VMC Productions

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Vijaya Maruti Creatives Private Limited
Company typePrivate company
Industry Tollywood
Founded1978
Founder V. Doraswamy Raju [1]
Headquarters Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Area served
India
Key people
V. Doraswami Raju
(Chairman)
V. Vijay Kumar Varma
(CEO & MD)
ServicesCinema Production
Serial Production
Cinema distribution in ceded region
Parent VMC Productions
Subsidiaries VMC Distributors
Website http://vmc1.co/

Vijaya Maruti Creatives Private Limited (VMC Productions) is a company established by V. Doraswamy Raju which has produced and distributed several Telugu films. Its head office is situated in Hyderabad, Telangana. [1] Its films Seetharamayya gari Manavaralu and Annamayya won the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.

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Filmography

Production

YearTitleCastDirectorNotesref
1987 Kirayi Dada Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni, Khushbu, Krishnam Raju, Jaya Sudha A. Kodandarami Reddy [2] [3] [4]
1991 Seetharamayya gari Manavaralu Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Meena, Rohini Hattangadi Kranthi Kumar [5] [6]
1992 President gari Pellam Akkineni Nagarjuna, MeenaA. Kodandarami Reddy [7] [8]
1992 Madhavayya gari Manavadu Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sujatha, Harish Muthyala Subbaiah [9] [10]
1997 Annamayya Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Suman, Ramya Krishna, Roja, Bhanupriya, Kasturi K. Raghavendra Rao [11] [12]
2003 Simhadri Jr. NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Ankitha, Mukesh Rishi S.S. Rajamouli
2004 Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu Sivaji, Archana Shastry Vamsy
2009VengamambaMeena, Sai Kiran Uday Bhaskar [13]
2012Sri Vasavi VaibhavamMeena, Sai Kiran, Suman, Suhasini, Naga Babu Uday Bhaskar [14]
2016Vijeta Taraka Ratna, Shweta Basu Prasad Uday Bhaskar [15]

Distribution

VMC has distributed more than 400 films in ceded region. [16]

YearTitleCastDirectorNotesref
1981 Guru Sishyulu Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Sridevi, Sujatha K. Bapayya [16]
1981 Premabhishekam Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sridevi, Jayasudha Dasari Narayana Rao [16]
1984 Anubandham Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Radhika, Sujatha A. Kodandarami Reddy [16]
1986 Captain Nagarjun Nagarjuna, Khushbu, Rajendra Prasad V. B. Rajendra Prasad [16]
1986 Aranyakanda Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ashwini, Rajendra Prasad Kranthi Kumar [16]
1988 Janaki Ramudu Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti, Jeevitha Rajashekar K. Raghavendra Rao [16]
1989 Simha Swapnam Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Jagapathi Babu, Vani Viswanath, Shantipriya V. Madhusudhana Rao [16]
1989 Iddaru Iddare Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna A. Kodandarami Reddy [16]
1992 Chanti Venkatesh, Meena Ravi Raja Pinisetty [16]
1993Chinna Alludu Dasari Narayana Rao, Suman, Aamani Sarath [16]
1997 Chilakkottudu Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Madhu Bala, Gautami, Kasthuri, Indraja E. V. V. Satyanarayana [16]
1998 Auto Driver Akkineni Nagarjuna, Deepti Bhatnagar, Simran Suresh Krishna [16]
2004 Andhrawala Jr. NTR, Rakshitha, Sayaji Shinde, Rahul Dev Puri Jagannadh [16]

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