Vijaya Vauhini Studios

Vijaya Vauhini Studios was 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.

Vijaya Vauhini Studios
IndustryMotion picture
Founded1948 (1948)
FounderMoola Narayana Swamy
B. N. Reddy
Defunctc.1980s
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.

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 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 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

Year Title Language Cast Director Notes
1950ShavukaruTeluguN. T. Rama Rao, Govindrajula Subba RaoL. V. Prasad
1951Pathala BhairaviTelugu / TamilN. T. Rama Rao, K. Malati, S. V. Ranga RaoK. V. Reddy
1952Kalyanam Panni PaarTamilN. T. Rama Rao, G. Varalakshmi, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga RaoL. V. Prasad
Pelli Chesi ChooduTeluguN. T. Rama Rao, G. Varalakshmi, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao
1953ChandraharamTelugu / TamilN. T. Rama Rao, Sriranjani, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Savithri, RelangiK. Kameswara Rao
1955MissammaTeluguN. T. Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao, Relangi, Ramana ReddyL. V. Prasad
MissiammaTamilGemini Ganesan, K. A. Thangavelu, Jamuna, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Sarangapani. M. N. Nambiar
Guna SundariGemini Ganesan, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao, M. N. NambiarK. Kameswara Rao
1957MayabazarTeluguN. T. Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga RaoK. V. Reddy
Maya BajaarTamilN. T. Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao
1958Kadan Vaangi KalyaanamGemini Ganesan, K. Savithri, T. R. Ramachandran, Jamuna, S. V. Ranga Rao, T. S. Balaiah, K. A. Thangavelu, E. V. SarojaL. V. Prasad
1959Appu Chesi Pappu KooduTeluguN. T. Rama Rao, K. Savithri, Jaggayya, Jamuna, S. V. Ranga Rao, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Relangi, Girija
1961Jagadeka Veeruni KathaN. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi, L. Vijaya Lakshmi, Jayanthi, Bala, Rajanala and RelangiK. V. Reddy
1962Gundamma KathaN. T. Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Savithri, Jamuna, L. Vijaya LakshmiK. Kameswara Rao
Manithan MaravillaiTamilGemini Ganesan, A. Nageswara Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Savithri, Jamuna, L. Vijaya Lakshmi
1963Maduve Madi NoduKannada
1965Satya HarischandraKannada/ TeluguDr.Rajkumar, Pandari Bai, Udayakumar, Narasimha RajuH. Krishnamurthy
CIDTeluguNTR, Jamuna, Gummadi, Relangi, RajanalaTapi Chanakya
Enga Veetu PillaiTamilMGR, Saroja Devi, NambiyarSanakya
Enga Veetu Penn
1967Ram Aur ShyamHindiDilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Nirupa Roy, PranTapi Chanakya
1968Uma Chandi Gowri Sankarula KathaTeluguN.T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja DeviK. V. Reddy
1969Nam NaaduTamilM.G.R, JayalalithaC. P. Jambulingam
Nannha FarishtaHindiPran, Balraj Sahni, Ajit, Padmini, Anwar HussainT. Prakash Rao
1970Ghar Ghar Ki KahaniHindiBalraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Om Prakash, Shashikala, Rakesh Roshan, Bharathi
1973Ganga MangaTeluguKrishna, Sobhan Babu, and VanisriTapi Chanakya, V. Ramachandra Rao 25th Film
1974Vani Rani Tamil Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri, R. MuthuramanTapi Chanakya

C. V. Rajendran

1975JulieHindiLakshmi, Vikram, Utpal DuttK. S. Sethumadhavan
1976Sree Rajeswari Vilas Coffee ClubTeluguKrishna, Jayapradha and JaggayyaBapu Sattiraju Lakshminarayana
1978Yehi Hai ZindagiHindiSanjeev Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Neeta MehtaSethu Madhavan
Swarag NarakSanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Shabana Azmi, Moushumi Chatterjee, TanujaDasari Narayana Rao
1980SwayamvarSanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee, Vidya SinhaP. Sambasiva Rao
1982Shriman ShrimatiSanjeev Kumar, Raakhee, Rakesh Roshan, Deepti Naval, Amol Palekar, SarikaVijay Reddy
1993UzhaippaliTamilRajinikanth, Roja SelvamaniP. Vasu
1993Karuppu VellaiRahman, Suganya, NassarManobala
1994Bhairava DweepamTeluguNandamuri Balakrishna, Roja SelvamaniSingeetam Srinivasa Rao
1995NammavarTamilKamal Haasan, GouthamiK. S. Sethumadhavan
1996Meendum SavithriVisu
2006Mercury PookkalSrikanth, Meera JasmineS. S. Stanley
2007ThamirabharaniVishal, Muktha (Bhanu)Hari
2009PadikkathavanDhanush, Tamanna BhatiaSuraj
2011VenghaiDhanush, Tamanna BhatiaHari
2014VeeramAjith Kumar, Tamanna Bhatia, SanthanamSiva
2017BairavaaVijay, Keerthy SureshBharathan
2019Sanga ThamizhanVijay Sethupathi, Nivetha Pethuraj, Raashi KhannaVijay Chander

Awards

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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