Ramilla Ramesh, better known as Thagubothu Ramesh, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in

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films. He is a recipient of

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for Best Male Comedian. He got the moniker "Thagubothu" as he portrayed several roles as a

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. His notable roles are in films such as ''

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'', ''

Ala Modalaindi ''Ala Modalaindi'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy under the Sri Ranjith Movies banner. It stars Nani, Nithya Menen (in her Telugu debut) and Sneha Ullal with the music compo ...

'', ''

Pilla Zamindar ''Pilla Zamindar'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by G. Ashok. The film stars Nani, Haripriya, and Bindu Madhavi while Srinivas Avasarala, Dhanraj, Thagubothu Ramesh, Rao Ramesh and N ...

'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Ramesh was born in

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located in

Karimnagar district Karimnagar district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar city is its administrative headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Peddapalli, Jagityal, Sircilla, Siddipet, Jangaon, Hanamkonda district and ...

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. His father was an employee at

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and his mother was a housewife. He was able to sink into the drunkard character because, as a child he would watch his father get drunk and hit his mother. He would pacify his mother, and make her laugh by impersonating his drunk father.

Career

Ramesh eventually became good at

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and used to perform shows in his town. He also reveals that he is inspired by Bengali comedian

Keshto Mukherjee Keshto Mukherjee (7 August 1925 – 2 March 1982) was an Indian actor and comedian. He was born in Kolkata,Bengal Presidency, British India. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast ...

, who like him was also famous for portraying drunkard characters. Before venturing into films, Ramesh has worked as a building supervisor for 10 years. After his parents' death and sister's marriage, he decided to pursue acting as a career. In 2005, he joined the Akkineni Film Institute in Hyderabad.

Film career

In 2006, after graduating from Akkineni Film Institute, Ramesh got an opportunity to play a small role in

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’s ''

Jagadam ''Jagadam'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Sukumar. The film stars Ram, Isha Sahani, Pradeep Rawat, and Prakash Raj. The film was produced by Aditya Babu. The film was released on 16 March 2007. Though ...

''. This was his first feature film. After ''Jagadam'', Ramesh found several opportunities and acted in around 10 Telugu films. During this time, Ramesh got acquainted with popular Telugu actor

Uttej Uttej is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu films. He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for the film ''Chandamama'' (2007). Personal life Uttej was born and brought up in Nalgonda district. He is the nephew of note ...

. Uttej introduced Ramesh to top Telugu film director

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. Vamsi cast him for the role of a drunkard in ''Mahatma''. The film remains as a major turning point in his career. His portrayal of drunkard character in Mahatma led to an opportunity to play a similar drunkard character in ''

'' directed by

Nandini Reddy B. V. Nandini Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema and television. She debuted with 2011 Telugu film, '' Ala Modalaindi''. Early life Nandini Reddy was born in Hyderabad. Her father Bharath. V. Reddy wa ...

. His portrayal of Gowtham, a drunkard software engineer in the film became very popular among the moviegoers. Since that film, he was more commonly referred to as "Thagubothu Ramesh" (drunkard Ramesh).

Personal life

He married Swathi in 2015. He is also a team leader in

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program Jabardasth.

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian The Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian the award was first given in 1985. Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known ...

for the movie, '' Venkatadri Express'' - 2013

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramesh, Thagubothu Living people People from Karimnagar district Male actors from Telangana Indian male comedians Indian male film actors Telugu comedians 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Year of birth missing (living people)