B. Vittalacharya (28 January 1920 – 28 May 1999) was an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Telugu and Kannada cinema.
He directed a total of 19 movies with N. T. Rama Rao, the doyen of Telugu cinema at the time.
Though he did not get any awards, most of his films were box office successes and he was fondly called "Jaanapada Brahma" and "Maayaajala Mannan" by his fans.
[3] B. Vithalacharya was born into a Kannada speaking Shivalli Madhwa Brahmin family[citation needed] on 28 January 1920 in Udayavara, in then Udupi Taluk as a seventh child.
With the same friends and Shankar Singh, they moved to Mysore and formed a film production company under the banner of Mahatma Pictures.
They produced 18 Kannada pictures from 1944 to 1953, among them very successful ones like Naga Kanya, Jagan Mohini, and Srinivasa Kalyana.
In 1953, he parted ways with D. Shankar Singh, and formed his own company under the banner Vittal Productions and produced and directed his first film, Rajya Lakshmi.