Babloo Prithiveeraj

Babloo Prithiveeraj
Babloo Prithiveeraj
Born	Prithiveeraj; 18 July 1966 (age 58); Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Actor; Anchor;
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	; Beena (m. 1994⁠–⁠2022)sep.
Children	Ahed (b.1995)

Babloo Prithiveeraj (born 18 July 1966) is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films.

Career

Prithveeraj made his acting debut as a child artiste and featured in films including Naan Vazhavaippen (1979), under the stage name of Babloo. He made a comeback as an actor in the 1980s with low budget Malayalam movies before starring in Vaaname Ellai directed by K.Balachander. He then started acting in negative roles in movies like Aval Varuvaala before entering tele serials. In the 2000s, he played crucial roles in the serials Ramany vs Ramany and the supernatural thriller Marma Desam, both directed by Naga. These serials gained him a breakthrough, while he also hosted the show Savaal in Jaya TV. He then appeared as transgender goon Ganga in Radhika’s serial Arasi, before continuing to act further in the serials Raja Rajeshwari and Vani Rani.^[1]

As film offers became less frequent, Prithveeraj spent a year competing as a part of the dance reality show, Jodi Number One during its second season. During the show, he was involved in an on-air altercation with actor and show judge Silambarasan.^[2] Since 2010, he has predominantly concentrated on television roles and has featured as a lead character in the soap, Vani Rani. In 2014, he set up a bubble tea shop, Cha Republic, in Besant Nagar, Chennai after being inspired to set up a store following a visit to Malaysia.^[3]

Personal life

Prithveeraj married Beena in 1994,^[4] and they have a son named Ahed Mohan Jabbar.^[5] Prithveeraj and Beena divorced in 2022 after being separated for six years.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1975	Naalai Namadhe		Tamil	Child artist
1979	Naan Vazhavaippen			Child artist
1985	Naan Sigappu Manithan
1985	Bandham	dancer in song "Hey Aatha"
1987	Oru Thayin Sabhatham	Madhu
1989	Malayathippennu		Malayalam
1989	Paandi Nattu Thangam	Ravi	Tamil
1990	Sandhana Kaatru			Special appearance
1990	Manaivi Oru Manickam
1991	Sigaram			Special appearance
1991	Kumbakarai Thangaiah
1991	Azhagan	Kumarasan
1991	Vasavadatta		Malayalam
1992	Vaaname Ellai	Gautham	Tamil
1993	Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam			Guest appearance
1994	Priyanka			Special appearance
1994	Thaatboot Thanjavoor
1994	Veeramani	Gautham
1994	Mani Rathnam	Nadarajan
1994	Pudhiya Mannargal
1994	Thaai Manasu	Periya Marudhu
1995	Chellakannu	Rajavel
1996	Musthaffaa	Lakshmanan
1997	Pelli	Prudhvi	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Villain
1997	Pelli Pandiri	Prakash	Telugu
1997	Raman Abdullah		Tamil
1998	Aval Varuvala	Prithvi	Tamil
1998	Circle Inspector		Kannada
1998	Pellaadi Choopista		Telugu
1998	Kante Koothurne Kanu
1998	Deergha Sumangali Bhava	Prakash
1999	Samarasimha Reddy	Vasu
1999	Hello Yama
1999	Srimathi Vellostha	Rajendra
1999	Rajasthan
1999	Panchadara Chilaka	Prithvi
1999	Preyasi Raave	Sriram
1999	Time	Dilip	Tamil
2000	Sudhandhiram	Charlie	Tamil
2000	Sammakka Sarakka		Telugu
2000	Madhuri
2000	Nagulamma
2000	Nagalingam	Raja	Tamil
2000	Goppinti Alludu	Paramahamsa	Telugu
2000	Vyjayanti
2000	Bhavani
2000	Devullu	Prashanth
2000	Bachi	Bachi
2000	Sanchalanam
2001	Pandanti Samsaram	Narendra		^[6]
2001	Naa Manasistha Raa
2001	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Mohan
2001	Nageswari		Tamil
2002	Lagna Patrika	Subhash	Telugu
2002	Santosham	Shriram
2002	Chennakesava Reddy	Chennakesava Reddy's brother-in-law
2003	Naaga
2003	Annai Kaligambal / Shri Kalikamba		Tamil / Kannada
2003	Palnati Brahmanayudu		Telugu
2003	Thayumanavan		Tamil
2003	Vani Mahal		Tamil
2004	Love Today		Telugu
2004	Swetha Naagu		Telugu Kannada	Special appearance
2004	Bhagawan		Kannada
2005	Keelu Gurram	Sadhu	Telugu
2005	Gowtam SSC	Kondal Rao	Telugu
2006	Boys and Girls	Kumar	Tamil
2006	Seethakoka Chiluka		Telugu
2006	Chinnodu	Ranga	Telugu
2007	Best Friends	Prithvi	Malayalam
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Asad	Tamil
2011	Payanam / Gaganam	Chandrakanth	Tamil / Telugu
2014	Chandamama Kathalu	DK	Telugu
2014	Kolagala		Kannada
2015	Lailaa O Lailaa	Kuppuswamy	Malayalam
2015	Columbus	Ashwin's father	Telugu
2017	Ticket		Tamil
2017	Patel S. I. R.	Monti	Telugu
2018	Parichayam
2018	Nannu Dochukunduvate	David
2019	Neerthirai	Yoganand	Tamil
2019	NTR: Mahanayakudu	Jaipal Reddy	Telugu
2019	Kathanam
2019	Marshal	G. M. Ravindar Reddy
2022	Balamevvadu	Phani Bhushan
2022	Urvasivo Rakshasivo	Sindhuja's father
2023	Skanda	Pradeep Malhotra
2023	Maa Oori Polimera 2
2023	Animal	Asrar Haque	Hindi
2024	Ace		Tamil

