ABOUT FOUNDER Shri B. NAGI REDDI

 
 

BommiReddi Nagi Reddi (2 December 1912 - 25 February 2004) hails from Pottipadu Village in the Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh. He set up Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Chennai, which was then Asia's biggest film studio and produced movies under Vijaya Production banner with his close friend Shri Chakarapani. He produced Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Some of the movies produced by Shri B.Nagi Reddi include Shavukaru (1950), Patala Bhairavi (1951), Missamma (1955), Maya Bazaar (1957), Enga veetu Pillai (1965), Nam Naadu (1969), Julie (1975) and Swarg Narak (1978).


Nagi Reddi founded the Vijaya Medical & Educational Trust in 1972.The trust runs the Vijaya Hospital (1972), Vijaya Health Center (1987) and Vijaya Heart Foundation (1996).


Nagi Reddi started the Andhra Jyothi newspaper in 1945. He also established the children's magazine Chandamama along with his friend Shri Chakarapani in July 1947. The magazine was eventually printed in nearly a dozen different languages.


Nagi Reddi headed the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce four times and the All-India Film Sammelan for two terms.


Nagi Reddi served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams between 1980 and 1983, and is credited for building the Vaikuntam Queue Complex that now serves to regulate pilgrims for darshan in the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple.


He was instrumental in installing Sanku & Chakkram on the hillock of Tirumala, which everybody could see while travelling up hill.

 

AWARDS

 
 

Nagi Reddi headed the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce four times and the All-India Film Sammelan for two terms.


For his contributions to Indian, Telugu, and Tamil cinema, Shri B.Nagi Reddi received various awards:

  • The Government of India awarded him the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1987.
  • The Government of Andhra Pradesh awarded him the Raghupathy Venkaiah award in 1987.
  • The Government of Tamil Nadu awarded him the Kalaimamani Award in 1972.
  • He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Sri Krishnadevaraya University and Sri Venkateswara University.
  • Shri B. Nagi Reddi was the President of the Master Printers Association of India twice.
  • The Government of Andhra Pradesh has instituted in Shri B. Nagi Reddi’s name an award in the Nandi Awards.
  • In 1981 he was conferred “Sake of Honour” award by the Rotary Club of Madras.