Jagapati Babu

Jagapati Babu Veeramachineni
Jagapathi Babu at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South ceremony
Born Jagapathi Babu
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana
Other names JB
Years active 1977-present
Parent(s) V B Rajendra Prasad

Jagapati Babu ( pronunciation  ;born Veeramachaneni Jagapatirao Chowdary) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema.[1] In a career spanning 25 years, Jagapati Babu has starred in over 120 feature films, and has received 3 Filmfare Awards and 7 state Nandi Awards.[2]

He received the Kala Bhushana Award, for his contribution to cinema, by TSR Lalitha kala Parishat.[3] He has worked with noted directors like K. Raghavendra Rao, A. M. Rathnam, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, S.V. Krishna Reddy, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Guna Sekhar, Radha Mohan, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, M. Raja, and J. D. Chakravarthy.[4]

Early life

Jagapati Babu was born in Machilipatnam to veteran producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad. He was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu before making a mark in Tollywood.[5]

Career

Jagapati Babu made his debut in Telugu with the movie Simha Swapnam(1989) which was produced by his father and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao.[6] His first blockbuster film is Peddarikam released in 1992. He had his breakthrough in the form of Gaayam directed by Ram Gopal Varma in the year 1993. In 1994, with the super hit film Subha Lagnam, he reaches family audience and also established his star status. He won the Nandi Award for Best Actor in 1996 for his role in the movie Maavichiguru directed by S V Krishna Reddy. 1997 saw runway hit films like Subhakankshalu & Pelli Pandiri. In 1998, he won the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Antahpuram. In 2000, he won the Nandi Best Actor Award for his performance in the thriller Manoharam. In 2003-05, he did runway hit films like Kabaddi Kabaddi, Athade Oka Sainyam, Pedababu and Anukokunda Oka Roju. In 2006 he appeared in Samanyudu and Pellaina Kothalo. He received the Nandi Best Supporting Actor Award for the second time in the year 2007 for his role in the movie Lakshyam & he won Filmfare also.

His first Tamil was Madrasi, and in 2012, he appeared as the antagonist in Tamil film Thaandavam. Subsequently, he played the lead role in Jai Bolo Telangana, which won five Nandi Awards. In 2012, he debuted in the Kannada film Bachchan as a cop, which featured Sudeep in the lead role. In 2013, Jagapati Babu returned to the Tamil film industry with Puthagam and will next be seen in Rudhiram. Jagapati Babu is now doing a Malayalam film Pulimurugan with National Award winner Mohanlal.[7] His next movie was Legend in 2014 where he played the antagonist against Nandamuri Balakrishna. In the same year, he acted as villain opposite Rajinikanth in Lingaa. In 2015, he played Mahesh Babu's father in Srimanthudu. In 2016, he played an antagonist in Jr. NTR's Nannaku Prematho He played antagonist in Ism and Jaguar He played villain opposite Vijay in Bairava and also villain opposite Mohanlal in Pulimurgan. In 2017, he played Naga Chaitanya's father in Rarandoi Veduka Chudham. He played a villain in the movie Rangasthalam which is a Super Hit movie.He also played antagonist in Ravi Teja's movie Nela Ticket. In 2018, he played a antagonist in Goodachari,which became a sleeper hit.