Web Series


Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)	Network
2023	Dayaa	MLA Penmatsa Parshurama Raju	Telugu	Disney+Hotstar

Television

Serials

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
1996–1997	Marmadesam	Prasad	Tamil	Sun TV
1997	Premi		Tamil	Sun TV
1998	Aalu Magalu		Telugu	ETV
	Manasu Geesina Bomma		Telugu	ETV
	Nandini		Tamil	Sun TV
1998–1999	Ramany vs Ramany	Ramany
2005–2006	Raja Rajeshwari	Rajan
2007–2008	Arasi	Ganga
2008	Alaipayuthey	Karunakaran		Jaya TV
2008–2009	Gokulathil Seethai	Gokul		Kalaignar TV
2013–2018	Vani Rani	Swaminathan		Sun TV
2020–2023	Kannana Kanne	Gautam Krishnan
2021	Anbe Vaa	Gautam Krishnan
2021	Intinti Gruhalakshmi	Rohit	Telugu	Star Maa
2023	Ardhangi	Balamani	Telugu	Gemini TV

Shows

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
2008–2009	Jodi Number One (Season 2)	Contestant	Tamil	Vijay TV
2010	Rani Yaaru Raja Yaaru	Contestant		Sun TV
2012	Savaal	Host		Jaya TV
2020	Vanakkam Tamizha	Guest		Sun TV
2020	Vanakkam Tamizha	Guest		Sun TV
2020	Cash 2.0	Contestant	Telugu	ETV
2021	Vada da	Himself	Tamil	Sun Music
	Poova Thalaya	Contestant		Sun TV
	Vanakkam Tamizha	Guest
	Poova Thalaya	Contestant
	Vanakkam Tamizha	Guest
	Poova Thalaya	Contestant
2022	Puthande Varuga	Himself
	Maathi Yosi	Contestant
	Cash 2.0		Telugu	ETV
	Galatta Kudumbam		Tamil	Sun TV
	Maathi Yosi		Tamil	Sun TV
	Wow 3		Telugu	ETV
	Kalviya? Selvama? Veerama?	Participant	Tamil	Sun TV
	Super Samayal	Contestant
	Maathi Yosi	Contestant
2023	Super Kudumbam	Gautham
2024	Naanga Ready Neenga Ready Ah	Judge

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Villain - Pelli (1997) ^[7]
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal (Best Supporting Male Actor)- Vani Rani (2014)

References

^ "Babloo Prithviraj". Nettv4u. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
^ "Simbu's fight with Babloo on TV fixed?". The Times of India. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (11 May 2014). "Prithviraj has a new role brewing". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
^ "Babloo Prithiveeraj breaks silence on marrying girl 33 years younger than him, says 'she has wisdom of grandmother'". DNA India. 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Is autism a threat at airport?". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Pandanti Samsaram Review". fullhyd.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links

Babloo Prithiveeraj at IMDb

[1] "Babloo Prithviraj". Nettv4u. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.

[2] "Simbu's fight with Babloo on TV fixed?". The Times of India. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[3] Ramanujam, Srinivasa (11 May 2014). "Prithviraj has a new role brewing". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.

[:0-4] "Babloo Prithiveeraj breaks silence on marrying girl 33 years younger than him, says 'she has wisdom of grandmother'". DNA India. 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[5] "Is autism a threat at airport?". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[6] "Pandanti Samsaram Review". fullhyd.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[7] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

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