Nagi Reddi

Nagi Reddi
Reddy on a 2018 stamp of India
Born	Bommireddy Nagi Reddy (1912-12-02)2 December 1912 Pottipadu village, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	25 February 2004(2004-02-25) (aged 91) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Film producer editor director
Years active	1950–89
Awards	Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1986)

Bommireddy Nagi Reddi (2 December 1912 – 25 February 2004^[1]) 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.^[2] As his elder brother (who was also a director) had the same initials and was known as B. N. Reddi, Nagi Reddi was popularly known as B. Nagi Reddi. Some of the movies produced by Nagi Reddi include Patala Bhairavi (1951), Missamma (1955), Maya Bazaar (1957), Gundamma Katha (1962), Maduve Maadi Nodu (1965-Kannada), Enga Veetu Pillai (1965), Ram Aur Shyam (1967), Nam Naadu (1969-Tamil), Shriman Shrimati (1982), Julie (1975), and Swarg Narak (1978), the latter two of which were in Hindi. Reddi has served as the president of Film Federation of India twice, in 1960–61 and 1962–63.^[3]