Giri Babu

Giri Babu

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  • Name:
  • Giri Babu
  • Other Name:
  • Seshagiri Rao Yerra
  • Spouse:
  • Sri Devi

Giri Babu Biography

Giri Babu is a veteran character artist and comedian associated with Telugu cinema. He is also known as a film producer and director. His real name is Seshagiri Rao Yerra. He has acted in more than 550 films in the span of almost 4 decades. The popular comedian of Telugu cinema at present, Raghu Babu is his son. He launched his second son Bose Babu through the film, Indrajeeth produced and directed by Giri himself. Simha Garjana, Simha Garjana, Ranarangam and Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna are a few more films directed by him. Giri got associated with film industry since mid-1970s and has completed four decades in the movie industry. He along with his friends launched Jayabheri Art Pictures, a film production company. He is also known as a social worker.

 

Giri Babu was born as Seshagiri Rao Yerra on June 8, 1943 in Ravinuthala, Prakasam District in Andhra Pradesh. He got married to Sridevi at the age of 20, and had three children. Both his sons have entered Telugu cinema industry as actors. He has one more daughter. He made his film debut with the film, Jagame Maya (1973) alongside his friend Murali Mohan. Later two friends along with Mohan’s brother started a film production company, Jayabheri Art Pictures, under which they released several movies.

 

He wanted his son Bose to become an actor, and never thought that Raghu would join the film industry. But later Raghu established himself as a talented actor. Giri has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate by the AIM Westbrook University in USA. Giri Babu has played both lead roles as well as villain roles, and is known for rape scenes he portrays convincingly. With late 1990s he shifted to character roles.

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Updated: June 19, 2016

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