Filmography

Year TitleRoleNotes
1974 Manchi ManushuluRemake of the Hindi film Aa Gale Lag Jaa Child Actor
1989 Simha SwapnamRajesh & Harish (Dual role)Remake of the Hindi film Khatron Ke Khiladi
1989 Adavilo AbhimanyuduCaptain AbhimanyuRemake of the Malayalam film Douthyam
1990 Chinnari Muddula PapaAnandRemake of the English film Three Men and a Baby
1991 PandirimanchamRowdygaru
1991 Parishkaram
1991 JagannatakamJagam
1992 SahasamInspector Chandu
1992 AsadhyuluSridhar
1992 PeddarikamKrishna MohanRemake of the Malayalam film Godfather
1992 Raguluthunna BharathamInspector Pratap
1992 Mother IndiaShivaji
1992 BalaramakrishnuluShivajiRemake of the Tamil film Cheran Pandiyan
1993 AashayamSuribabu
1993 Pillalu Diddina KapuramRaghu
1993 AadarshamShivaji
1993 GaayamDurga
1994 Bhale PellamNanda Gopal
1994 Allari PremikuduKrishna Murthy
1994 Jailor Gari AbbaiRaja
1994 SubhalagnamMadhu
1994 TheerpuRavi
1995 Chilakapachcha KaapuramGopala KrishnaRemake of the Tamil film Kizhakku Vasal
1995 Bhale BulloduKrishna
1995 SankalpamKrishna Murthy
1995 Money MoneyDurgaCameo appearance
1995 Aayanaki IddaruSuryaRemake of Aaina
1995 ShubhamastuPrem ChandRemake of the Malayalam film Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava
1996 SrikaramChandu
1996 Maa Aavida CollectorRaju
1996 MaavichiguruMadhu
1996 Jabilamma PelliRamudu
1997 SubhakankshaluChanduRemake of the Tamil film Poove Unakkaga
1997 ChilakkottuduJagapati Babu
1997 Pelli PandiriGovind
1997 PriyaragaluMadhuBased on Priyaragalu (Novel)
1997 Oka Chinna MaataChanduBased on The Wreck (Novel)
1997 DongataRajuRemake of the 1995 American film French Kiss
1998 MaavidaakuluPratap
1998 Pelli KanukaSagarRemake of the Hindi film Pardes
1998 Pelli PeetaluGopiremake of Malayalam film Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
1998 AntahpuramSarai Veeraraju
1998 Srimathi VellosthaRavi
1998 AahaSriramRemake of the Tamil film Aahaa
1999 SwapnalokamKaasiRemake of the Hindi film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1999 Manasulo MaataShankarRemake of the Tamil film Kannedhirey Thondrinal
1999 Alludugaaru VachcharuMuraliRemake of the Tamil film Pooveli
1999 Ravoyi ChandamamaSujitRemake of the Hindi film Mann
1999 SamudramSagar
2000 ManoharamAnand
2000 Sardukupodaam RandiKrishnaRemake of Pellinati Pramanalu
2000 Choosoddaam RandiAravindRemake of Tamil film Thai Poranthachu.
2000 Moodu MukkalataShanthi Swaroop
2000 BachiBachi / Bhaskar Chinmai
2001 Budget PadmanabhamBudget PadmanabhamRemake of Tamil film Budget Padmanabhan
2001 Family CircusSubramanyam
2001 Naalo Unna PremaSai Krishna
2001 Hanuman JunctionDasuRemake of Malayalam film Thenkasi Pattanam
2002 Siva Rama RajuSivaramarajuRemake of Tamil film Samudhiram
2002 Sandade SandadiChandu / Chandra Shekar
2003 Kabadi KabadiRambabu
2003 DhamRushi
2004 Athade Oka SainyamSridhar / Chanti
2004 Kushi KushigaSurya Prakash/S.P.Remake of Malayalam film Chronic Bachelor
2004 PedababuPedababu
2005 Anukokunda Oka RojuInspector Suresh Reddy
2005 PandemSeenu
2005 JagapatiJagapathi
2005 That Is PanduPaandu
2006 SamanyuduChandra
2006 MadrasiShivaTamil film, Dubbed into Telugu as Shiva Kaashi
2006 BrahmastramGuru
2006 Gopi – Goda Meedha PilliBalavindar Cheda
2006 Pellaina KothaloHari
