Konidela Nagendra "Naga" Babu (born 29 October 1961) is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who works in Telugu cinema. He has received one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards for his work as a producer. He is the current National General Secretary of the Janasena Party.

Nagendra Babu
Nagendra Babu at an Audio function
Born
Konidela Nagendra Babu

(1961-10-29) 29 October 1961 (age 63)[1]
Other namesNaga Babu
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
  • politician
Years active1986–present
SpousePadmaja Konidela
Children
RelativesChiranjeevi (brother)
Pawan Kalyan (brother)
Lavanya Tripathi (daughter-in-law)
See Konidela–Allu family
Nagendra Babu
National General Secretary of the Jana Sena Party
Assumed office
20 March 2019
Personal details
Political partyJana Sena Party
(2019–present)

Acting career

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Nagendra Babu acts mainly in supporting roles and villain roles, though he has also played the lead role in some films. He has acted in 143, Anji, Shock, Sri Ramadasu, Chandamama and Orange. He has produced several films with his brothers, Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan under Anjana Productions. He has two children, actor Varun Tej and Niharika.[2] He appeared in television serials[3] and was a judge on the comedy show, Jabardasth, which aired on ETV.[4]

Political career

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Naga Babu joined Jana Sena Party established by his brother Pawan Kalyan and contested as a M.P. candidate for Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Indian general election.[5] He lost after securing 250,289 votes.[6][7]

Filmography

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Key
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Films

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Telugu films

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Year Film Role Notes
1986 Rakshasudu Simham
1988 Marana Mrudangam Bhillu
Trinetrudu CBI officer
1989 Lankeswarudu Poor Educated Man in Introduction Scene Cameo appearance
1990 Kondaveeti Donga
Dharma
1991 Super Express Parasuram
Parishkaram Satyam / Dr. Anand
Nayakuralu
1992 420
Agreement Radha
1994 Allarodu Sub-Inspector Ravi
1995 Street Fighter[8] Prakash
Aunty
1997 Rukmini Bandababu
1998 Bavagaru Bagunnara Himself in 'Sorry Sorry' song Cameo appearance
1999 Preyasi Raave Cameo appearance
2000 Kauravudu Lead
Hands Up! Muddu Krishna
Ganapati Jail Sentry Swami
2001 Chiranjeevulu Nagendra
Mrugaraju Appanna Dora
Murari Cameo appearance
2004 Anji Sivanna
Andaru Dongale Dorikite KK
143 Director General of Police
2005 Manasu Maata Vinadu
Okkade
Nireekshana
Seenugadu Chiranjeevi Fan
Sravanamasam
Prayatnam
Mr. Errababu Chakravarthy
Vansham
Sri
2006 Shock CBI Officer
Sri Ramadasu Raavana Cameo appearance
Amma Cheppindi Sugar Trader
Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw Lottery Inspector
Annavaram Assistant Commissioner of Police
2007 Operation Duryodhana
Shankar Dada Zindabad Himself in 'Jagadeka Veeruniki' Song Cameo appearance
Chandamama Ranga Rao
Godava Chief Guest for Youth Festival Cameo appearance
2008 Shubham
Premabhishekam
Aatadista Lion Rajendra
Kalidasu Police Officer, Kalidasu's Father
Michael Madana Kamaraju Archana's father
Ready Pooja's father
Hero Nagendra Naidu
Andamaina Abaddam
Naa Manasukemayindi
Sarkar
Aapadamokkulavaadu
Ek Police
2009 Mental Krishna
Shrishailam
Anjani Putrudu
2010 Aakasa Ramanna Isha's father
Orange Ram's neighbour Cameo appearance
Ranga The Donga Police Commissioner
2011 Mirapakay Narayana Murthy
Veera DGP K. Vijaykumar
Money Money, More Money Jagadish
Dookudu Commissioner Surya Prakash
2012 Tuneega Tuneega Ravindra Babu
Genius Raghuvaran
2013 Okkadine Seenu Mama
Baadshah Balram IPS Cameo appearance
Shadow Raghuram
Tadakha Siva & Karthik's father
Greeku Veerudu
Alias Janaki Janaki's father
1000 Abaddalu Tower Star
Jagadguru Adi Shankara
Chandee CBI Officer
2014 Maaya
Choosinodiki Choosinanta
Dil Deewana Tilak
Galata
Prabhanjanam Chaitanya's Father
2015 Gaddam Gang Rowdy Director
Subramanyam for Sale NRI Rajasekhar
Bruce Lee - The Fighter Judge Ram Bhupal Cameo appearance
2016 Soggade Chinni Nayana Yama Dharma Raju
Chal Chal Gurram
2017 Khaidi No. 150 Judge
Kittu Unnadu Jagratha Janaki's father
Jawaan Police Commissioner
2018 Geetha Govindam Govind's father
Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Narappa Reddy
2019 Mr. Majnu Nikitha's father
ABCD - American Born Confused Desi Aravind's father
Edaina Jaragocchu Church Father
2022 Bangarraju Yama Dharma Raju
Sarkaru Vaari Paata Mahi's father Cameo appearance
Sadha Nannu Nadipe Dr. Sekhar
Thaggedele Fake godman
2023 Baby Vaishnavi's father
Ala Ila Ela Surya's father [9]
Peddha Kapu 1 [10]

