Vijaya Nirmala Age, Death, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	G Vijayanirmala Garu
Profession(s)	Actress, Film Director, Producer
Career
Debut	As An Actress Tamil Film: Machcha Rekhai (1950, as a child artist) Tamil Film: Enga Veetu Penn (1965, as a lead actress) Telugu Film: Panduranga Mahatyam (1957) Malayalam FIlm: Bhargavi Nilayam (1964) As A Director Telugu Film: Meena (1971) Malayalam Film: Kavitha (1973)
Last Film	As An Actress: Pinni (1989) As A Director: Neramu Siksha (2009)
Awards, Honours, Achievements	Raghupathi Venkaiah Award (2008)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	20 February 1946
Birthplace	Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Death	26 June 2019
Place of Death	Continental Hospital in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India
Age (at the time of death)	73 Years
Death Cause	Heart Attack
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai, India
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Listening to Music, Travelling
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Krishna Ghattamaneni
Family
Husband/Spouse	Late. Krishna Murthy (Ex-Husband) Krishna Ghattamaneni
Children	Son- Vijaya Naresh (With first Husband) Daughter- None
Parents	Names Not Known (Her father was a film producer)
Favourite Things
Favourite Actor	Sivaji Ganesan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vijaya Nirmala

• Nirmala entered the cinema at the age of four as a child artist in 1950.

• She rose to stardom with the Malayalam hit, Bhargavi Nilayam (1964) in which she starred opposite Prem Nazir.

• She met her second husband, Krishna Ghattamaneni on the sets of ‘Saakshi’ in 1967. It was her second Telugu film. After that, they starred in 47 films.

• In 2002, she entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the only woman to have directed the most number of films (44).

• She also launched her own production house, Vijaya Krishna Movies and produced 15 films.

• Actually, ‘Vijaya’ was not her real name. In 1965, she named herself as Vijaya Nirmala when she paid tribute to the famous studio, ‘Vijaya Movie Studio’ which gave her first starring role.

• She was the aunt of actresses, Jayasudha and Subhashini.

• She had no child with her second husband. Her second husband has five children with his first wife. She was the step-mother of actors, Ramesh Babu and Mahesh Babu and actress, Manjula.

• Her grandson, Naveen Vijaya Krishna is also an actor.
  

  Naveen Vijaya Krishna is the grandson of Vijaya Nirmala