

He pursued his Intermediate in Vijayawada and finished his degree at Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. The son of Uppu Suryanarayana Rao, Babu had three sisters Dhanaranga, Jhansi and Nirmala, and a brother, Sambasiva Rao.īabu completed his initial schooling in Kuntamukkula Mylavaram. He received the Filmfare Award four times, the Nandi Award five times and the AP Cine Goers Award eight times. Shobhan's Manushulu Maarali ran for 25 weeks, a record-breaking achievement in those days. He made his film debut with Daivabalam directed by Vasanthkumar Reddy, but his first film to hit the screens was Bhakta Sabari. Sobhan Babu (JanuMarch 20, 2008), professionally and popularly known as Shoban Babu, was a Tollywood film actor.īorn as Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao to a middle-class family, Sobhan went on to become a romantic icon and was the top Tollywood hero for two decades.
