udayakumar, Narasimha Raju
H. Krishnamurthy
CID
Telugu
NTR, Jamuna, Gummadi, Relangi, Rajanala
Tapi Chanakya
Enga Veetu Pillai
Tamil
MGR, Saroja Devi, Nambiyar
Sanakya
Enga Veetu Penn
1967
Ram Aur Shyam
Hindi
Dilip Kumar , Waheeda Rehman , Mumtaz , Nirupa Roy , Pran
Tapi Chanakya
1968
Uma Chandi Gowri Sankarula Katha
Telugu
N.T. Rama Rao , B. Saroja Devi
K. V. Reddy
1969
Nam Naadu
Tamil
M.G.R, Jayalalitha
C. P. Jambulingam
Nannha Farishta
Hindi
Pran , Balraj Sahni , Ajit , Padmini , Anwar Hussain
T. Prakash Rao
1970
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani
Hindi
Balraj Sahni , Nirupa Roy , Om Prakash , Shashikala , Rakesh Roshan , Bharathi
1973
Ganga Manga
Telugu
Krishna , Sobhan Babu , and Vanisri
Tapi Chanakya, V. Ramachandra Rao
25th Film
1974
Vani Rani
Tamil
Sivaji Ganesan , Vanisri , R. Muthuraman
Tapi Chanakya
C. V. Rajendran
1975
Julie
Hindi
Lakshmi , Vikram, Utpal Dutt
K. S. Sethumadhavan
1976
Sree Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club
Telugu
Krishna, Jayapradha and Jaggayya
Bapu Sattiraju Lakshminarayana
1978
Yehi Hai Zindagi
Hindi
Sanjeev Kumar , Vikram Gokhale , Seema Deo , Utpal Dutt
Sethu Madhavan
Swarag Narak
Sanjeev Kumar , Jeetendra , Vinod Mehra , Shabana Azmi , Moushumi Chatterjee , Tanuja
Dasari Narayana Rao
1980
Swayamvar
Sanjeev Kumar , Shashi Kapoor , Moushumi Chatterjee , Vidya Sinha
P. Sambasiva Rao
1982
Shriman Shrimati
Sanjeev Kumar , Raakhee , Rakesh Roshan , Deepti Naval , Amol Palekar , Sarika
Vijay Reddy
1993
Uzhaippali
Tamil
Rajinikanth , Roja Selvamani
P. Vasu
1993
Karuppu Vellai
Rahman, Suganya, Nassar
Manobala
1994
Bhairava Dweepam
Telugu
Nandamuri Balakrishna , Roja Selvamani
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
1995
Nammavar
Tamil
Kamal Haasan , Gouthami
K. S. Sethumadhavan
1996
Meendum Savithri
Visu
2006
Mercury Pookkal
Srikanth , Meera Jasmine
S. S. Stanley
2007
Thamirabharani
Vishal , Muktha (Bhanu)
Hari
2009
Padikkathavan
Dhanush , Tamannaah Bhatia
Suraj
2011
Venghai
Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia
Hari
2014
Veeram
Ajith Kumar , Tamannaah Bhatia, Santhanam
Siva
2017
Bairavaa
Vijay , Keerthy Suresh
Bharathan
2019
Sanga Thamizhan
Vijay Sethupathi , Nivetha Pethuraj , Raashi Khanna
Vijay Chander
Awards
References
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