2007 LakshyamACP Bose
2008 SwagatamK.K. / Krishna
2008 NagaramACP Chowdary
2008 Bhale DongaluDCP Yugandhar
2008 KathanayakuduBala Krishna / Barber Balu
2008 HomamMalliRemake of Internal Affairs
2008 RakshaRajeevRemake of the Hindi film Phoonk
2009 SiddhamDayanandRemake of Hindi film Ab Tak Chappan
2009 AakasamanthaSudhakar
2009 AdhinetaSuribabu
2009 Bangaru BabuChinnababu Ravindra
2009 Ninnu KalisakaHimself
2009 PravarakhyuduShashi Kumar
2010 Maa Nanna ChiranjeeviChiranjeevuluRemake of The Pursuit of Happyness
2010 SadhyamSandeep
2010 Gaayam 2Durga
2011 Jai Bolo TelanganaGopanna
2011 ChattamGowri Shankar
2011 Nagaram Nidrapotunna VelaSiva Rama Prasad
2011 KeyInvigilatorRemake of Exam
2011 KshetramVeera Narasimha Rayalu
2012 NandeeswaruduEeshwar PrasadRemake of Deadly Soma
2012 ThaandavamSharat KumarTamil film, Dubbed into Telugu as Shiva Taandavam
2012 SixVijay
2013 PuthagamJBTamil film
2013 Bachchan Vijay KumarKannada film, Dubbed into Telugu with the same name
2013 Operation Duryodhana 2Ashok
2014 LegendJeetendra
2014 Ra Ra... KrishnayyaJaggu Bhai
2014 Current TheegaSivaramarajuRemake of Tamil film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam
2014 Pilla Nuvvu Leni JeevitamMaisamma
2014 LingaaM.P. NagabhushanamTamil film
2014 O Manishi KathaRamu
2015 SrimanthuduRavikanth
2015 HituduSitaram
2016 Nannaku PremathoKrishna Murthy Kautilya
2016 AttackKaali
2016 JaguarC.B.I.OfficerKannada film
2016 PulimuruganDaddy GirijaMalayalam film
2016 IsmJaved Bhai
2016 Kaththi SandaiDCP ThamizhselvanTamil film
2017 BairavaaPeriyakannu (PK)Tamil film
2017 Om Namo VenkatesayaKing
2017 WinnerMahendra Reddy
2017 Rarandoi Veduka ChudhamKrishna
2017 Patel S. I. R.Subhash Patel & Vallabh (Dual role)
2017 Jaya Janaki NayakaAswith Narayana Varma
2017 OxygenRaghupathi
2017 HelloPrakash
2018 AadhiNarayana ReddyMalayalam Film
2018 RangasthalamPhanindra Bhupathi (President garu)
2018 Gangstars (Web Series)KDAmazon Original Telugu, Released On June 1
2018 SaakshyamMunu Swamy
2018 GoodachariRaghuveer/Rana
2018 Uppi RupeeKannada film
Filming
2018 OdiyanMalayalam Film
Post Production
2018 Aravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaBasi ReddyTelugu Film
2019MadhurarajaMalayalam Film
Filming
2019 Sye Raa Narasimha ReddyFilming

Awards

Filmfare Awards
Nandi Awards
SIIMA Awards
  • 2015 - Best Villain - Legend
  • 2017 - Best Villain - Nannaku Prematho
  • 2017 - Special Jury Award - Pulimurugan
IIFA Utsavam
  • 2015 - Best Supporting Actor - Srimanthudu
  • 2016-Best Actor in a Negative Role -Nannaku Prematho
Asianet Film Awards

References

  1. ↑ Jagapathi Babu in Vikram's next - The Hindu
  2. ↑ TSR LKP award for Jagapathi Babu - The Hindu
  3. ↑ Jagapati babu gets Kala Bhushana..!! Famlily hero awarded Kala Bhushana!! Archived 10 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : Adhineta inspired me, says Jagapathi Babu
  5. ↑ ‘I could not make a good movie for my son’ - The Hindu
  6. ↑ "Title". TeluguCinema. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mohanlal film Puli Murugan has Jagapathi Babu in key role ?". Onlookers Media.
  8. ↑ "Winners list: 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

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