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 Suresh Productions (also known as Suresh Movies, Vijaya Suresh Combines) is an Cinema of India, Indian film production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is established in 19 ...

. He is the elder brother of popular telugu actor Venkatesh and father of another popular actor

Rana Daggubati Ramanaidu Daggubati, (; born 14 December 1984) known professionally as Rana Daggubati, is an Indian actor, film producer, and entrepreneur who primarily works in Telugu cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. H ...

. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award for his contribution to popular cinema. He has produced several

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-language films under Suresh Productions banner including '' Bobbili Raja, Coolie No.1,

Preminchukundam Raa ''Preminchukundam Raa'' ( ''Come, Let's Love'') is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by D. Suresh Babu under Suresh Productions. The film stars Venkatesh and Anjala Zaveri with mus ...

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Kalisundam Raa ''Kalisundham Raa'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romantic family drama film directed by K. R. Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh, Simran and K. Viswanath, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It recei ...

, Jayam Manade Raa, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Malliswari,

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, Drushyam and Gopala Gopala''.

Early life

He is the son of the producer D. Ramanaidu and elder brother of popular actor Venkatesh. He did his schooling from Don Bosco school in Madras. He completed his PUC from Loyola College, a gold medalist from

College of Engineering, Guindy The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college situated in Chennai, India. It is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe. Histo ...

and graduated from

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in 1981. He is married to Lakshmi and they have three children,

, Malavika Daggubati and Abhiram Daggubati.

Career

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

Filmography

As a producer

As a presenter

Awards and nominations

Other works

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Babu, Daggubati Suresh D. Suresh Babu Living people Film producers from Andhra Pradesh People from Prakasam district Nandi Award winners Filmfare Awards South winners Don Bosco schools alumni University of Michigan alumni Telugu film producers 1958 births Theatre owners Film exhibitors