Background
Ramesh was born in Godavarikhani located in Karimnagar district, Telangana. His father was an employee at Singareni Collieries Company and his mother was a housewife.
Ramesh was born in Godavarikhani located in Karimnagar district, Telangana. His father was an employee at Singareni Collieries Company and his mother was a housewife.
He got the moniker "Tagubothu" as he portrayed several roles as a drunkard. He rose to prominence with films such as Mahatma, Ala Modalaindi, Pilla Zamindar and Ishq. Ramesh says that he was able to sink into the drunkard character because, as a child he would watch his father get drunk and hit his mother.
Ramesh eventually became good at mimicry and used to perform shows in his town.
He also reveals that he is inspired by Bengali comedian Keshto Mukherjee, who like him was also famous for portraying drunkard characters. Before venturing into films, Ramesh has worked as a building supervisor for 10 years.
In 2005, he joined the Akkineni Film Institute in Hyderabad. In 2006, after passing out from Akkineni Film Institute, Ramesh got an opportunity to play a small role in Sukumar’s Jagadam.
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 introduced Ramesh to top Telugu film director Krishna Vamsi.
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 a opportunity to play a similar drunkard character in Ala Modalaindi directed by Nandini Reddy.
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).