Chittor V Nagaiah born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma Telugu ??????? ???? ??? was a multilingual Indian filmactor composer director producer writer and playback singer from Andhra Pradesh India Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India Baburao Patel described Nagiah as The Paul Muni of India 1 Nagaiah has acted in about 200 Telugu films and 160 films in Tamil Kannada Malayalam and Hindi He was one of the first south Indian actors to be honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1965