Giri Babu 1943 – 2026

Biography

Giri Babu, born Yerra Seshagiri Rao, was an Indian actor, producer and director who appeared in more than 600 Telugu films across five decades. Born on June 8, 1943, in Ravinuthala village in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district, he made his screen debut in Jagame Maya in 1973 and went on to play leading men, villains and character roles, becoming one of Telugu cinema’s most familiar faces in films including Kurukshetram, Athadu and Geetha Govindam, in which he played Geetha’s grandfather. His son Raghu Babu also became a noted actor. He had been in poor health for several years, suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and a lung infection, and had been bedridden for months. He died at a private hospital in Hyderabad on November 14, 2026.