Sudheer Babu’s Career at Crossroads: Will ‘Jatadhara’ Push Him Further Down?

Despite a 15-year career with 20 films, Sudheer Babu has delivered only three notable hits, while the rest turned out to be flops or disasters. Although he earned a reputation as a good actor with a unique taste for scripts, success has largely eluded him.

‘Sammohanam’ gave Sudheer a strong breakthrough, but he failed to sustain that momentum. Among the ten films he did after that, only ‘Nannu Dochukunduvate’ performed moderately well. The rest failed to impress at the box office.

The last three to four years have been particularly tough for Sudheer Babu. ‘Mama Mascheendra’ turned out to be one of the weakest films of his career. ‘Harom Hara’ and ‘Ma Nanna Super Hero’ earned some critical appreciation but couldn’t bring commercial success. The latest film, ‘Jatadhara’, pushed his career even further downward.

Believing in divine grace during his rough phase, Sudheer picked a film based on the trending God-and-evil concept. However, even that didn’t work in his favor. Audiences who walked into theatres with some hope after watching the trailer were left disappointed. Many believe ‘Jatadhara’ has become one of the biggest setbacks of his career.

With almost no openings and the film getting washed out within the first weekend, doubts are now being raised about Sudheer Babu’s script judgment and the feasibility of mounting films with moderate budgets on him. Marketing his upcoming projects is also likely to become difficult.

Sudheer is supposed to collaborate next with ‘The Girlfriend’ director Rahul Ravindran. Whether this project will take off as planned and give him the much-needed comeback remains to be seen.