Vijaya Vauhini Studios
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Vijaya Vauhini Studios Vijaya Vauhini Studios Former type
Limited
Industry
Motion pictures
Fate
Liquidated
Predecessor(s) Vauhini Studios, Vijaya Productions, Rohini Pictures Founded
1948
Founder(s)
Moola Narayana Swamy, B. N. Reddy
Defunct
1980's (circa)
Headquarters Vadapalani, Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India Area served
India
Key people
Nagi Reddy, Alur Chakrapani
Vijaya Vauhini Studios was once a major a motion picture movie studio in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.This was for some time the biggest film studio in Asia in of studio floor space. The studio was a result of a merger between Vauhini Studios and Vijaya Productions, when in 1948 a successful Telugu & Tamil movie producer Moola Narayana Swamy leased the studios which was under heavy liabilities to the Vijaya Productions run by Bommireddy Nagi Reddy, Aluri Chakrapani who were one time partners of Moola Narayana Swamy in 1930's. Some of these films such as Pathala Bhairavi, Pelli Chesi Choodu (as Kalyanam Panni Paar 6 months later), Chandraharam, and Maya Bazar 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 Gauri Shankarula Katha, nearly all movies made by Vijaya Pictures were box office hits.
List of Movies under Vijaya Productions Year
Title
Language
Cast
Director
1950 Shavukar
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao , Govindrajulu Subba Rao & others
L. V. Prasad
1951 Pathala Bhairavi
Telugu/Tamil N. T. Rama Rao , Malati, S. V. Ranga Rao & others
K. V. Reddy
1952 Kalyanam Panni Paar
Tamil
Gemini Ganesan, G. Varalakshmi , Savitri, S. V. Ranga Rao & others
L. V. Prasad
1954 Pelli Chesi Chudu
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, Savithri, Jamuna, K. Jaggaiah, Relangi & others
L. V. Prasad
1953 Chandraharam
Telugu
N. T. Rama Rao, Sriranjani, S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri, Relangi & others
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
1955 Missamma
Telugu
N.T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, Savitri, S. V. Ranga Rao, Relangi Venkataramaiah, Ramana Reddy
L. V. Prasad
1955 Missiama
Tamil
Gemini Ganesan, T. R. Ramachandaran, L. V. Prasad Jamuna, Savitri, S. V. Ranga Rao, Sarangapani
1955 Gunasundhari
Tamil
Notes
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1957 Mayabazar
Telugu
1957 Maya Bazaar
Telugu
1958 Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
Telugu
1958 Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam
Tamil
1958 Rechukka Pragatichukka
Telugu
1961 Jagadeka Veeruni Katha
Telugu
1962 Gundamma Katha
Tamil
NT Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, SV Kamalakara Ranga Rao, Savitri, Vijaya Lakshmi, Jamuna & Kameswara Rao Others.
1962 Manithan Maaravillai
Tamil
Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, Ranga Rao & Others.
M. G. Chakrapani
1963 Madhuve Maadi Noodu
Kannada
1965 Sathya Harichandra Kannada/ Telugu
Dr.Rajkumar, Pandari Bai, Udayakumar, Narasimha Raju & Others.
H.Krishnamurthy
1965 C. I. D
Telugu
NTR, Jaya prada, Jaggaiah, Gummadi & Others.
Tapi Chanakya
1965 Enga Veetu Pillai
Tamil
MGR, Saroja Devi, Nambiyar & Others.
Sanakya
1965 Enga Veetu Penn
Tamil
1967 Ram Aur Shyam
HIndi
Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Pran, Nirupa Roy, Leela Mishra& Others.
Tapi Chanakya
1968 Uma Sandi Gowri Shankarla Katha
Telugu
1969 Nam Naadu
Tamil
M.G.Chakrapani, M.G.R, Jayalalitha & Others. C. P. Jambulingam
1969 Nanha Farishta
HIndi
Pran, Balraj Sahni, Ajit, Pi , Anwar Hussain & others
1971 Ghar Ghar Ki Khani
Hindi
Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Bharathi
1973 Ganga Mangaa
Telugu
Vanisri, Ghattamaneni Krishna Ghattamaneni and Shobhan Babu
Tapi Chanakya, V. Ramachandra Rao
1973 Vaani Rani
Telugu
Vanisri,
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1975 Julie
HIndi
Lakshmi (actress), Vikram , Utpal Dutt & Others
K.S. Sethumadhavan
1976 Sri Raja Rajeswari Vilas Kaapi Club
Telugu
Krishna Ghattamaneni, Jayapradha and Kongara Jaggaiah
Bapu Sattiraju Lakshminarayana
1978 Yahi Hai Zindagi
Hindi
Sanjeev Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Neeta Mehta & Others.
Sethu Madhavan
1978 Swarg Narak
Hindi
Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi, A. K. Hangal, Tanuja, Helen, Prema Narayan & others
Dasari Narayana Rao
Chilakalpud Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu, Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri , S. Varalakshmi, S.V. Ranga Rao & others
T. Prakash Rao
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1980 Swayamvar
Hindi
Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee & Others
P. Sambasiva Rao
1982 Shriman Shrimathi
Hindi
Sanjeev Kumar, Raakhee, Deepti Naval, Amol Palekar & Others.
Vijay Reddy
1994 Vijaya
Telugu
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1996 Meendum Savitri
Tamil
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1996 Noodi Savitri
Telugu
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2013 Ajith's Untitled FIlm
Tamil
Ajith Kumar, Tamanna Bhatia, Santhanam & Others
Siva
References • The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article60965.ece) • Stars - Chakrapani: 100 years (http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/chakrapani.php)
External links • IMBD Page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714769/)
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