Vijaya Vauhini Studios

For the former studio, see Vauhini Studios.

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.

Vijaya Vauhini Studios

Vijaya Vauhini Studios in 1953
Industry	Motion picture
Founded	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Founder	Moola Narayana Swamy B. N. Reddy
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India
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

See also: Vauhini Studios

Being once considered as the largest film studio in Asia,^[1][2] 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	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

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

1. S Saraswathi (18 September 2013). "Looking at the Dying Studios of Chennai". Rediff. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
2. "Vijaya Pictures – Indiancine.ma Wiki". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 23 December 2024.

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