Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Thagubothu Ramesh
Thagubothu Ramesh movies: 106 Telugu films on file (105 as actor, 1 as producer), 2007–2026. Earliest on file: Jagadam (2007). Latest release: Mareechika (29 May 2026).
- Films on file
- 106 (105 as actor, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 2007–2026
- Born
- 25 November 1981 · November birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Eega, Rachcha, Srimanthudu
- Record
- Q7709076 on Wikidata
Thagubothu Ramesh (Ramilla Ramesh) is an Indian actor and comedian in Telugu cinema. He is known for playing drunk characters, which earned him the nickname “Thagubothu” (drunkard). He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian, and his notable films include Mahatma (2009), Ala Modalaindi (2011), Pilla Zamindar (2011) and Ishq (2012).
Early life
Ramesh was born in Godavarikhani, in Peddapalli district, Telangana. His father worked for Singareni Collieries Company. As a child he learned to make people laugh by impersonating others, and he grew into a skilled mimic who performed shows in his town.
Influences
Ramesh names the Bengali comedian Keshto Mukherjee, who was also famous for playing drunkards, as an inspiration.
Training
Before acting, he worked as a building supervisor for ten years. He decided to pursue acting in earnest and joined the Akkineni Film Institute in Hyderabad in 2005.
Film career
After graduating in 2006, he got a small role in Sukumar‘s Jagadam, his first feature film, and went on to act in about ten Telugu films. Through the actor Uttej he met director Krishna Vamsi, who cast him as a drunkard in Mahatma. That role became the turning point of his career.
Thagubothu Ramesh
His success in Mahatma led to another drunk role in B. V. Nandini Reddy‘s Ala Modalaindi. His performance as Gowtham, a software engineer who drinks too much, became very popular with audiences. From then on he was widely known as “Thagubothu Ramesh”. He won the 2013 Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for Venkatadri Express.
Career on file
Thagubothu Ramesh has 106 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2007 to 2026: 105 films as actor and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Jagadam (2007), and the most recent release is Mareechika (2026). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Eega (2012), Rachcha (2012) and Srimanthudu (2015). Other recent releases on file are Sathi Leelavathi (2026), Sampradayini Suppini Suddapoosani (2026) and Sahakutumbaanaam (2026).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing 23 films with Thagubothu Ramesh, followed by Prakash Raj (8) and Kota Srinivasa Rao (8). Among directors, B.V. Nandini Reddy and Tatineni Satya each cast Thagubothu Ramesh in three films, more than any other director; next are A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary (2) and Chandoo Mondeti (2). Music on 11 of them is by S. Thaman, with Anoop Rubens (9) and Devi Sri Prasad (7) next. Sri Venkateswara Creations produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 91 different directors, 58 music directors and 195 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 65 of them; they average 144 minutes, and the longest is Prema Oka Maikam at 174 minutes. 27 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (3), 2010s (82) and 2020s (21). 2013 is the busiest single year, with 18 films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.