Family hero Jagapathi Babu started his second innings with a power negative role in Legend movie and got successful dominating Balayya on silver screen. Then he did one more villain role in Lingaa movie which received a luke warm response from audiences. Jagapathi did few key roles in few young heroes' films later creating his own trend. Now, he bagged a surprise role in Super Star Mahesh Babu’s film.
As per sources Jagapathi Babu will be playing onscreen father of Mahesh Babu in his upcoming film Srimanthudu. Inside sources added that Srimanthudu teaser and first look will be released on Shivaratri this year. More details about Jagapathi Babu’s role in Srimanthudu will be announced shortly.
Director Koratala Shiva has sketched the hero father's character in his debut film Mirchi very efficiently and the same will be repeated in Srimanthudu movie too, added sources. Senior actor Rajendra Prasad is also part of the Srimanthudu cast in a key role, Shruti Hassan is playing the female lead and DSP is composing music for the film. Let’s wait and see if Jagapathi Babu is playing a good father(positive) or bad father (negative) in Srimanthudu.