Sudheer Babu – Popular Telugu & Bollywood actor of Baaghi fame

Sudheer Babu is a popular actor associated with Telugu cinema since 2010. After playing supporting role in his debut flick, Ye Maaya Chesave co-produced by his sister-in-law Manjula Ghattamaneni, he played his first lead role Shiva Manasulo Shruti in 2012 which was well-received. Since then he has appeared in more than a dozen of films and gave numerous hits to Telugu cinema. In 2016 he marked his Bollywood debut through hit film Baaghi where he played a Malayali antagonist, and his role was well received. He is a former badminton player.

Sudheer Babu was born in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh in 1980. His real name is Sudheer Posani. Initially he was a professional badminton player before joining film industry. At school he became runner-up at National School Games, and has reached no: 1 playing for both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. He married Telugu actor Krishna’s daughter Priyadarsini in 2006. It was a love marriage with the approval of families. Married from a filmy family, he had a fresh beginning as an actor in 2010.

Ye Maaya Chesave was his first film as an actor, and later he mostly played lead and parallel lead roles. His second release – Shiva Manasulo Shruti was a big hit and it helped him to establish as a lead actor. It was followed by a series of hits – Prema Katha Chitram, Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini, Mosagallaku Mosagadu, Samanthakamani, Anando Brahma etc.

Sudheer Babu – Some interesting and less-known facts

1. As a badminton player during his active years, he has played double games with Pullela Gopichand as partner. His mother too was a badminton champion.

2. He quit badminton as sports career is not so promising in India, and frequent injuries happen.  

3. As he is married to Telugu actor Krishna’s daughter Priyadarsini, he owns a bunch of film stars as his close relatives. He is the brother-in-law to actors – Manjula Ghattamaneni, Mahesh babu and Ramesh Babu. Thus actresses Namrata Shirodkar and Vijaya Nirmala also are his close relatives.

4. As his sister-in-law Padmavathi Galla is married into a political family, he is related to Galla Jayadev, Ramachandra Naidu Galla, Aruna Kumari Galla and many others.

5. He is a huge fan of Mahesh Babu.

6. He launched a production house – “Sudheer Babu Productions”.

7. His son Darshan marked his acting debut through the midcap entertaining film, Samanthakamani, co-staring his father.

8. Naseeb (1981) was the first Hindi film which he watched, and he watched the movie along with his family.

9. He uploaded his personalised stunts on a YouTube channel created by him, and its popularity gave him the first break to Bollywood.