Sarath Babu was a television and film actor who predominantly worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi film industries. He made his acting debut in the Telugu film Rama Rajyam in 1973 and later got his big break in director K. Balachander’s Tamil film Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978). He has appeared in more than 200 films, and acted in a couple of Hindi movies also, namely – Criminal (1994) and Rocky (2006). His other notable recent works have been in films like Malli Pelli, Gajendra, Payana, Entha Manchivaadavuraa and Seethakoka Chilaka. He was a recipient of 3 Nandi and 1 Tamil Nadu state film awards and breathed his last in Hyderabad on 22 May 2023.