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{{Infobox person
| name = D. Suresh Babu
| image = Daggubati Suresh Babu.jpg
| caption = Suresh Babu in December 2019
| birth_name = Daggubati Suresh Babu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|12|24}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/samantha-rana-and-venkatesh-wish-daggubati-suresh-babu-on-his-61st-birthday/articleshow/72953913.cms|title=Samantha, Rana and Venkatesh wish Daggubati Suresh Babu on his 61st birthday|publisher=Times of India|date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place =
| nationality = Indian
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = [[University of Michigan]], [[College of Engineering, Guindy]]
| occupation = Film producer
| years_active =
| spouse = Lakshmi<ref>{{cite web |url=http://infodhooth.blogspot.in/2014/04/daggubati-family.html |title=DAGGUBATI FAMILY |publisher=infodhooth.blogspot.in |date=18 February 2015 |access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref>
| parents = [[D. Ramanaidu]]<ref name=" Interview ">{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_suresh.html |title=Interview with D Suresh Babu by Jeevi |publisher=[[idlebrain.com]] |date=8 January 2002 |access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref>
| children = 3, including [[Rana Daggubati]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3247573 |title=Rana to debut with 'Leader' |publisher=entertainment.in.msn.com |date=25 September 2009 |access-date=11 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929050441/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3247573 |archive-date=29 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| relatives = See [[Daggubati-Akkineni Family]]
| website = {{url|sureshproductions.com/}}
| awards = [[National Film Awards]] (1) [[Nandi Awards]] (4)
}}

'''Daggubati Suresh Babu''' (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and distributor who serves as the managing director of [[Suresh Productions]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gulte.com/movienews/40590/Suresh-Babu-is-Back-as-Film-Chamber-President |title=Suresh Babu is Back as Film Chamber President |work=gulte.com |date=19 July 2015 |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state [[Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award]] for his contribution to popular cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/spb-hema-malini-bag-ntr-awards/article17821614.ece |title=S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards |first=Special |last=Correspondent }}</ref>

He has produced several [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language films under Suresh Productions banner including ''[[Bobbili Raja]], [[Coolie No. 1 (1991 film)|Coolie No.1]], [[Preminchukundam Raa]], [[Ganesh (film)|Ganesh]], [[Kalisundam Raa]], [[Jayam Manade Raa]], [[Nuvvu leka nenu lenu]], [[Malliswari (2004 film)|Malliswari]], [[Tulasi (film)|Tulasi]], [[Drushyam]] and [[Gopala Gopala (2015 film)|Gopala Gopala]]''.

==Early life==
He is the son of the producer [[D. Ramanaidu]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/suresh-babu-is-the-new-tfcc-president-telugu-news-138038.html |title=Suresh Babu is the new TFCC President |publisher=indiaglitz.com |date=21 July 2015 |access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> and elder brother of popular actor [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/filmmaker-rama-naidu-cremated-news-bollywood-pctsElgggbdjg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222124430/http://www.sify.com/movies/filmmaker-rama-naidu-cremated-news-bollywood-pctsElgggbdjg.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2015 |title=Filmmaker Rama Naidu cremated |publisher=sify.com |date=20 February 2015 |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> He did his schooling in [[Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai|Don Bosco school]] at Madras. He completed his PUC from [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]]. He did his graduate studies at [[University of Michigan]] in 1981.<ref name=" Interview ">{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_suresh.html |title=Interview with D Suresh Babu by Jeevi |publisher=[[idlebrain.com]] |date=8 January 2002 |access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref>

He is married to Lakshmi and they have three children, [[Rana Daggubati]], Malavika Daggubati and Abhiram Daggubati.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/121128/entertainment-tollywood/article/daggubati-wedding-10000-guests-and-over-rs2-crore |title=Daggubati Wedding: 10,000 guests and over Rs. 2 crore |work=deccanchronicle|date=28 November 2012 |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723033940/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/121128/entertainment-tollywood/article/daggubati-wedding-10000-guests-and-over-rs2-crore |archive-date=23 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv2w2egRNf4 |title=Gopala Gopala Movie - Abhiram Daggubati's Response |publisher=[[youtube.com]] |date=10 January 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
He started his career with the film [[Devatha (1982 film)|Devatha]] in 1982, though he started putting his name as producer from [[Bobbili Raja]] onwards.<ref name=" Interview "/>

