Vijaya Vauhini Studios

Vijaya Vauhini Studios
IndustryMotion picture
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
FounderMoola Narayana Swamy
B. N. Reddy
Headquarters,
Area served
India
Key people
Nagi Reddi
Chakrapani
An old image of the studio c. 1952
Vauhini Pictures advertisement in 1948 issue of Chandamama magazine.

Vijaya Vauhini Studios is one of the premier motion picture movie studios 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

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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 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

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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 NTR's role. Excepting Chandraharam and Uma Chandi Gowri Sankarula Katha (1968), every film made by Vijaya Productions was successful at the box office.[citation needed]

Filmography

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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

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S.no Ceremony Year Category Nominee Result
1 National Film Awards 1994 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Nammavar Won
2 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1994 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Second prize) Nammavar Won
3 Nandi Awards 1994 Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (third prize) Bhairava Dweepam Won

References

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