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Mahesh Babu
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| Mahesh Babu | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu |
| Born | August 9, 1974  Chennai, India |
| Spouse(s) | Namrata Shirodkar |
Mahesh Babu (Telugu: మహేష్ బాబు), born August 9, 1974 in Madras, India, fondly known as Prince by fans, is an actor in the Indian Telugu movie industry.
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He is the son of Telugu actor SUPERSTAR Krishna and Indira Devi, 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.[1] in February 2005. On August 31, 2006, Mahesh and Namrata's first son was born[2] and named as Gautam Gattamaneni.
Mahesh Babu started out his movie career as a child actor in his father's films before making his debut as an actor. 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.[3] 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 a remade from 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 2006 film, Sainikudu had a tremendous opening but failed to live up to expectations and became a disaster at boxoffice, but his next solitary 2007 film, Athidhi created another sensation grossing big amounts unlike any other hero in Tollywood, in which he paired with Amrita Rao. He has lived upto the expectations of SUPERSTAR and is currently enjoying number 1 position in Tollywood. His future films include Mirchi and Hare Rama Hare Krishna.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Hare Rama Hare Krishna | ||
| Mirchi | |||
| 2007 | Athidhi | Athidhi | |
| 2006 | Sainikudu | Siddhartha | |
| Pokiri | Pandu / Krishna Manohar | Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) | |
| 2005 | Athadu | Nanda Gopal | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Nomination, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) |
| 2004 | Arjun | Arjun | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| Naani | Naani | ||
| 2003 | Nijam | Rama | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor |
| Okkadu | Ajay | Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) | |
| 2002 | Bobby | Bobby | |
| Takkari Donga | Raja | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury | |
| 2001 | Murari | Murari | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| 2000 | Vamsi | Vamsi | |
| Yuvaraju | Srinivas | ||
| 1999 | Raja Kumarudu | Raja | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut |
- ^ apunkachoice.com. Namrata weds afriendMahesh. Retrieved on 5 November 2006.
- ^ sify.com. Mahesh Babu becomes daddy!. Retrieved on 29 October 2006.
- ^ idlebrain.com. Year 2002 Special - List of Movies. Retrieved on 4 February 2007.