Vauhini Studios was an Indian film

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and studio facility in

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. It was founded by Moola Narayana Swamy and

B. N. Reddy Bommireddi Narasimha Reddi (16 November 1908 – 8 November 1977), professionally known as B. N. Reddi, was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was an early figure in the Telugu cinema. Many of his earlier films like Vande ...

(Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy). In later years, Nagi Reddi, owner of Vijaya Productions, acquired Vauhini studios on lease. In 1961, Nagi Reddi purchased Vauhini Studios from Narayana Swamy's son Moola Venkata Rangaiah and merged it with his Vijaya Productions and named it

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 Sw ...

History

Rohini Pictures was formed by the partnership of H. M. Reddy along with

and Moola Narayana Swamy. The latter two had differences with H. M. Reddy and split themselves from Rohini Pictures and established Vauhini Pictures. Narayana Swamy was the Chairman and B. N. Reddy was the Managing Director of the company. K. V. Reddy, a close friend of Narayana Swamy also joined Vauhini Pictures along with them and was also made a partner in the company. Films like ''

Vande Mataram Vande Mātaram (Bengali language, Original Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম্‌ ''Bônde Mātôrôm'' Devanagari script: वंदे मातरम्; , Transcreation: I Bow to Thee, Mother) is a poem that was adopted as the nati ...

'' (1939), ''Sumangali'' (1940), '' Devatha'' (1941) were made on the Vauhini Pictures banner in the direction of

K. V. Reddy directed '' Bhakta Pothana'' (1943) for the company as his maiden directorial venture. After the huge success of the film, Narayana Swamy who had interests in other business ventures focused on film production. He made a proposal to the board to confine Vauhini Pictures to

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and start Vauhini Productions for film production. The proposal was approved, and Narayana Swamy invested 2

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out of the total capital of 2.5 lakh. The rest of the 50,000 was provided by the family of B. N. Reddy and K. V. Reddy. It was decided that B. N. Reddy and K. V. Reddy would alternately direct films for the production house. When Vauhini Productions made ''

Swargaseema ''Swargaseema'' is a 1945 Telugu language, Telugu-language drama film produced and directed by B.N. Reddi, B. N. Reddi and starring V. Nagayya, B. Jayamma and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Bhanumathi. The film marked the debut of Ghantasala (musician), ...

'' (1945) as its first production under the direction of B. N. Reddy, K. V. Reddy worked as a production manager for the film. Later, K. V. Reddy directed '' Yogi Vemana'' (1947) under Vauhini Productions banner. Around the same time, Vauhini Productions' films were getting delayed due to a lack of studio facilities. And so, they decided to build a studio of their own. Narayana Swamy invested the capital required for building the studio while B. N. Reddy took up the responsibility of managing the construction work. Thus, Vauhini Studios came into being. The first film produced by Vauhini Studios was '' Gunasundari Katha'' (1949). Narayana Swamy's properties and businesses were seized due to income tax problems. He was fined around 30

. Vauhini studio was hence leased, to Vijaya Productions, to save it from income tax department's attachment. In 1961, Nagi Reddi, the Managing Director of Vijaya Productions, purchased Vauhini Studios for 10 lakh from Narayana Swamy's son Moola Venkata Rangaiah and merged it with his Vijaya Productions and named it as

Films produced

Vauhini Pictures * ''Vande Mataram'' (1939) * ''Sumangali'' (1940) * '' Devatha'' (1941). * '' Bhakta Pothana'' (1943) Vauhini Productions * ''

'' (1945) * '' Yogi Vemana'' (1947) *

Vaddante Dabbu ''Vaddante Dabbu'' () is a 1954 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language screwball comedy film directed by Y. R. Swamy. It was produced by Moola Narayana Swamy and presented by H. M. Reddy on Rohini Pictures banner. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao ...

* '' Gunasundari Katha'' (1949) * '' Malliswari'' (1951) * '' Pedda Manushulu'' (1954)

References

Bibliography

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