The actor died whereas present process therapy at AIG Hospital in Hyderabad. The hospital in a press release stated Sarath handed away as a result of a number of organ failure.

According to reviews, Sarath Babu was first admitted to a personal hospital in Bengaluru final month as a result of ailing well being and was shifted to Hyderabad after his situation deteriorated.

Born as Sathyam Babu Dixithulu in 1951, Sarath Babu kickstarted his profession as an actor with the 1973 Telugu movie Rama Rajyam. The actor’s ticket to stardom was Okay Balachander’s Pattina Pravesam (1977).

He quickly began receiving a number of roles in each Tamil and Telugu and commenced performing alongside superstars like Kamal Haasan in Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978, Dir. Okay Balachander), Rajinikanth in Mullum Malarum (1978, Dir. J Mahendran), N T Rama Rao in Srungara Ramudu (1979, Dir. Okay Shankar), Jaishankar in Mudi Sooda Mannan (1978, Dir. R Vittal) and Chiranjeevi in Idi Katha Kaadu (1979, Dir. Okay Balachander).

Apart from Tamil and Telugu movies, Sarath Babu additionally acted in Malayalam movies comparable to Sarapancharam (1979, Dir. Hariharan), Dhanya (1981, Dir. Fazil), and Poonilamazha (1997, Dir. Sunil), and Kannada movies comparable to Ranachandi (1991, Dir. G Okay Mudduraj), Amrutha Varshini (1997, Dir. Dinesh Baboo), Hrudaya Hrudaya (1999, Dir. M S Rajashekar), and Neela (2001, Dir. T S Nagabharana).

The septuagenarian additionally shared an in depth bond with Tamil celebrity Rajinikanth, with whom he acted in movies comparable to Annaamalai (1992, Dir. Suresh Krissna), Muthu (1995, Dir. Okay S Ravikumar), and Velaikkaran (1987, Dir. S P Muthuraman).

His colleagues from the movie trade and followers from the world over condoled Sarath Babu’s demise and penned heartfelt notes on their social media accounts.