{{short description|Indian singer and actor (1915–1968)}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Suri Babu | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Puvvula Suri | birth_date = 22 February 1915 | birth_place = Bommaluru, Gudivada Tq., Andhra Pradesh | death_date = 12 February 1968 | death_place = India | occupation = Actor, Singer, Producer | spouse = Puvvula Raja Rajeswari | awards = }}
'''P. Suri Babu''', or '''Puvvula Suri Babu''' (Telugu: పువ్వుల సూరిబాబు) (22 February 1915 – 12 February 1968), was an Indian actor and singer on stage and cinema. He had a peculiar bold voice and was called '''Kanchu Kantham Suri Babu'''.
==Early life== Suribabu was born on 22 February 1915 in Bommaluru village of Gudivada taluq, Andhra Pradesh.
==Filmography== # ''Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'' (1936) (actor and singer) # ''Kanakatara'' (1937) (actor and singer) # ''Malapilla'' (1938) (actor and singer) # ''Raithu Bidda'' (1939) (actor and singer) # ''Illalu'' (1940) (actor and singer) # ''Tara Sasankam'' (1941) (actor and singer) # ''Jeevana Mukthi'' (1942) (actor and singer) # ''Shri Krishna Tulabharam'' (1955) (actor) # ''Krishna Leelalu'' (1959) # ''Sri Krishna Rayabaram'' (1960) (actor, singer and music director) # ''Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam'' (1960) (actor and singer) # ''Mahakavi Kalidasu'' (1961) (producer, actor and playback singer) # ''Usha Parinayam'' (1961) (actor and playback singer) # ''Dakshayagnam'' (1962) (actor and singer) as Nandi #''Somavara Vrata Mahatyam''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somavara Vratha Mahathyam (1963) |url=https://indiancine.ma/KXL |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> (1963) as Ishwara Bhattu
==References== {{Reflist}} *Luminaries of 20th Century, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005 *Nata Ratnalu, Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, Second print, 2002.
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0654914}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Babu, Puvvula Suri}} Category:1915 births Category:1968 deaths Category:Indian male stage actors Category:Telugu male actors Category:20th-century Indian male actors Category:People from Krishna district Category:Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Category:Singers from Andhra Pradesh Category:Male actors in Telugu cinema Category:Indian male film actors Category:Telugu-language playback singers Category:Indian male playback singers Category:Male actors in Telugu theatre Category:20th-century Indian male singers