==Filmography==
===As a producer===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!No!!Year!!Film!!Cast!!Director!!Notes
|-
| 1||1990||''[[Bobbili Raja]]''||[[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Divya Bharati]]||[[B Gopal (Director)|B Gopal]]||
|-
| 2||1991||''[[Coolie No. 1 (1991 film)|Coolie No.1]]''||Venkatesh, [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]||[[K.Raghavendra Rao]]||
|-
| 3||1994||''[[Super Police]]''||Venkatesh, [[Soundarya]], [[Nagma]]||K. Murali Mohan Rao||
|-
| 4||1997||''[[Preminchukundam Raa]]''||Venkatesh, [[Anjala Zaveri]]||[[Jayanth C. Paranjee]]||
|-
| 5||1998||''[[Ganesh (film)|Ganesh]]''||Venkatesh, [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]], [[Madhoo|Madhubala]] ||Tirupathi Swamy||Won the [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] (Bronze)
|-
| 6||2000||''[[Kalisundam Raa]]''||Venkatesh, [[Simran Bagga]]||[[K. R. Udhayashankar|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]]
|-
| 7||2000||''[[Jayam Manade Raa]]''||Venkatesh, Soundarya, [[Bhanupriya]]||[[N.Shankar]]||
|-
| 8||2002||''[[Nuvvu leka nenu lenu]]''||[[Tarun Kumar]], [[Arti Agarwal]]||Kashi Viswanath||
|-
| 9||2003||''[[Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu]]''||[[Uday Kiran]], [[Shriya Saran]]||K.C Rajsekar||Won the [[Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film]]
|-
| 10||2004||''[[Malliswari (2004 film)|Malliswari]]''||Venkatesh, [[Katrina Kaif]]||[[K. Vijaya Bhaskar]]||Won the [[Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film]]
|-
| 11||2005||''[[Soggadu (2005 film)|Soggadu]]''||Tarun Kumar, Arti Agarwal||[[Ravi Babu]]||
|-
| 12||2007||''[[Tulasi (film)|Tulasi]]''||Venkatesh, [[Nayantara]]||[[Boyapati Srinu]]||
|-
| 13|| 2008|| ''[[Baladur]]'' ||[[Raviteja]], [[Anushka Shetty]] || UdayShankar||
|-
| 14||2013||''[[Masala (2013 film)|Masala]]''||Venkatesh, [[Ram Pothineni]], [[Anjali (actress born 1986)|Anjali]], [[Shazahn Padamsee]]||K. Vijaya Bhaskar||Remake of [[Bol Bachchan]] Co-produced with Ravi Kishore
|-
| 15||2014||''[[Bhimavaram Bullodu]]''||[[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]], Esther ||UdayShankar||
|-
| 16|| 2014||''[[Drushyam]]''||Venkatesh, [[Meena (actress)|Meena]] ||[[Sripriya]]||Remake of [[Drishyam]] Co-produced with Rajkumar Theatres Pvt Ltd and Wide Angle Creations
|-
| 17|| 2015||''[[Gopala Gopala (2015 film)|Gopala Gopala]]''||Venkatesh, [[Pawan Kalyan]], Shriya Saran||Kishore Kumar Pardasany||Remake Of ''[[OMG – Oh My God!|Oh My God]]'' Co-produced with North Star Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.
|-
| 18|| 2015||''[[Avunu 2]]''||[[Shamna Kasim|Poorna]], [[Harshvardhan Rane]], [[Ravi Babu]], [[Sanjana]], [[Nikita Thukral]]|| Ravi Babu||Sequel to ''[[Avunu (film)|Avunu]]'' Co-produced with [[Flying Frogs]]
|-
| 19|| 2017||''[[Nene Raju Nene Mantri]]''||[[Rana Daggubati]], [[Kajal Aggarwal]], [[Catherine Tresa]]||[[Teja (film director)|Teja]]||Co-produced with ''Blue Planet Entertainments''
|-
| 20|| 2018||''[[Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi]]''|| ||[[Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam|Tharun Bhascker]]||
|-
| 21|| 2019||''[[Oh! Baby]]''||[[Samantha Akkineni]]||[[B. V. Nandini Reddy]]||
|-
| 22|| 2019||''[[Venky Mama]]''||[[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Naga Chaitanya]]||[[Bobby (screenwriter)|K. S. Ravindra]]||
|-
| 23|| 2021||''[[Narappa]]''||[[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Priyamani]] ||[[Srikanth Addala]]||
|-
| 24|| 2021||''[[Drushyam 2]]''||[[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]]||[[Jeethu Joseph]]||Co-produced with [[Aashirvad Cinemas]] and RajKumar Theatres Pvt. Ltd.
|-
|}

