Sarath Babu

For disambiguation, see Sarath.

Sarath Babu
Born	Sathyam Babu Dixithulu 31 July 1951 Amadalavalasa, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973–present
Spouse(s)	Rama Prabha (m 1981–1988) (divorced)

Sarath Babu (Telugu: శరత్ బాబు) (born Sathyam Babu Dixithulu) is an Indian film actor, known for his works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 films, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in Telugu and Tamil, 20 in Kannada, a few in Malayalam and Hindi He entered the film industry in 1973 through a Telugu film and later became popular through the Tamil film Nizhal Nijamagiradhu directed by K. Balachander. He has received eight state Nandi Awards.

Career

He is reported to have said that

My dad was a hotelier, he wanted me to handle his business but I wanted to be a police officer. During college days, I developed shortsight and my dreams crashed as clear eyesight was a pre-requisite to join the police. People told my mother that her son was good looking and he should try to get into films.. the lecturers in college said the same and that was playing on my mind. My father was against it but my mother supported me. I thought even if I failed, I could fall back on the family business. In my heart, I knew that I don't fit into business or politics. I responded to an advertisement in the paper for fresh faces for a film and I got through the audition more easily than I had expected. My first break was in Tamil directed by Balachander. The same was remade in Telugu as Idhi Katha Kadu with me, Kamal Haasan and Chiranjeevi and the film was a hit.

Personal life

Sarath Babu was married twice. His first marriage was with actress Rama Prabha in 1981 and they got divorced in 1988.

Selected filmography

This is partial filmography of Sarath Babu.

Year	Film	Language	Role
1977	Nizhal Nijamagiradhu	Tamil
1977	Panthulamma	Telugu
1978	Maro Charitra	Telugu
1978	Mullum Malarum	Tamil	Kumaran
1979	Guppedu Manasu	Telugu
1979	Idi Katha Kaadu	Telugu	Bharani
1979	Ninaithale Inikkum	Tamil
1979	Tayaramma Bangarayya	Telugu
1979	Uthiripookkal	Tamil	Prakash
1979	Thisai Maariya Paravaigal	Tamil	Rangamani
1980	Tulasidala	Kannada	Ravi
1980	Azagu	Tamil
1980	Ponnagaram	Tamil
1981	47 Natkal	Tamil	Dr Shankar
1981	47 Rojulu	Telugu
1981	Netrikkann	Tamil	Yuvaraj
1981	Radha Kalyanam	Telugu	Dr Anand
1981	Seetakoka Chiluka	Telugu	David
1982	Salangai Oli	Tamil
1982	Yamakinkarudu	Telugu	Kishore
1983	Sagara Sangamam	Telugu	Raghu
1983	Sitaara	Telugu	Zamindar
1984	Kanchana Ganga	Telugu	Jayasimha
1985	Anveshana	Telugu	James
1985	Pagal Nilavu	Tamil	Robert Manohar
1985	Swati	Telugu
1985	Swati Mutyam	Telugu
1986	Jeevana Poratam	Telugu
1987	Velaikaran	Tamil
1987	Ranachandi	Kannada	With Radha
1987	Samsaram Oka Chadarangam	Telugu
1988	Abhinandana	Telugu
1989	Chettu Kinda Pleader	Telugu	Gopala Krishna
1990	Kokila	Telugu
1990	Gaaya	Kannada	With Geetha
1990	Sandhana Kaatru	Tamil	Dr Sarath
1991	Usha	Kannada
1992	Aapad Bandhavudu	Telugu	Sripathi
1992	Annamalai	Tamil	Ashok
1992	Naalaiya Theerpu	Tamil
1994	Criminal	Telugu	Dr Pratap
1994	Duet	Tamil
1994	Hello Brother	Telugu
1995	Muthu	Tamil	Prince
1995	Puthiya Aatchi	Tamil	Vivekanandan
1995	Sisindri	Telugu	Father of Sisindri
1996	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi	Telugu
1996	Amrutha Varshini	Kannada	Hemanth
1998	Uyirodu Uyiraga	Tamil
1999	Hrudaya Hrudaya	Kannada
2000	Annayya	Telugu	Rangarao
2001	Aalavandhan	Tamil	Tejaswini's father
2001	Neela	Kannada
2001	Daddy	Telugu	Doctor
2002	Nuvvu leka nenu lenu	Telugu
2002	Baba	Tamil
2003	Puthiya Geethai	Tamil
2004	Arul	Tamil
2004	Shock	Tamil	Dr Rajan
2005	Rendella Tharuvatha	Telugu	Gandham
2006	Kalvanin Kadhali	Tamil	Sathya's Boss
2006	Parijatham	Tamil
2006	Perarasu	Tamil
2006	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Telugu
2006	Sri Ramadasu	Telugu	Sage Bhadra
2007	Aata	Telugu
2007	Waking Dreams	English	Dr Kumar
2008	Velli Thirai	Tamil	Balaji
2009	Magadheera	Telugu	Maharaj Vikram Singh
2010	Nagavalli	Telugu	Shankar Rao
2011	Ilaignan	Tamil
2012	Dhoni	Tamil and Telugu	Chief Minister
2013	Ramanujan	English/Tamil	Diwan Bahadur R Ramachandra Rao ICS
2013	Aryan	Kannada
2013	Brundavana	Kannada	With Geetha, Darshan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
1998	Gopuram		Sun TV	Tamil
2013	Rajakumari		Sun TV	Tamil
2014	Mannan Magal		Jaya TV	Tamil

Awards

Sarath Babu has received numerous awards, including eight Nandi awards as the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for his roles in Telugu movies.. In an interview, he said that he came close to winning the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Nenjathai Killadhe in 1980.

External links

• Sarath Babu at IMDb