His film Dookudu broke many firsts for the Telugu film industry. It earned Rs 50 crore in its first week and Rs 100 crore in the first 50 days. He won the CNN-IBN Actor of the Year Award for his performance. If you look into Babu's background, there is no guessing why he is outperforming his peers. His father, Krishna, has acted in 350 films in his lifetime and announced his retirement at the age of 70 last year. Babu himself started acting at the age of four.