===As a presenter===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Sno!!Year!!Title!!Cast!!Director
|-
| 1||2008||''[[Ashta Chamma]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704137/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast |title=Full cast and crew for Ashta Chamma |publisher=imdb.com |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>||[[Nani (actor)|Nani]], [[Swati Reddy]]||[[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]]
|-
| 2||2010||''[[Namo Venkatesa]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-namovenkatesa.html |title=Telugu Movie review – Namo Venkatesa |publisher=[[idlebrain.com]] |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>||[[Daggubati Venkatesh]], [[Trisha Krishnan]]||[[Srinu Vytla]]
|-
| 3||2011||''[[Golconda High School]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1815722/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast |title=Full cast and crew for Golkonda High School |publisher=imdb.com |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>||[[Sumanth]], Swati Reddy || Mohan Krishna Indraganti
|-
| 4||2012||''[[Eega]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsadda.com/movie.php?news=eega-film.html |title=SS Rajamouli Telugu Eega as Makkhi in Bollywood |publisher=filmsadda.com |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref> || Nani, [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]]||[[S. S. Rajamouli]]
|-
| 5||2013||''[[Prema Ishq Kaadhal]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5tVMeA5GVI |title=Prema Ishq Kaadhal teaser |publisher=youtube.com |date=12 August 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/Telugu+Movies/articles/4pWPCYsPVl8/Prema+Ishq+Kadal+movie+first+look+poster |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131118081905/http://www.zimbio.com/Telugu+Movies/articles/4pWPCYsPVl8/Prema+Ishq+Kadal+movie+first+look+poster |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 November 2013 |title=Prema Ishq Kadal movie first look poster |publisher=zimbio.com |date=12 August 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref>||[[Harshvardhan Rane]], [[Sree Vishnu]], Harish, [[Vithika Sheru]], Srimukhi, [[Ritu Varma]] ||Pavan sadineni
|-
| 6||2013||''[[Uyyala Jampala]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehyderabadtimes.com/entertainment-news/-Suresh-Babu-and-Nagarjuna-team-up-for-Uyyala-Jampala |title=Suresh Babu and Nagarjuna team up for Uyyala Jampala |publisher=thehyderabadtimes.com |date=1 November 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109235543/http://www.thehyderabadtimes.com/entertainment-news/-Suresh-Babu-and-Nagarjuna-team-up-for-Uyyala-Jampala |archive-date=9 November 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/suresh-babu-and-nagarjuna-team-up-for-a-small-film.html |title=Suresh Babu and Nagarjuna team up for a small film |publisher=123telugu.com |access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref>||[[Avika Gor]], [[Raj Tarun]]||[[Virinchi Varma]]
|-
| 7||2015||''[[Hora Hori]]''||Dileep, Daksha||[[Teja (film director)|Teja]]
|-
| 8||2015||''Thanu Nenu''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/thanu-nenu-is-a-heart-touching-film-ram-mohan-telugu-news-147480.html |title=Thanu Nenu is a heart touching film: Ram Mohan |publisher=indiaglitz.com |date=25 November 2015 |access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref>||Avika Gor, Santosh Sobhan||[[Ram Mohan P|Ram Mohan.P]]
|-
| 9||2016||''[[Pelli Choopulu]]''||[[Vijay Deverakonda]], [[Ritu Varma]]||[[Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam]]
|-
| 10||2016||''Pittagoda ''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A91M4xKaHck</ref>||Vishwadev Rachakonda, [[Punarnavi Bhupalam]]||Anudeep K. V.
|-
|11||2017||''[[Mental Madhilo]]''||[[Sree Vishnu]], [[Nivetha Pethuraj]], [[Amrutha Srinivasan]] ||[[Vivek Athreya]]
|-
|12||2020||''[[Virata Parvam]]''||[[Rana Daggubati]]||[[Venu Udugula]]
|}

===As an actor===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!No!!Year!!Film!!Director!!Notes
|-
| 1||2016||''[[Azhar (film)|Azhar]]''||[[Tony D'Souza]]||
|-
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Ceremony
! Year
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
|-
|[[National Film Awards]]
|1999
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film Telugu]]
|[[Kalisundam Raa]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Awards South]]
|2012
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu]]
|[[Eega]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Nandi Awards]]
|1998
|[[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] (Bronze)
|[[Ganesh (film)|Ganesh]]
|{{won}}
|-
|1999
|[[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] (Gold)
|[[Kalisundam Raa]]
|{{won}}
|-
|2003
|rowspan="2"|[[Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film|Best Home-viewing Feature Film]]
|[[Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu]]
|{{won}}
|-
|2004
|[[Malliswari (2004 film)|Malliswari]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Nandi Awards|Nagireddy-Chakrapani National Award]]
|2012
|Various films
|
|{{won}}
|-
|[[T. Subbarami Reddy|TSR]] – [[TV9 (Telugu)|TV9]] National Film Awards
|2015
|Best Film<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/tsr-tv9-national-film-awards-2013-14-winners-list-chiranjeevi-honours-balakrishna-mohan-babu-639811 |title=TSR-TV9 National Film Awards 2014 Winners List |publisher=ibtimes.co.in |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>
|[[Drushyam]]
|{{won}}
|-
|}

==Other work==
*He served as the president of the A P Film Chamber of Commerce for the year 2011–12.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suresh Babu to head film chamber |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-31/hyderabad/29835368_1_film-chamber-film-industry-goondas-act |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001142657/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-31/hyderabad/29835368_1_film-chamber-film-industry-goondas-act |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=31 July 2011 |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref>
*He has been unanimously elected the president of Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce (TFCC) from 2015–17.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Suresh-Babu-elected-TFCC-president-unanimously/articleshow/48138998.cms |title=Suresh Babu elected TFCC president unanimously |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> He is the first president of the body after AP Film Chamber of Commerce was renamed Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telugupeople.com/news/article_00098422_Record_victory_for_Daggubati_Suresh.asp |title=Record victory for Daggubati Suresh |work=telugupeople.com |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref>
*He is also associated with Hyderabad Angels as Vice President.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/hyderabad-angels-to-invest-in-12-startups-this-fiscal/article8667893.ece |title=Hyderabad Angels to invest in 12 start-ups this fiscal |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1547976|name=D. Suresh Babu }}

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