B. Nagi Reddy

Bommireddy Nagi Reddy (Telugu: బొమ్మిరెడ్డి నాగిరెడ్డి; 2 December 1912 – 25 February 2004) was a Telugu movie producer. He set up Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Chennai, which was then Asia's biggest film studio. 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), Ram Aur Shyam, Shriman Shrimati, Julie (1975), and Swarg Narak (1978), the latter two of which were in Hindi.He won 2 Filmfare Awards.

Nagi Reddy along with his friend and partner Alur Chakrapani produced over fifty films in four decades in the four South Indian languages and Hindi. He made mythological, devotional, and historical Telugu movies. Some of his more notable films include Pathala Bhairavi, Maya Bazaar, and Missamma. He made most of his films in association with screen writer Chakrapani. Nagi Reddy closed down Vijaya-Vahini after the Tamil film industry moved out of studios in the 1970s, and started the Vijaya Hospital and Vijaya Health Centre.

He stopped producing movies after the death of his friend and partner Chakrapani.

A new award was incorporated, commemorating his 100th birth year, the Nagi Reddy, memorial Award for the best Telugu and Tamil family entertainers

National Film Awards Dada Saheb Phalke Award – 1986. National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada – Maduve Madinodu (1965) Filmfare Awards Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Maya Bazaar (1957) Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Gundamma Katha (1962) Nandi Awards The Government of Andhra Pradesh awarded him the Raghupathy Venkaiah award in 1987. Tamil Nadu State Awards The Government of Tamil Nadu awarded him the Kalaimamani Award in 1972. Other Honours He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Srikrishnadevaraya University and Sri Venkateswara University

B Nagi Reddy served as the Chairman, 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.

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

Nagi Reddy started the Andhra Jyoti newspaper in 1945. He also established the children's magazine Chandamama in July 1947.