The Soggadu of Tollywood Shoban Babu passed away on Friday morning after he fall from the staircase at his residence in Chennai. The actor breathed his last on the way to hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son and three daughters. He received 5 Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Tollywood mourns for his sudden demise. Tollywood bigwigs are reaching to Chennai to pay homage to the great romantic hero.
Sobhan Babu made his debut in the film Daivabalam but made a name with Veerabhimanyu(1965) which was his first movie as a ‘solo hero’. With “Manushulu Maarali”, he became a force to recon with and became popular for romantic hero roles thereby earning ‘Soggadu of Telugu films’ image. His dressing style was a rage in those days. He paired with Jayasudha for 31 times and his most successful combination was with Sharada (20 films).
Sobhanbabu’s real name is Uppu Shobana Chalapathy Rao and was married to Kantakumari. He had completed his schooling in Kuntamukkula Mylavaram. He pursued his Intermediate in Vijayawada and finished his degree in Vijayawada. Later, he joined law course in Madras, but discontinued it.
Though he was in the glamour field, he did not allow his sons, daughters, brothers or sisters into the film industry.
Shoban Babu’s Original Profile
Name: Uppu Shobana Chalapathy Rao [14 Jan 1937- 20 March 20, 2008]
Father: Uppu Suryanrayana Rao
Mother: Uppu Ramatulasamma
Wife: Kantha Kumari, Married on 15 May 1958
Family Members: Sisters: Dhanaranga, Jhansi and Nirmala, besides a brother Sambasiva Rao
Children:
Son : Karuna Sheshu
Daughters : Mrudula, Prashanti and Niveditha
Son in laws :Dr Sharat, Anil Kumar and N.Vishnu Vardhana Rao
Daughter in law : Vijaya
Grand Children : Sandesh Sankalap (twins) Shobana
Education :
Schooling- Kuntamukkula Mylavaram
Inter – Vijayawada
Degree Guntur AC College
Law – Madras Discontinued
First Movie (released): Bhakta Sabari
First Movie Heroine: L. Vijayalaxmi
First Movie Director (released): Chitrapu Narayanamurthy
First Movie Producer: B.D. Naidu
First Music Director: Pendayala Nageswera Rao Bhakta Sabari
First 100 days Movie: Narthanasala
First Kashimiri color and whole film: Kannavari Kalalu
First foreign location (only): Ramudu Parsuhuramudu
First double Action Movie: Potti Pleader
Awards:
Film fare Awards 1971 74 76 79
Nandi Best Actor Award from AP Govt : 1969 1971 1972 1973 1976
AP Cinegoers Award : 1970 71 72 73 74 75 85 89
Madras Film Fans Award : 1971 74 75 76 78 79 80 84 85
Vamsi Berkely Award : 1978 84 85
AP Film Fans Award : 1971 1974
Andhrapatrika Award : 1970 1985
Film World : 1971 1975
Central Govt Award for the best classical film hero award : Bangaru Panjaram 1970
Filmalaya : 1975
Cine World : 1975
Kalasagar : 1975 1986
Kalasravanthi : 1992
Movies 100 days:
Veerabhimanyu
Potti pleader
Manushulu marali
Tasildar gari ammai
Sampoorna ramayanam
Jeevana Tarangalu
Puttinillu mettinillu
Andaru dongalu
Manchimanushulu
Jeevana Jyothy
Jebu donga
Soggadu
Mallepoovu
Kaartika deepam
Judagadu
Mande gundelu
Gorintaaku
Kodalluvasunnaru jagartha
Pandandanti jeevitam
Illalu
Maharaju
Kaidi babai
Illalu priyuraalu
Premamurthulu
Devata
Mundadugu
sarpayagam
Evandi avida Vachindi
Music directors worked for Shoban Babu :
Pendyala
Chakravarthi
K.V. Mahadevan
Satyam
S. Rajeshwara Rao
S.P. Kondapani
Ghantasala
T.V. Raju
T. Chalapathi Rao
Raj koti
Master Venu
Aswadhama
Adinarayana RAo
Ilayaraja (Raj kumar, Ashwamedam, Mr. Bharath)
Ramesh naidu (Amma Maata, Ganga Manga and Jeevitam)
S. P. Balasubramanyam (Jackie, Kongumudi Bharyamani)
Shankar (Pratikaram and Debbaku Ta Dongalamuta)
JV Raghavulu (Jeevanatarangalu, Dhamapeetam Daddarililu)
V.Kumar (Kannavari kalalu and Andraru Manchi Valle)
Vidhyasagar (Sarpayagam, Doshi Nirdhosi)
Rajan nagendra (Navagrahapuja Mahima)
Adinarayana Ram and Satyam (Chandipriya)
AA Raju (Kathanayakuraalu)
Koti
Raj Susarla Dakshanamurthy
Vishwanathan Ramurthy
Heriones worked with Shoban Babu:
Jayasudha
Vanishree
Sharada
Jayaprada
Chandrakala
Vijayashanthi
Suhasini
Radha
Laxmi
Sridevi
Sujatha
Adoni Laxmi
Savitri
Jayanthi
Kanchana
Geetanjali
Attili Laxmi
K.R.Vijaya
Vijayanirmala
Priyaraman
Nagma
Surabhi
Amani
Subhasini
Rati
Shavukar Janaki
Sumalatha
Madhavi
L.Viajayalaxmi
Vakkalanka Padma
Rajashri
Pandaribhai
Bharathi
Sheela
Rajasulochana
Radhika
Sarita
Nandini
Ambika
Preeti
Keerti Singh
Bhanupriya
Sumitra
Deevika
Sandhaya Raani
Y.Vijaya
Aarti
Vijayalalitha
Venneradai Nirmala
Jamuna
Jayalalitha
Lata
Manjula
Jayachitra
Rekha
Srividya
Indraja
Reena
Deepa
Geeta
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