Giribabu (centre) with his two songs Raghu Babu (Left) and Bosu Babu (Right)
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14 Nov 2026, 5:08 pm
Veteran actor Giribabu passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday. His family members kept his mortal remains at the Telugu Film Chamber building for a few hours to allow members of the film industry and fans to pay their last respects. Raghu Babu informed the media that his father’s last rites would be performed at their native village on Sunday after 3 pm.
“My father started acting in 1973 and spent nearly 50 years in the film industry, until 2022. He acted in more than 650 films. He also acted in two or three films in other languages, but most of his work was in Telugu. My father also produced a few films. He was the first person to make a Telugu CinemaScope film, Devathalara Deevinchandi , in black and white. Later, he produced some hit films, including Simha Garjana with Krishna garu and Merupudadi , a cowboy film that became a huge success at the time,” said Raghu Babu.
He further revealed that his father also directed a few films. “He directed Ranarangam , featuring Bhanuchander and Sumalatha as the lead pair. He also directed Indrajith , in which my younger brother played the lead role. He made a few
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