| Nirmala started her career as a child artist in cinema at the age of four in 1950. |
| She gained fame after starring in the Malayalam hit film "Bhargavi Nilayam" alongside Prem Nazir in 1964. |
| Nirmala met her second husband, Krishna Ghattamaneni, while working on the film 'Saakshi' in 1967, which was her second Telugu film. |
| Together, they acted in a total of 47 films. |
| In 2002, she earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for directing the most films by a woman, a total of 44. |
| Nirmala established her own production company called Vijaya Krishna Movies, which produced 15 films. |
| Originally known as something else, she changed her name to Vijaya Nirmala in 1965 to honor the 'Vijaya Movie Studio' that gave her a big break. |
| She was related to actresses Jayasudha and Subhashini as their aunt. |
| Nirmala did not have children with her second husband, who had five kids from a previous marriage. |
| She became a stepmother to actors Ramesh Babu and Mahesh Babu, as well as actress Manjula. |
| Her grandson, Naveen Vijaya Krishna, followed in her footsteps and is now an actor too. |
