[1] Many of his earlier films like Vande Mataram (1939), Devatha (1941) had V. Nagayya as the lead.

His Malliswari (1951) starring N. T. Rama Rao and Bhanumathi is considered a timeless Indian film classic.

[3] He was awarded India's third highest civilian honour the Padmabhushan, and the Doctor of Letters.

[4] BommiReddi Narasimha Reddi was born on 16 November 1908 in a farmer family at Y.Kothapalli village in the present-day Kadapa district.

[5] His father Narasimha Reddi used to export onions from Chennai to Rangoon (Yangoon) for a living.