Daggubati Suresh Babu (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award for his contribution to popular cinema. He has produced several

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-language films under Suresh Productions banner including ''

Bobbili Raja ''Bobbili Raja'' ( or ) is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film co-written and directed by B. Gopal. Produced by D. Suresh under his banner Suresh Productions, it stars Venkatesh and Divya Bharti (in her Telugu debut) whil ...

, Coolie No.1,

Preminchukundam Raa ''Preminchukundam Raa'' ( Come, let's love) is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by D. Suresh Babu under Suresh Productions. The film stars Venkatesh and Anjala Zaveri with music c ...

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Kalisundam Raa ''Kalisundham Raa'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Featur ...

Jayam Manade Raa ''Jayam Manadera'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by N. Shankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu under the Suresh Productions banner. It stars Venkatesh, Soundarya and Bhanupriya, with music composed by Vandematara ...

Nuvvu leka nenu lenu ''Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu'' (English: ''Without You, I Am Not There'') is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film, starring Tarun, Aarti Agarwal, Laya, Sarath Babu, Chandra Mohan, and Radha Kumari. This film was released on 14 Januar ...

, Malliswari,

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Drushyam ''Drushyam'' () is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language crime thriller film directed by Sripriya and jointly produced by D. Suresh Babu and Rajkumar Sethupathi. It is a remake of Jeethu Joseph 2013 Malayalam film ''Drishyam'' and features Venkate ...

and Gopala Gopala''.

Early life

He is the son of the producer

D. Ramanaidu Daggubati Ramanaidu (6 June 1936 – 18 February 2015) was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India. He was placed i ...

and elder brother of popular actor Venkatesh. He did his schooling in Don Bosco school at Madras. He completed his PUC from Loyola College. He did his graduate studies at

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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

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in 1982, though he started putting his name as producer from

onwards.

Filmography

As a producer

As a presenter

As an actor

Awards and nominations

Other works

*He served as the president of the A P 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Babu, Daggubati Suresh Living people Film producers from Andhra Pradesh People from Prakasam district Nandi Award winners Filmfare Awards South winners Don Bosco schools alumni University of Michigan alumni Telugu film producers 1958 births