Nagendra Babu

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Nagendra Babu
Nagendra Babu at an Audio function
General Secretary of the Janasena Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 March 2019
Member of Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 March 2025
Personal details
BornKonidela Nagendra Rao[1]
(1961-10-29) 29 October 1961 (age 64)[2]
Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyJanasena Party
(2019–present)
SpousePadmaja Konidela
Children
RelativesChiranjeevi (brother)
Pawan Kalyan (brother)
Varun Tej (son)
Niharika Konidela (daughter)
See Konidela–Allu family
Occupation
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
  • politician

Konidela Nagendra Rao[1] (born 29 October 1961), popularly known as Nagendra Babu and Naga Babu, 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 general secretary of the Janasena Party and the Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council since March 2025.

Acting career

Nagendra Babu acts mainly in supporting 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.[3] He appeared in television serials[4] and was a judge on the comedy show, Jabardasth, which aired on ETV.[5]

Political career

Naga Babu joined Janasena 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.[6] He lost after securing 250,289 votes.[7][8]

On 13 March 2025, he was unanimously elected as Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.[9]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Films

Telugu films

Year Film Role Notes
1986RakshasuduSimham
1988Marana MrudangamBhillu
TrinetruduCBI officer
1989LankeswaruduSatyamCameo appearance
1990Kondaveeti Donga
Dharma
1991Super ExpressParasuram
ParishkaramSatyam / Dr. Anand
Nayakuralu
1992420
AgreementRadha
1994AllaroduSub-Inspector Ravi
1995 Street Fighter[10] Prakash
Aunty
1997RukminiBandababu
1998PriyuraluLorry DriverDubbed in Malayalam as Manjeeradhwani
Bavagaru BagunnaraHimself in 'Sorry Sorry' songCameo appearance
1999Preyasi RaaveCameo appearance
2000KauravuduLead
Hands Up!Muddu Krishna
GanapatiJail Sentry Swami
2001ChiranjeevuluNagendra
MrugarajuAppanna Dora
MurariCameo appearance
2004AnjiSivanna
Andaru Dongale DorikiteKK
143Director General of Police
2005Manasu Maata Vinadu
Okkade
Nireekshana
Seenugadu Chiranjeevi FanHimselfCameo appearance
Sravanamasam
Prayatnam
Mr. ErrababuChakravarthy
Sri
2006ShockCBI Officer
Sri RamadasuRaavanaCameo appearance
Amma CheppindiSugar Trader
Bhagyalakshmi Bumper DrawLottery Inspector
AnnavaramAssistant Commissioner of Police
2007Operation Duryodhana
Shankar Dada ZindabadHimself in 'Jagadeka Veeruniki' SongCameo appearance
ChandamamaRanga Rao
GodavaChief Guest for Youth FestivalCameo appearance
2008Subham
Premabhishekam
AatadistaLion Rajendra
KalidasuPolice Officer, Kalidasu's Father
Michael Madana KamarajuArchana's father
ReadyPooja's father
HeroNagendra Naidu
Andamaina Abaddam
Naa Manasukemayindi
SarkarAjay sarkarLead
Aapadamokkulavaadu
Ek Police
2009Mental Krishna
Srisailam
Anjani Putrudu
Posani Gentleman
2010Aakasa RamannaIsha's father
OrangeRam's neighbourCameo appearance
Ranga The DongaPolice Commissioner
2011MirapakayNarayana Murthy
VeeraDGP K. Vijaykumar
Money Money, More MoneyJagadish
DookuduCommissioner Surya Prakash
2012Tuneega TuneegaRavindra Babu
GeniusRaghuvaran
2013OkkadineSeenu Mama
BaadshahBalram IPSCameo appearance
ShadowRaghuram
TadakhaSiva & Karthik's late fatherCameo appearance
Greeku Veerudu
Alias JanakiJanaki's father
1000 AbaddaluTower Star
Jagadguru Adi Shankara
ChandeeCBI Officer
2014Maaya
Choosinodiki Choosinanta
Dil DeewanaTilak
Galata
PrabhanjanamChaitanya's Father
2015Gaddam GangRowdy Director
Subramanyam for SaleNRI Rajasekhar
Bruce Lee - The FighterJudge Ram BhupalCameo appearance
2016Soggade Chinni NayanaYama Dharma Raju
Chal Chal Gurram
2017Khaidi No. 150Judge
Kittu Unnadu JagrathaJanaki's father
JawaanPolice Commissioner
2018Geetha GovindamGovind's father
Aravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaNarappa Reddy
2019Mr. MajnuNikitha's father
ABCD - American Born Confused DesiAravind's father
Edaina JaragocchuChurch Father
2022 BangarrajuYama Dharma Raju
Sarkaru Vaari PaataMahi's fatherCameo appearance
Sadha Nannu NadipeDr. Sekhar
ThaggedeleFake godman
2023 BabyVaishnavi's father
Ala Ila ElaSurya's father[11]
Peddha Kapu 1 [12]

Tamil films

Year Film Role Notes
2012VettaiLingamurthy
2017VizhithiruPolice Commissioner
IndrajithRavi Verma
2023JailerBalsinghUncredited
2024Oru TheeSurya's father

Kannada films

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

As producer

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 Notes
1988RudraveenaNargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
Nandi Special Jury Award[13]
Trinetrudu
1994Mugguru Monagallu
1998Bavagaru Bagunnara?
2000Kauravudu
2004Gudumba Shankar
2006StalinNandi Special Jury Award
2010Orange

As dubbing artist

Television

As actor

Title Network Notes
Aparanji Gemini TV
2012 Sikharam ETV
Sitamalakshmi MAA TV
2018 Nanna Koochi ZEE5
2024 Paruvu ZEE5 [14]

As judge

Year Show Network Notes
Veera ETV
Adhurs S1 & S2 ETV
2013-2019 Jabardasth ETV
2015-2019 Extra Jabardasth ETV
Bomma Adirindi Zee Telugu [15]

References

  1. 1 2 Jeevi (20 August 2000). "Interview with Nagababu by Jeevi". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 4 January 2025. I entered the Industry as Nagendra Rao, which is my actual name. Later on it was changed to Nagendra Babu and then to Naga Babu.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Nagababu Daughter Niharika Debut Movie". TNP LIVE. Hyderabad, India. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan come together". IndiaGlitz. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Producers need to attend functions organized by Fans Associations". cinesiren. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Narsapuram Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Narasapur)". News18. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "West Godavari disappoints 'mega' family once again". The Hindu. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Vijayashanthi, Naga Babu among 10 elected unopposed as MLCs in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh". Sakshi Post. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Street Fighter (1995)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Peddha Kapu: Part 1 film". Times of India. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "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)
  14. ↑ "ZEE5 and Sushmita Konidela bring Paruvu web-series". NTVEnglish.com.
  15. ↑ "Chandee Movie". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.