Kama Of Kingstone

Mrs.Karpagam N.Thyagarajan

Famous Telugu Actor Shobhan Babu expired yesterday in Chennai. The end came when he was doing Yoga at his residence in Chennai Nelson Mannickam Road. With the blood profusely bleeding from his nostrils he fell unconsciously. Immediately he was rushed to the hospital but on the way he died.
Uppu Shobhana Chalapathy Rao his is original name. He was born in Jan 14th 1937. He finished his primary education in Vijayavada and came to Chennai to study Law. But he discontinued the Law. He married Kandha Kumari in 1958. He had a son Karuna Seshu and three daughters.
In the beginning he appeared in small roles with N.T.Ramarao and A.Nageswara Rao.s in Telugu. His first debut as hero was in VEERA ABHIMANYU,in the year 1965. His film Manasulu Maarali was a super hit film ran for more than 25 weeks. Shoban Babu had his own style of acting in films and had attracted lakhs and lakhs of fans. Shoban had done roles in Tamil films. He was the first Hero who went abroad for shooting. He won several awards including the one by the Andhra Government. He was the recipient of Nandhi award five times, six times Andhra Film Fans Union award, and nine times Chennai cine Fans Association Award. He was recipient of Bangaru Pancharam by the Union Government in the year 1970. Though he was a famous actor he did not allow his children to take up cinema. Whatever he earned in films was invested in Real Estate business.