# Vijaya 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.

## 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 | 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 | |
| 1952 | Pelli Chesi Choodu | Telugu | N. T. Rama Rao, G. Varalakshmi, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao | L. V. Prasad | |
| 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 | |
| 1955 | Missiamma | Tamil | Gemini Ganesan, K. A. Thangavelu, Jamuna, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Sarangapani. M. N. Nambiar | L. V. Prasad | |
| 1955 | Guna Sundari | Tamil | 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 | |
| 1957 | Maya Bajaar | Tamil | N. T. Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, K. Savithri, S. V. Ranga Rao | K. V. Reddy | |
| 1958 | Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam | Tamil | 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 | L. V. Prasad | |
| 1961 | Jagadeka Veeruni Katha | Telugu | N. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi, L. Vijaya Lakshmi, Jayanthi, Bala, Rajanala and Relangi | K. V. Reddy | |
| 1962 | Gundamma Katha | Telugu | N. T. Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Savithri, Jamuna, L. Vijaya Lakshmi | K. Kameswara Rao | |
| 1962 | Manithan Maravillai | Tamil | Gemini Ganesan, A. Nageswara Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Savithri, Jamuna, L. Vijaya Lakshmi | K. Kameswara Rao | |
| 1963 | Maduve Madi Nodu | Kannada | | | |
| 1965 | Satya Harischandra | Kannada/ Telugu | Dr.Rajkumar, Pandari Bai, Udayakumar, Narasimha Raju | H. Krishnamurthy | |
| 1965 | CID | Telugu | NTR, Jamuna, Gummadi, Relangi, Rajanala | Tapi Chanakya | |
| 1965 | Enga Veetu Pillai | Tamil | MGR, Saroja Devi, Nambiyar | Sanakya | |
| 1965 | Enga Veetu Penn | Tamil | | | |
| 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 | |
| 1969 | 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 | |
| 1978 | Swarag Narak | Hindi | Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Shabana Azmi, Moushumi Chatterjee, Tanuja | Dasari Narayana Rao | |
| 1980 | Swayamvar | Hindi | Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee, Vidya Sinha | P. Sambasiva Rao | |
| 1982 | Shriman Shrimati | Hindi | Sanjeev Kumar, Raakhee, Rakesh Roshan, Deepti Naval, Amol Palekar, Sarika | Vijay Reddy | |
| 1993 | Uzhaippali | Tamil | Rajinikanth, Roja Selvamani | P. Vasu | |
| 1993 | Karuppu Vellai | Tamil | 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 | Tamil | | Visu | |
| 2006 | Mercury Pookkal | Tamil | Srikanth, Meera Jasmine | S. S. Stanley | |
| 2007 | Thamirabharani | Tamil | Vishal, Muktha (Bhanu) | Hari | |
| 2009 | Padikkathavan | Tamil | Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia | Suraj | |
| 2011 | Venghai | Tamil | Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia | Hari | |
| 2014 | Veeram | Tamil | Ajith Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Santhanam | Siva | |
| 2017 | Bairavaa | Tamil | Vijay, Keerthy Suresh | Bharathan | |
| 2019 | Sanga Thamizhan | Tamil | 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 |