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Nagendra Babu

Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1961)

Summary

Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1961)

Field	Value
name	Nagendra Babu
image	Kanche-Movie-Audio-Launch-15.jpg
caption	Nagendra Babu at an Audio function
birthname	Konidela Nagendra Rao
birth_date
birth_place	Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India
occupation
spouse	Padmaja Konidela
children
relatives	Chiranjeevi (brother)
Pawan Kalyan (brother)
Varun Tej (son)
Niharika Konidela (daughter)
See Konidela–Allu family
party	Janasena Party
(2019–present)
office	General Secretary of the Janasena Party
term_start	20 March 2019
office1	Member of Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh
term_start1	30 March 2025

Pawan Kalyan (brother) Varun Tej (son) Niharika Konidela (daughter) See Konidela–Allu family (2019–present)

Konidela Nagendra Rao (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. He appeared in television serials and was a judge on the comedy show, Jabardasth, which aired on ETV.

Controversies

In February 2024, Naga Babu faced criticism following remarks he made at the pre-release event of his son Varun Tej’s film Operation Valentine. During the event, he commented that actors of taller stature were more suitable for portraying police officers, which drew backlash on social media for promoting body shaming. In response, Naga Babu issued a public apology on social media, stating that his comments were unintended and expressing regret over his choice of words.{{cite news

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. He lost after securing 250,289 votes.

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

Filmography

Films

Telugu films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Rakshasudu	Simham
1988	Marana Mrudangam	Bhillu
Trinetrudu	CBI officer
1989	Lankeswarudu	Satyam	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	Prakash
Aunty
1997	Rukmini	Bandababu
1998	Priyuralu	Lorry Driver	Dubbed in Malayalam as Manjeeradhwani
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	Himself	Cameo appearance
Sravanamasam
Prayatnam
Mr. Errababu	Chakravarthy
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	Subham
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	Ajay sarkar	Lead
Aapadamokkulavaadu
Ek Police
2009	Mental Krishna
Srisailam
Anjani Putrudu
Posani Gentleman
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 late father	Cameo appearance
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
Peddha Kapu 1		date=28 August 2023	title=Peddha Kapu: Part 1 film	url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-details/peddha-kapu-part-1/movieshow/100759702.cms	access-date=28 August 2023	website=Times of India	language=en-US}}

Tamil films

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

Kannada films

Year	Film	Role
1997	Dhairya
1999	Habba	Seetha's brother
2019	Kempegowda 2	Police 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
1988	Rudraveena	Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
Nandi Special Jury Award
Trinetrudu
1994	Mugguru Monagallu
1998	Bavagaru Bagunnara?
2000	Kauravudu
2004	Gudumba Shankar
2006	Stalin	Nandi Special Jury Award
2010	Orange

As dubbing artist

Aadukalam Naren (Pizza; Telugu version)

Television

As actor

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

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	**

References

(29 October 2020). "Megastar Chiranjeevi's special wishes for Naga Babu on his 59th birthday". The Times of India.
Jeevi. (20 August 2000). "Interview with Nagababu by Jeevi".
(26 September 2015). "Nagababu Daughter Niharika Debut Movie". TNP LIVE.
(31 August 2006). "Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan come together".
"Producers need to attend functions organized by Fans Associations". cinesiren.
(20 March 2019). "Pawan Kalyan's Brother, Actor Naga Babu Joins Jana Sena, To Fight Polls". [[NDTV.com]].
(23 May 2019). "Narsapuram Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Narasapur)". News18.
(25 May 2019). "West Godavari disappoints 'mega' family once again". [[The Hindu]].
(13 March 2025). "Vijayashanthi, Naga Babu among 10 elected unopposed as MLCs in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh". Sakshi Post.
"Street Fighter (1995)".
(26 June 2023). "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.
(28 August 2023). "Peddha Kapu: Part 1 film".
"నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)". [[Andhra Pradesh (magazine).
"ZEE5 and Sushmita Konidela bring Paruvu web-series".
"Chandee Movie".

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