D. Suresh Babu

In this Telugu name, the surname is Daggubati.

Daggubati Suresh Babu (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and film distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions.^[5] He is the elder brother of popular telugu actor Venkatesh and father of another popular actor Rana Daggubati. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award for his contribution to popular cinema.^[6]

D. Suresh Babu
Suresh Babu in December 2019
Born	Daggubati Suresh Babu (1958-12-24) 24 December 1958 (age 65)[1] Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Guindy
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1990-present
Spouse	Lakshmi[2]
Children	3, including Rana Daggubati[3]
Parent	D. Ramanaidu[4]
Relatives	See Daggubati-Akkineni Family
Awards	National Film Awards (1) Nandi Awards (4)
Website	sureshproductions.com

He has produced several Telugu-language films under Suresh Productions banner including Bobbili Raja, Coolie No.1, Preminchukundam Raa, Ganesh, Kalisundam Raa, Jayam Manade Raa, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Malliswari, Tulasi, Drushyam and Gopala Gopala.

Early life

He is the son of the producer D. Ramanaidu^[7] and elder brother of popular actor Venkatesh.^[8] He did his schooling from Don Bosco school in Madras. He completed his PUC from Loyola College and graduated from University of Michigan in 1981.^[4]

He is married to Lakshmi and they have three children, Rana Daggubati, Malavika Daggubati and Abhiram Daggubati.^[9][10]

Career

He started his career with the film Devatha in 1982, though he started putting his name as producer from Bobbili Raja onwards.^[4]

Filmography

As a producer

List of films produced

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Bobbili Raja	B Gopal
1991	Coolie No.1	K.Raghavendra Rao
1994	Super Police	K. Murali Mohan Rao
1997	Preminchukundam Raa	Jayanth C. Paranjee
1998	Ganesh	Tirupathi Swamy	Won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze)
2000	Kalisundam Raa	UdayShankar	Won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film for (Gold) Remade in Hindi as Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein
2000	Jayam Manade Raa	N.Shankar
2002	Nuvvu leka nenu lenu	Kashi Viswanath
2003	Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu	K.C Rajsekar	Won the Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film
2004	Malliswari	K. Vijaya Bhaskar	Won the Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film
2005	Soggadu	Ravi Babu
2007	Tulasi	Boyapati Srinu
2008	Baladur	UdayShankar
2013	Masala	K. Vijaya Bhaskar	Remake of Bol Bachchan Co-produced with Ravi Kishore
2014	Bhimavaram Bullodu	UdayShankar
2014	Drushyam	Sripriya	Remake of Drishyam Co-produced with Rajkumar Theatres Pvt Ltd and Wide Angle Creations
2015	Gopala Gopala	Kishore Kumar Pardasany	Remake Of Oh My God Co-produced with North Star Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.
2015	Avunu 2	Ravi Babu	Sequel to Avunu Co-produced with Flying Frogs
2017	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	Teja	Co-produced with Blue Planet Entertainments
2018	Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi	Tharun Bhascker
2019	Oh! Baby	B. V. Nandini Reddy
2019	Venky Mama	K. S. Ravindra
2021	Narappa	Srikanth Addala
2021	Drushyam 2	Jeethu Joseph	Co-produced with Aashirvad Cinemas and RajKumar Theatres Pvt. Ltd.
2022	Saakini Daakini	Sudheer Varma	Co-produced with Guru Films and Kross Pictures
2022	Dongalunnaru Jaagratha	Satish Tripura	Co-produced with Guru Films
2022	Prince	Anudeep KV	Co-produced with Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP
2022	Rajahmundry Rose Milk	Naani Bandreddi	Co-produced with Introupe Films

As a presenter

List of films presented

Year	Title	Director	Ref.
2008	Ashta Chamma	Mohan Krishna Indraganti	[11]
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Srinu Vytla	[12]
2011	Golconda High School	Mohan Krishna Indraganti	[13]
2012	Eega	S. S. Rajamouli	[14]
2013	Prema Ishq Kaadhal	Pavan sadineni	[15][16]
2013	Uyyala Jampala	Virinchi Varma	[17][18]
2015	Hora Hori	Teja
2015	Thanu Nenu	Ram Mohan.P	[19]
2016	Pelli Choopulu	Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam
2016	Pittagoda	Anudeep K. V.	[20]
2017	Mental Madhilo	Vivek Athreya
2022	Virata Parvam	Venu Udugula

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
1999	National Film Awards	Best Feature Film Telugu	Kalisundam Raa	Won
2012	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu	Eega	Won
1998	Nandi Awards	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze)	Ganesh	Won
1999		Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold)	Kalisundam Raa	Won
2003		Best Home-viewing Feature Film	Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu	Won
2004			Malliswari	Won
2012	Nagireddy-Chakrapani National Award	Various films		Won
2015	TSR – TV9 National Film Awards	Best Film	Drushyam	Won	[21]

Other works

• He served as the president of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce for the year 2011–12.^[22]
• He has been unanimously elected the president of Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce (TFCC) from 2015 to 2017.^[23] He is the first president of the body after AP Film Chamber of Commerce was renamed Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce.^[24]
• He is also associated with Hyderabad Angels as vice president.^[25]

References

1. "Samantha, Rana and Venkatesh wish Daggubati Suresh Babu on his 61st birthday". Times of India. 24 December 2019.
2. "DAGGUBATI FAMILY". infodhooth.blogspot.in. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
3. "Rana to debut with 'Leader'". entertainment.in.msn.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
4. "Interview with D Suresh Babu by Jeevi". idlebrain.com. 8 January 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
5. "Suresh Babu is Back as Film Chamber President". gulte.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
6. Correspondent, Special (5 April 2017). "S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
7. "Suresh Babu is the new TFCC President". indiaglitz.com. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
8. "Filmmaker Rama Naidu cremated". Sify. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
9. "Daggubati Wedding: 10,000 guests and over Rs. 2 crore". deccanchronicle. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
10. "Gopala Gopala Movie - Abhiram Daggubati's Response". youtube.com. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
11. "Full cast and crew for Ashta Chamma". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
12. "Telugu Movie review – Namo Venkatesa". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
13. "Full cast and crew for Golkonda High School". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
14. "SS Rajamouli Telugu Eega as Makkhi in Bollywood". filmsadda.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
15. "Prema Ishq Kaadhal teaser". youtube.com. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
16. "Prema Ishq Kadal movie first look poster". zimbio.com. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
17. "Suresh Babu and Nagarjuna team up for Uyyala Jampala". thehyderabadtimes.com. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
18. "Suresh Babu and Nagarjuna team up for a small film". 123telugu.com. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
19. "Thanu Nenu is a heart touching film: Ram Mohan". indiaglitz.com. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
20. "LOLZ | EPI #05 | Booju Baby | By Harsha Annavarapu | #TeluguWebSeries 2016". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
21. "TSR-TV9 National Film Awards 2014 Winners List". ibtimes.co.in. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
22. "Suresh Babu to head film chamber". The Times of India. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
23. "Suresh Babu elected TFCC president unanimously". The Times of India. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
24. "Record victory for Daggubati Suresh". telugupeople.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
25. "Hyderabad Angels to invest in 12 start-ups this fiscal". The Hindu. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

External links

• D. Suresh Babu at IMDb