Sarath Babu

Sathyam Babu Dixithulu, known by his stage name Sarath Babu, is an Indian film actor, known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. He has acted in more than 200 films, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in more than 100 films in Tamil and 80 in Telugu, 20 in Kannada and a few in Malayalam and Hindi. He entered the film industry in 1973 through a Telugu film and later became popular through the Tamil film Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978), directed by K. Balachander. He has received eight state Nandi Awards.

Career
He is reported to have said that "My dad was a hotelier, he wanted me to handle his business but I wanted to be a police officer. During college days, I developed shortsighted and my dreams crashed as clear eyesight was a pre-requisite to join the police. People told my mother that her son was good looking and he should try to get into films.. the lecturers in college said the same and that was playing on my mind. My father was against it but my mother supported me. I thought even if I failed, I could fall back on the family business. In my heart, I knew that I don't fit into business or politics. I responded to an advertisement in the paper for fresh faces for a film and I got through the audition more easily than I had expected.

My first break was in Tamil, directed by K. Balachander. The same was remade in Telugu as Idi Katha Kaadu, with me, Kamal Haasan and Chiranjeevi and the film was a hit."

Selected filmography
This is partial filmography of Sarath Babu.

Awards
Sarath Babu has received numerous awards, including eight Nandi awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for his roles in Telugu movies.. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Male) for the film Malayan in 2017. In an interview, he said that he came close to winning the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Nenjathai Killathe in 1980.