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{{infobox person<br />
| name = B. Nagi Reddy<br />
| birth_name = Bommireddy Nagi Reddy<br />
| image = B Nagi Reddy 2018 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| caption = Reddy on a 2018 stamp of India<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|12|2}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kadapa district|Pottipadu village]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|2|25|1912|12|2}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Film producer|editor|director}}<br />
| years_active = 1950–89<br />
}}<br />
'''Bommireddy Nagi Reddy''' (2 December 1912 – 25 February 2004<ref name='NagiReddyCondol'>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/27/stories/2004022709540300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040918065608/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/27/stories/2004022709540300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 September 2004 | title= TTD condoles B. Nagi Reddy | date=27 February 2004 | access-date =17 April 2007 | work=[[The Hindu]] | location=Chennai, India }}</ref>) was an Indian film producer and director mainly in [[Telugu cinema]]. He set up [[Vijaya Vauhini Studios]] in [[Chennai]], which was then Asia's biggest film studio.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/feb262004/n5.asp |title=B.Nagi Reddy dead |date=26 February 2004 |access-date=26 February 2004 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As his elder brother (who was also a director) had the same initials and was known as [[B. N. Reddy]], Nagi Reddy was popularly known as B. Nagi Reddy. Some of the movies produced by Nagi Reddy include ''[[Patala Bhairavi]]'' (1951), ''[[Missamma]]'' (1955), ''[[Maya Bazaar]]'' (1957), ''[[Gundamma Katha]]'' (1962), ''Maduve Madinodu'' (1965-Kannada), ''[[Enga Veetu Pillai]]'' (1965), ''[[Ram Aur Shyam]]'' (1967), ''[[Shriman Shrimati]]'' (1982), ''[[Julie (1975 film)|Julie]]'' (1975), and ''[[Swarg Narak]]'' (1978), ''[[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|Nam Naadu]]'' (1969) the latter two of which were in [[Hindi]]. Reddy has served as the president of [[Film Federation of India]] twice, in 1960–61 and 1962–63.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmfed.org/PRE-Members2.html|title=Film Federation Of India|access-date=25 September 2016|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927031710/http://filmfed.org/PRE-Members2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Film career==<br />
Nagi Reddy along with his friend and partner [[Aluri Chakrapani]] produced over fifty films in four decades in the four South Indian languages and also in Hindi.<ref name="NagiReddyCondol"/> He made mythological, devotional, and historical [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] movies. Some of his more notable films include ''[[Pathala Bhairavi]]'', ''[[Maya Bazaar]]'', and ''[[Missamma]]''. He made most of his films in association with screenwriter [[Aluri Chakrapani|Chakrapani]]. Nagi Reddy closed down Vijaya-Vahini after the Telugu film industry moved out of studios in the 1970s, and started the Vijaya Hospital and Vijaya Health Centre.<br />
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A new award was incorporated, commemorating his 100th birth year, the Nagi Reddy, memorial Award for the best Telugu and Tamil family entertainers.<ref>[http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/mr-perfect-wins-nagireddy-award.html Mr. Perfect wins Nagireddy award | 123telugu.com]</ref><ref>[[Eenadu]] daily, page 10, 2 April 2012, [[Dil Raju]] bags new Nagi Reddy Award</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He was married and had 3 sons and a daughter and one of his is a producer [[B. Venkatarama Reddy]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/a-true-karma-yogi/article4153840.ece The Hindu : Arts / Cinema : A true karma yogi]</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
*[[Dada Saheb Phalke Award]] – 1986.<br />
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada]] – ''Maduve Madinodu'' (1965)<br />
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;[[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Awards]]<br />
*[[Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)]] – [[Maya Bazaar]] (1957)<br />
* Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) – [[Gundamma Katha]] (1962)<br />
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;[[Nandi Awards]]<br />
* The Government of [[Andhra Pradesh]] awarded him the Raghupathy Venkaiah award in 1987.<br />
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;Tamil Nadu State Awards<br />
* The Government of [[Tamil Nadu]] awarded him the [[Kalaimamani|Kalaimamani Award]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/movienews/morenews134.html |title='Vijaya' NagiReddy passes away |date=25 February 2004 |access-date=17 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119153045/http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/movienews/morenews134.html |archive-date=19 November 2005 }}</ref><br />
