- Indian film director Bharathiraja expressed his grief on the passing away of Babu. "In the film industry, he should have become a huge star. In an accident on the film set, he was in bed for over 30 years.".
- After making his debut in Bharathiraja's En Uyir Thozhan (1990), Babu appeared in a few more Tamil films before being paralyzed following a failed stunt sequence.
- In June 2004, director Ponvannan revealed that he was going to make a film based on the life of his friend, Babu, and that he would use the profits from his film "Gomathy Nayagam" to fund the venture. However, the film eventually did not materialise.
- Director and actor Bharathiraja had also met Babu when he was undergoing treatment in the hospital and aided him financially.
- Babu acted in the film titled 'Manasara Vaalthungalaen'. For an action sequence in the film, Babu had to jump from heigh. Even though the director suggested the actor use a body double, Babu attempted the do the stunt on his own. Babu stumbled and collapsed after taking a heavy blow to his back while attempting a high jump.
- Babu was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil films.
- In 1997, he worked as a dialogue writer for the unreleased film, Smile Please starring Prakash Raj, which would have marked the debut for filmmaker Radha Mohan.
- He acted in his fifth film, Manasara Vazhthungalen. In one of the fight scenes, he refused to use body double and took a risk by acting himself. The film crew has strongly warned that this is risky and some kind of disaster is going to happen. But Babu took a risk and jumped from a height of many feet. He fell down and fractured his back bone as predicted. After several surgeries, it never healed.
- Babu was one of the actors expected to become a leading star in the Tamil film industry.
- Following a stunt sequence gone wrong when shooting for a film named Manasara Vaazhthungalen, Babu suffered spinal injuries and became paralyzed in the early 1990s. He subsequently stopped working as an actor.
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