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, 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 DirectorNotes1950 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 Rao1957 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. Prasad1959 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. Reddy1962 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. Reddy1969 Nam Naadu TamilM.G.R, Jayalalitha C. P. Jambulingam Nannha Farishta Hindi Pran, Balraj Sahni, Ajit, Padmini, Anwar Hussain T. Prakash Rao 1970 Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani HindiBalraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Om Prakash, Shashikala, Rakesh Roshan, Bharathi 1973 Ganga Manga Telugu Krishna, Sobhan Babu, and Vanisri Tapi Chanakya, V. Ramachandra Rao 25th Film1974 Vani Rani TamilSivaji 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 1977 Yehi Hai Zindagi Hindi Sanjeev Kumar, Vikram Gokhale, Seema Deo, Utpal Dutt Sethu Madhavan 1978 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 UzhaippaliTamil Rajinikanth, Roja Selvamani P. Vasu 1993 Karuppu Vellai Rahman, Suganya, Nassar Manobala1994 Bhairava DweepamTelugu Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja Selvamani Singeetam Srinivasa Rao 1994 Nammavar Tamil Kamal Haasan, Gouthami K. S. Sethumadhavan1996 Telugu| As Neti Sarvathi || Visu Telugu as neti sarvathi2006 Mercury Pookkal Srikanth, Meera Jasmine S. S. Stanley 2007 Thamirabharani Vishal, Muktha (Bhanu) Hari 2009 Padikkathavan Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia Suraj2011 Venghai Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia Hari2014 Veeram Ajith Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Santhanam Siva2017 Bairavaa Vijay, Keerthy Suresh Bharathan2019 Sanga Thamizhan Vijay Sethupathi, Nivetha Pethuraj, Raashi Khanna Vijay Chander
Awards S.no Ceremony Year Category Nominee Result1 National Film Awards 1994 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Nammavar 2 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1994 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Second prize) Nammavar 3 Nandi Awards 1994 Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (third prize) Bhairava Dweepam
References
The Hindu Stars – Chakrapani: 100 years
External links IMDb Page