Mahesh Babu Profile & Family:

Mahesh Babu Biodata:

Who is Mahesh Babu?

The man who looks like a 'Charming Prince' , Mahesh Babu is the darling young hero of the Tollywood now. As we feel there is no need to introduce Mahesh Babu to the telugu people since his father has a strong history in Indian Cinema. Mahesh Babu values hard work and respects his profession as well as he respects the elders. He is unlike the usual breed of Telugu heroes. Mahesh Babu likes to keep to himself, speaks his mind and prefers to be left alone, if he had his way.

Mahesh Babu family background:

He is the son of Telugu actor Krishna and Indira Devi (his fathers first wife), born in Madras, Tamil Nadu and did most of his schooling and undergraduate in Madras. He has one elder brother, Ramesh, two elder sisters, Padmavathi, Manjula and one younger sister Priyadarsini. He married Bollywood actress Namrata Shirodkar who is two year older than him, in February 2005. On August 31, 2006, Mahesh and Namrata's first son was born and named as Gautham Gattamaneni.

Mahesh Babu film career:

Mahesh Babu started out his movie career as a child actor in his father's films before making his debut as an actor. Mahesh Babu first appearance on the screen was in the film ‘Needa’. It was a very brief appearance and then he appeared in ‘Poraatam’. After seeing ‘Poraatam’ famous producer Doondi predicted that Mahesh would grow into a star one day, as the prediction turned out to be true today. Mahesh Babu has been ushered in as a hero with the film ‘Rajakumaarudu’ which was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. This film is well received at Box Office and decided to do a movie for the banner R.K. Film Associates (K. Raghavendra Rao’s banner) every year.

Mahesh Babu becoming Tollywood Prince:

His debut film as a lead actor was "Rajakumarudu", cast opposite Preity Zinta. His next few films such as "Yuvaraju" and "Vamsi" also helped establish Mahesh's career. But in 2001, his release Murari became a breakthrough for Mahesh. Mahesh and Sonali Bendre played the main roles of the film. However in 2002, Mahesh had a dull phase. Both releases Takkari Donga and Bobby flopped at box office. In 2003, Mahesh finally got the hit he was looking for. "Okkadu" became one of the biggest hits in Tollywood for the year 2003. Mahesh gave another flop at box office with, Nijam, that same year. However, he won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nijam. In 2004, Mahesh acted in the flop, Naani, which was remade into a Tamil hit New. Arjun, which released in Summer 2004, came to be an average to above average grosser. For one year, Mahesh did not sign up for any film, as he was busy with Athadu from June 2004 to July 2005. It was a big hit both in India and overseas. In April 2006, his next movie, "Pokiri" became the highest grosser in the Telugu Film Industry. Mahesh's performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan. Mahesh's recent film, Sainikudu had a tremendous opening but failed to live up to expectations. But it managed a cool 100 day run. All his hits have been remade in Tamil and Hindi.

Mahesh Babu Movies:

As a child artist, Mahesh Babu acted in many movies. The list includes:
Needa, Poratam, Sankharavam, Kodukulu Diddina Kaapuram, Gudahchaari 117, Mugguru Kodukulu, Balachandrudu.

As a hero Mahesh Babu movie list is as below.

Nandi Awards:

Mahesh Babu won six Nandi awards in a span of 7 years by acting in just 12 films so far. Mahesh Babu is not only the good at breaking box office records, but also great at winning record breaking number of awards. Here are the Nandi awards awarded to Mahesh Babu –

Filmfare Awards:

In 2006, won Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Pokiri movie