Tamil films

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Year Film Role Notes
2012 Vettai Gurumurthy and Thirumurthy's father
2017 Vizhithiru Police Commissioner
Indrajith Ravi Verma
2023 Jailer Balsingh Uncredited
2024 Oru Thee Surya's father

Kannada films

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Year Film Role
1997 Dhairya
1999 Habba Seetha's brother
2019 Kempegowda 2 Police Commissioner

Malayalam film

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Year Film Role
1998 Manjeeradhwani Lorry Driver

As producer

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He debuted as a producer with Rudraveena on the Anjana Productions banner which won the National Award, He has produced eight films.

Year Film name Cast Director Notes
1988 Rudraveena Chiranjeevi, Shobana K. Balachander Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
Nandi Special Jury Award[11]
Trinetrudu Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya, Nagendra Babu A. Kodandarami Reddy
1994 Mugguru Monagallu Chiranjeevi, Nagma, Roja, Ramya Krishna K. Raghavendra Rao
1998 Bavagaru Bagunnara? Chiranjeevi, Rambha, Rachana Jayanth C. Paranjee
2000 Kouravudu Nagendra Babu, Ramya Krishna Jyoti Kumar
2004 Gudumba Shankar Pawan Kalyan, Meera Jasmine Veera Shankar Bairisetty
2006 Stalin Chiranjeevi, Trisha, Khushbu A. R. Murugadoss Nandi Special Jury Award
2010 Orange Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza, Shazahn Padamsee Bhaskar
2018 Naa Peru Surya Allu Arjun, Anu Emmanuel, Arjun Sarja Vakkantham Vamsi

As dubbing artist

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Television

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As actor

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Title Network Notes
Aparanji Gemini TV
2012 Sikharam ETV
Sitamalakshmi MAA TV
2018 Nanna Koochi ZEE5
2024 Paruvu ZEE5 [12]

As judge

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Year Show Network Notes
Veera ETV
Adhurs S1 & S2 ETV
2013-2019 Jabardasth ETV
2015-2019 Extra Jabardasth ETV
Bomma Adirindi Zee Telugu [13]

References

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  1. ^ "Megastar Chiranjeevi's special wishes for Naga Babu on his 59th birthday". The Times of India. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Nagababu Daughter Niharika Debut Movie". TNP LIVE. Hyderabad, India. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan come together". IndiaGlitz. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Producers need to attend functions organized by Fans Associations". cinesiren. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  5. ^ IANS (20 March 2019). "Pawan Kalyan's Brother, Actor Naga Babu Joins Jana Sena, To Fight Polls". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Narsapuram Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Narasapur)". News18. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  7. ^ "West Godavari disappoints 'mega' family once again". The Hindu. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Street Fighter (1995)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  9. ^ "The 'Ala Ila Ela' Pre-release event was held in Hindupur and the makers are confident about the success of their film". The Times of India. 26 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Peddha Kapu: Part 1 film". Times of India. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  11. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  12. ^ "ZEE5 and Sushmita Konidela bring Paruvu web-series". NTVEnglish.com.
  13. ^ "Chandee Movie". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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