Please join us for a wide-ranging conversation about making movies in India, from conceptualization to distribution and everything in between.

Daggubati Suresh Babu (University of Michigan Class of 1981) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and film distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions. He is the elder brother of popular Telugu actor Venkatesh and father of another popular actor Rana Daggubati. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award for his contribution to popular cinema. He has produced several Telugu-language films under Suresh Productions banner including Bobbili Raja, Coolie No.1, Preminchukundam Raa, Ganesh, Kalisundam Raa, Jayam Manade Raa, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Malliswari, Tulasi, Drushyam and Gopala Gopala.

Before becoming one of India’s most important filmmakers, Suresh Babu received an engineering degree from the University of Michigan in 1981. He will be joined in conversation by Prof. Madhumita Lahiri and the students of “Bollywood, Tollywood, and Other Indian Cinemas” (English 290).

If you have specific questions for Suresh Babu, please send them ahead of time to mlahiri@umich.edu.

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