Jagapati Babu Height, Age, Wife, Children, Father, Family, Wiki & More

Jagapati Babu is a well known Indian film actor who has been prominently working in Telugu cinema. He has also worked in few Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam movies. He started his film career with a Telugu film ‘Simha Swapnam’ in 1989. The movie was directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao and was produced by his father himself. He had worked as a child actor in ‘Manchi Manushulu’ in 1974. He worked in few projects such as Adavilo Abhimanyudu, Chinnari Muddula Papa, Pandirimancham, Sahasam, Asadhyulu etc before his first commercially successful, blockbuster movie ‘Peddarikam’ in 1992. Ram Gopal Varma’s film ‘Gaayam‘ gave him a breakthrough in 1993. He gained star status and was able to reach a huge audience with 1994 super hit movie ‘Subha Lagnam’. S V Krishna Reddy’s ‘Maavichiguru’ added one more hit to his career. Later Pelli Pandiri, Subhakankshalu, and  Antahpuram gave him success. His role in thriller movie’ Manoharam.’ Was greatly appreciate by the audience. His next projects Anukokunda Oka Roj,  Kabaddi Kabaddi, Pedababu, and Athade Oka Sainyam were the runway hits during 2003-2005.2007 film ‘Lakshyam ‘ gave him fame as a supporting actor.

 

He made debut in Tamil films with a movie ‘Madrasi’. He then appeared in another Tamil movie ‘Thaandavam’ in which he played a character of an antagonist. His next movie ‘Jai Bolo Telangana’ brought him a huge success. He made debut in Kannada cinema with a movie ‘Bachchan’ in 2012. He played a character of a cop and actor Sudeep was in a lead role. He made a comeback to Tamil Cine industry with movie ‘Puthagam’ in 2013. He has played the different type of characters, including antagonist, villain, father figure etc. He was seen in ‘Legend’ as an antagonist and then as a villain in Rajinikanth starer ‘Lingaa’. Ra Ra... Krishnayya, Current Theega, O Manishi Katha, Nannaku Prematho, Kaththi Sandai are few of his movies. He worked on movies such as Patel S. I. R., Jaya Janaki Nayaka, Oxygen, and Hello in 2017. His upcoming projects include Aadhi, Odiyan, Rangasthalam, Uppi Rupee, and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. He has also worked as dubbing artist for the movie ‘The BFG’ in 2016.He dubbed for actor Mark Rylance for Telugu version. Apart from this, he has given the voice for movies like Victory, Don Seenu, and Janatha Garage.  An autobiographical TV series titled ‘Samudram’ based on his life was announced in 2015. He has won many prestigious awards during his film career including Filmfare Awards, Nandi Awards, SIIMA Awards, IIFA Utsavam and Asianet Film Awards.