Actor, producer and music director · Telugu cinema
Sudheer Babu
Sudheer Babu movies: 17 Telugu films on file (17 as actor, 1 as producer, 1 as music director), 2012–2025. Earliest on file: Shiva Manasulo Shruti (2012). Latest release: Jatadhara (7 November 2025).
- Films on file
- 17 (17 as actor, 1 as producer, 1 as music director)
- Years on file
- 2012–2025
- Born
- 11 May 1980 · May birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- V, Aadu Magaadra Bujji, Jatadhara
- Record
- Q7633778 on Wikidata
Sudheer Babu (born Posani Naga Sudheer Babu, 11 May 1977) is an Indian actor and former professional badminton player who works mainly in Telugu films. After his lead debut in Siva Manasulo Sruthi (2012), he had successes with Prema Katha Chitram (2013), the Hindi film Baaghi (2016) and Sammohanam (2018), which won him a SIIMA Special Jury Award.
Badminton
Before films, Sudheer Babu was the top-ranked badminton player in both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, and played doubles with Pullela Gopichand. He is set to play Gopichand in a biopic of the coach.
Debut
He began with a supporting role in Gautham Vasudev Menon‘s Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), produced by his sister-in-law Manjula Ghattamaneni. His first lead was Siva Manasulo Sruthi (2012), a remake of the Tamil film Siva Manasula Sakthi. The horror comedy Prema Katha Chitram (2013) was his first success; the source says it grossed ₹20 crore on a budget of ₹2 crore. That year he also appeared in Aadu Magaadra Bujji.
2015 to 2017
In 2015 he led three films: Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini, Mosagallaku Mosagadu and Bhale Manchi Roju. He made his Hindi debut as the antagonist in Baaghi (2016), and Samanthakamani (2017) was a commercial success.
Sammohanam and V
Mohana Krishna Indraganti’s romantic drama Sammohanam (2018), about a young cartoonist who falls for an actress, was profitable, and he also appeared in Nannu Dochukunduvate and Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu that year. He reunited with Indraganti for the action thriller V (2020), with Nani.
Personal life
Sudheer Babu is married to Priyadarshini, daughter of the actor Krishna and younger sister of Mahesh Babu. They have two sons.
Career on file
Sudheer Babu has 17 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2012 to 2025: 17 films as actor, one film as producer and one film as music director. The earliest of them is Shiva Manasulo Shruti (2012), and the most recent release is Jatadhara (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are V (2020), Aadu Magaadra Bujji (2013) and Jatadhara (2025). Other recent releases on file are Maa Nanna Superhero (2024), Harom Hara (2024) and Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali (2022).
Aditi Rao Hydari and Sai Kumar are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Sudheer Babu. Among directors, Mohan Krishna Indraganti cast Sudheer Babu most often, in three films; next is Sriram Adittya T (2). Mani Sharma and Vivek Sagar each scored two of them, more than any other music director. 70mm Entertainments produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 15 different directors, 18 music directors and 35 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 11 of them; they average 138 minutes, and the longest is Harom Hara at 154 minutes. Nine of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (11) and 2020s (6). 2015 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.