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;Other Honours<br />
* He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Srikrishnadevaraya University and Sri Venkateswara University.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714769/bio B. Nagi Reddy – Biography]</ref><br />
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==Other businesses and philanthropy==<br />
Nagi Reddy 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]].<ref name='NagiReddyCondol'/><br />
Nagi Reddy founded the Vijaya Medical & Educational Trust in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vijayahospital.org/overview.HTM |title=VIJAYA MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST – Overview |access-date=17 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129034342/http://www.vijayahospital.org/overview.HTM |archive-date=29 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The trust runs the Vijaya Hospital (1972), Vijaya Health Center (1987) and Vijaya Heart Foundation (1996). Nagi Reddy headed the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce four times and the All-India Film Sammelan for two terms.<br />
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Nagi Reddy started the ''[[Andhra Jyothi]]'' newspaper in 1945.<ref name="NagiReddyCondol"/> He also established the children's magazine ''[[Chandamama]]'' in July 1947.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/business/1999/sep/22chand1.htm | title= Investors revive Chandamama | date=22 September 1999 | access-date =17 April 2007}}</ref> The magazine was eventually printed in nearly a dozen different languages.<br />
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He was the founder of Vijaya Hospitals in Vadapalani, Chennai.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===As Producer===<br />
*''[[Shriman Shrimati]]'' (1982) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Swayamvar]]'' (1980) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Swarg Narak]]'' (1978) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Yehi Hai Zindagi]]'' (1977) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Shri Rajeshwari Vilas Coffee Club]]'' (1976) (producer)<br />
*''[[Julie (1975 film)|Julie]]'' (1975) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi-Chakrapani)<br />
*''[[Ganga Manga]]'' (1973) (producer)<br />
*''[[Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani]]'' (1970) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddy)<br />
*''[[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|Nam Naadu]]'' (1969) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Ram Aur Shyam]]'' (1967) (producer) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Enga Veettu Pillai]]'' (1965) (producer) (as B.Naggi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Gundamma Katha]]'' (1962) (producer)<br />
*''[[Manithan Maravillai]]'' (1962) (producer)<br />
*''[[Paigham]]'' (1959) (Producer)<br />
*''[[Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu]]'' (1958) (producer)<br />
*''[[Maya Bazaar]]'' (1957/I) (producer)<br />
*''[[Maya Bazaar]]'' (1957/II) (producer)<br />
*''[[Missamma]]'' (1955) (producer)<br />
*''[[Missiamma]]'' (1955) (producer)<br />
*''[[Guna Sundari]]'' (1955) (producer as B. Nagi Reddy)<br />
*''[[Chandraharam]]'' (1954) (producer)<br />
*''[[Pelli Chesi Choodu]]'' (1952) (producer)<br />
*''[[Patala Bhairavi]]'' (1951) (producer)<br />
*''[[Shavukaru]]'' (1950) (producer)<br />
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===As Presenter===<br />
*''[[Shriman Shrimati]]'' (1982) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Swayamvar]]'' (1980) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Swarg Narak]]'' (1978) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Yehi Hai Zindagi]]'' (1977) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi) a.k.a. Yehi Hai Zindagi (India: Hindi title: video box title)<br />
*''[[Julie (1975 film)|Julie]]'' (1975) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Prem Nagar (1974 film)|Prem Nagar]]'' (1974) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
*''[[Ram Aur Shyam]]'' (1967) (presenter) (as B. Nagi Reddi)<br />
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===In Editorial Department===<br />
*''[[Hai Hai Nayaka]]'' (1989) (assistant editor)<br />
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===As Director===<br />
*''[[Enga Veetu Penn]]'' (1966)<br />
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===Thankful===<br />
*''[[Ram Tere Kitne Nam]]'' (1985) (sincere thanks) (as Shri Nagi Reddy)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0714769}}<br />
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