# D. Suresh Babu

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.
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 produced :
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Bobbili Raja | B Gopal | |
| 1991 | Coolie No.1 | K.Raghavendra Rao | |
| 1994 | Super Police | K. Murali Mohan Rao | |
| 1997 | Preminchukundam Raa | Jayanth C. Paranjee | |
| 1998 | Ganesh | Tirupathi Swamy | Won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) |
| 2000 | Kalisundam Raa | 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 |
| 2000 | Jayam Manade Raa | N.Shankar | |
| 2002 | Nuvvu leka nenu lenu | Kashi Viswanath | |
| 2003 | Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu | K.C Rajsekar | Won the Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film |
| 2004 | Malliswari | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Won the Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film |
| 2005 | Soggadu | Ravi Babu | |
| 2007 | Tulasi | Boyapati Srinu | |
| 2008 | Baladur | UdayShankar |
| 2013 | Masala | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Remake of Bol Bachchan Co-produced with Ravi Kishore |
| 2014 | Bhimavaram Bullodu | UdayShankar |
| 2014 | Drushyam | Sripriya | Remake of Drishyam Co-produced with Rajkumar Theatres Pvt Ltd and Wide Angle Creations |
| 2015 | Gopala Gopala | Kishore Kumar Pardasany | Remake Of Oh My God Co-produced with North Star Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2015 | Avunu 2 | Ravi Babu | Sequel to Avunu Co-produced with Flying Frogs |
| 2017 | Nene Raju Nene Mantri | Teja | Co-produced with Blue Planet Entertainments |
| 2018 | Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi | Tharun Bhascker | |
| 2019 | Oh! Baby | B. V. Nandini Reddy | |
| 2019 | Venky Mama | K. S. Ravindra | |
| 2021 | Narappa | Srikanth Addala | |
| 2021 | Drushyam 2 | Jeethu Joseph | Co-produced with Aashirvad Cinemas and RajKumar Theatres Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2022 | Saakini Daakini | Sudheer Varma | Co-produced with Guru Films and Kross Pictures |
| 2022 | Dongalunnaru Jaagratha | Satish Tripura | Co-produced with Guru Films |
| 2022 | Prince | Anudeep KV | Co-produced with Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP |
| 2022 | Rajahmundry Rose Milk | Naani Bandreddi | Co-produced with Introupe Films |

### As a presenter

List of films presented :
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2008 | Ashta Chamma | Mohan Krishna Indraganti |
| 2010 | Namo Venkatesa | Srinu Vytla |
| 2011 | Golconda High School | Mohan Krishna Indraganti |
| 2012 | Eega | S. S. Rajamouli |
| 2013 | Prema Ishq Kaadhal | Pavan sadineni |
| 2013 | Uyyala Jampala | Virinchi Varma |
| 2015 | Hora Hori | Teja |
| 2015 | Thanu Nenu | Ram Mohan.P |
| 2016 | Pelli Choopulu | Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam |
| 2016 | Pittagoda | Anudeep K. V. |
| 2017 | Mental Madhilo | Vivek Athreya |
| 2022 | Virata Parvam | Venu Udugula |

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations :
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 1999 | National Film Awards | Best Feature Film Telugu | Kalisundam Raa | Won |
| 2012 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu | Eega | Won |
| 1998 | Nandi Awards | Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) | Ganesh | Won |
| 1999 | Nandi Awards | Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) | Kalisundam Raa | Won |
| 2003 | Nandi Awards | Best Home-viewing Feature Film | Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu | Won |
| 2004 | Nandi Awards | Best Home-viewing Feature Film | Malliswari | Won |
| 2012 | Nagireddy-Chakrapani National Award | Various films | | Won |
| 2015 | TSR – TV9 National Film Awards | Best Film | Drushyam | Won |

## 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.