Versatile actor Jagapathi Babu is in demand these days. His stocks have gone up after switching from hero to villain roles in films such as Legend, Lingaa, Bairavaa and Puli Murugan. He was a soft hero and a family man like Sobhan Babu. But later he was hibernation and did not get any roles. It was Boyapati Srinu who convinced Jagapathi Babu to turn into a villain and that changed his life.
As the president, Jagapathi Babu did a great job recently released village based drama Rangasthalam in which Ram Charan and Samantha Akkineni played the lead role in the direction of Sukumar. Now Salman Khan is doing Dabangg 3 and the makers want a new face for Villain in Dabangg. Choreographer turned director Prabhu Deva who is directing the movie for Salman is planning to rope Jagapathi Babu for the role.
Now Jagapathi Babu is getting ready to test his luck in Bollywood. He will be a new face for Bollywood audience.
On the otherside, Jagapathi Babu is currently busy in his upcoming movie Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy in which Megastar Chiranjeevi and Nayantara are playing the lead role.