Background
Jagapati Babu was born on 12 February 1962, to veteran producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad.
Jagapati Babu was born on 12 February 1962, to veteran producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad.
He has worked with noted directors like K. Raghavendra Rao, A. M. Rathnam, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, South.V. Krishna Reddy, East. V. V. Satyanarayana, Guna Sekhar, Radha Mohan, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, M. Raja, and J. Doctorate. Chakravarthy. Jagapati Babu made his debut in Telugu with the movie Simha Swapnam(1989) which was produced by his father and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. His first blockbuster hit film is Peddarikam released in 1992.
He had his breakthrough in the form of Gaayam directed by Ram Gopal Varma in the year 1993.
In 1997, runway hit films like Subhakankshalu & Pelli Pandiri. In 2003-2005, he did runway hit films, Kabbadi Kabbadi,Athade Oka Sainyam, Pedababu and Anukokunda Oka Roju.
His first Tamil was Madrasi, and in 2011, he appeared as the antagonist in Tamil film Thaandavam. In 2012, he debuted in the Kannada film Bachchan as a cop, which featured Sudeep in the lead role.
In 2013, Jagapati Babu returned to the Tamil film industry with Puthagam and will next be seen in Rudhiram.
His next movie is Legend, where he is the antogonist against actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.