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. He is the elder brother of popular telugu actor Venkatesh and father of another popular actor Rana Daggubati. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award for his contribution to popular cinema.
He has produced several Telugu-language films under Suresh Productions banner including Bobbili Raja, Coolie No.1, Preminchukundam Raa, Ganesh, Kalisundam Raa, Jayam Manade Raa, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Malliswari, Tulasi, 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 and graduated from University of Michigan in 1981 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
He is married to Lakshmi and they have three children, Rana Daggubati, 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 +List of films producedYearTitleDirectorNotes1990Bobbili RajaB Gopal1991Coolie No.1K.Raghavendra Rao1994Super PoliceK. Murali Mohan Rao1997Preminchukundam RaaJayanth C. Paranjee1998GaneshTirupathi SwamyWon the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) 2000Kalisundam RaaUdayShankarWon the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in TeluguWon the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film for (Gold)Remade in Hindi as Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum KaheinJayam Manade RaaN.Shankar2002Nuvvu leka nenu lenuKashi Viswanath2003Neeku Nenu Naaku NuvvuK.C RajsekarWon the Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film2004MalliswariK. Vijaya BhaskarWon the Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film2005SoggaduRavi Babu2007TulasiBoyapati Srinu 2008 BaladurUdayShankar2013MasalaK. Vijaya BhaskarRemake of Bol BachchanCo-produced with Ravi Kishore2014Bhimavaram BulloduUdayShankarDrushyamSripriyaRemake of DrishyamCo-produced with Rajkumar Theatres Pvt Ltd and Wide Angle Creations 2015Gopala GopalaKishore Kumar PardasanyRemake Of Oh My GodCo-produced with North Star Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.Avunu 2 Ravi BabuSequel to AvunuCo-produced with Flying Frogs 2017Nene Raju Nene MantriTejaCo-produced with Blue Planet Entertainments 2018Ee Nagaraniki EmaindhiTharun Bhascker 2019Oh! BabyB. V. Nandini ReddyVenky MamaK. S. Ravindra 2021NarappaSrikanth AddalaDrushyam 2Jeethu JosephCo-produced with Aashirvad Cinemas and RajKumar Theatres Pvt. Ltd. 2022 Saakini DaakiniSudheer VarmaCo-produced with Guru Films and Kross PicturesDongalunnaru JaagrathaSatish TripuraCo-produced with Guru FilmsPrince Anudeep KVCo-produced with Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLPRajahmundry Rose MilkNaani BandreddiCo-produced with Introupe Films2026CheekatiloSharan Koppisetty
As a presenter +List of films presentedYearTitleDirector2008Ashta ChammaMohan Krishna Indraganti2010Namo VenkatesaSrinu Vytla2011Golconda High School Mohan Krishna Indraganti 2012Eega S. S. Rajamouli2013Prema Ishq KaadhalPavan sadineni Uyyala JampalaVirinchi Varma2015Hora HoriTejaThanu NenuRam Mohan.P2016Pelli ChoopuluTharun Bhascker DhaassyamPittagodaAnudeep K. V.2017Mental MadhiloVivek Athreya2022Virata ParvamVenu Udugula
Awards and nominations +List of awards and nominations Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result 1999National Film AwardsBest Feature Film TeluguKalisundam Raa2012Filmfare Awards SouthFilmfare Award for Best Film – TeluguEega1998Nandi AwardsNandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) Ganesh1999Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) Kalisundam Raa2003Best Home-viewing Feature FilmNeeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu2004Malliswari2012Nagireddy-Chakrapani National AwardVarious films2015TSR – TV9 National Film AwardsBest FilmDrushyam
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 of 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.
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