Vijaya Nirmala is an Indian actress, director, and producer who works mostly in South Indian Cinema. He died of a heart attack at the age of 73 in Hyderabad, India.
Wiki/Biography
G Vijayanirmala Garu was born on 20 February 1946 (age: 73 years, at death) in Tamil Nadu, India. In childhood, he used to work in films as a child artist.
Family
Information about his parents and siblings is unknown. His father is a film producer. He married late. Krishna Murthy first. However, she divorced him after having an affair with an actor, Krishna Ghattamaneni. Later, she married Krishna Ghattamaneni.
Vijaya Nirmala with her husband, Krishna Ghattamaneni
She has a son with her ex-husband named Vijaya Naresh.
Vijaya Nirmala with her son and daughter-in-law
His grandson, Naveen Vijaya Krishna is also an actor.
Naveen Vijaya Krishna is the grandson of Vijaya Nirmala
She is the stepmother of actors, Ramesh Babu, Mahesh Babu and actress, Manjula.
Vijaya Nirmala with Mahesh Babu
Career
In 1950, when she was just four years old, she appeared in the Tamil film Machcha Rekhai as a child artist. In 1957, he made his debut in Telugu cinema with the film, ‘Pandura Mahatyam.’
Vijaya Nirmala debuted with Panduranga Mahatyam (1957)
In 1964, Nirmala made her Malayalam film debut with the film, ‘Bhargavi Nilayam.’ He made his debut in mainstream cinema with the Tamil film Enga Veetu Penn released in 1965. Apart from acting, he is also a director. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film, ‘Meena’ released in 1971. In 1973, he directed his first Malayalam film, ‘Kavitha.’
Vijaya Nirmala directed Kavitha
He also starred in several other films including Bhargavi Nilayam (1964), Manchi Kutumbam (1965), Chitthi (1966), Nishagandhi (1970), Alluri Seetarama Raju (1974), Hema Hemeelu (1979), etc. She is the only woman director in the world to have directed the largest number of films including Devadasu (1974), Panchayathi (1977), Hema Hemeelu (1979), Bezawada Bebbuli (1983), Mogudu Pellala Dongaata (1992), Neramu Siksha (2009), etc.
Awards/Achievements
- Raghupathi Venkaiah Award (2008)
- Guinness World Record for female director who has directed the most films (44)
Favorite Things
Death
On 26 June 2019, he died of a Heart Attack at the age of 73 at the Continental Hospital in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India.
Facts
- She rose to fame with the Malayalam hit, ‘Bhargavi Nilayam’ (1964) in which she starred opposite Prem Nazir.
- Nirmala met her second husband, Krishna Ghattamaneni on the sets of ‘Saakshi’ in 1967. It was her second Telugu film. After that, they acted together in 47 films.
- He has his own production house, Vijaya Krishna Movies which has produced 15 films.
- ‘Vijaya’ is not a real name. After 1965, she named herself Vijaya Nirmala when she paid homage to the famous studio, Vijaya Movie Studio which gave her her first starring role.
- She is the aunt of actors, Jayasudha and Subhashini.
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