Mahesh Babu

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Mahesh Babu

Birth name	Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu
Born	August 9, 1974 (age 32) Madras, India
Height	6"2
Other name(s)	Prince
Official site	www.princemahesh.com
Notable roles	Ajay in Okkadu (2003) Pandu in Pokiri (2006)
Spouse(s)	Namrata Shirodkar

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (Telugu: మహేష్ ‌బాబు), born August 9, 1974 in Madras, India, fondly known as Prince by fans, is an actor working in the Indian Telugu movie industry.

1 Background
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Background

He is the son of Telugu actor 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.^[1] in February 2005. On August 31, 2006, Mahesh and Namrata's first son was born^[2] and named as Gautam Gattamaneni.

[edit] Career

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 was Rajakumarudu, cast opposite Preity Zinta. His next fews films such as Yuvaraju and Vamsi also helped Mahesh's career. But in 2001, his release Murari became a big hit and ran for 175 days. 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 and Mahesh was in need of a hit. In 2003, Mahesh finally got the hit he was looking for:Okkadu. Okkadu became of the biggest hits in Tollywood for the year 2003. Mahesh gave an average film, Nijam and later gave a flop viaNaani. 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 July 2004 to July 2005. All the hype was worth it as it was a big hit both in India and overseas. His most recent movie, Pokiri is another major hit in his career. His movie, Pokiri, not only became the highest grossing film in Mahesh's career, but also broke all Tollywood records by grossing a share over 48 crores.Mahesh's latest film, Sainikudu is a big hit at the box-office and is still running overseas with good responses.

After Sanikudu, Mahesh will be shooting for Athidi^[3], which will be directed by Surender Reddy and after that, Mahesh will be doing Tapori, which is a Bollywood remake of his earlier film, Pokiri.^[4]. Another announced movie of Mahesh is Mirchi - Chala Naatu Guru, produced by Durga Arts under the direction of Jaasti Hemamber.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
TBA	Untitled Arjuna Raju Project ^[5]		Announced
TBA	Untitled Manjula/Linguswamy Project ^[5]^[6]		Announced
2007	Tapori ^[7]		Announced
2007	Hare Rama Hare Krishna		Announced
2007	Mirchi ^[5]^[8]		Announced
2007	Athidi		Pre-production
2006	Sainikudu	Siddhartha	Released November 30, 2006
2006	Pokiri	Pandu/Krishna Manohar
2005	Athadu	Nanda Gopal/Pardhu	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Nomination, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2004	Arjun	Arjun	Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award
2004	Naani	Naani
2003	Nijam	Seetaram	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
2003	Okkadu	Ajay	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2002	Bobby	Bobby
2002	Takkari Donga	Raja	Winner, Santosham Award for Best Young Performer Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award
2001	Murari	Murari	Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award
2000	Vamsi	Vamsi
2000	Yuvaraju	Srinivas
1999	Raja Kumarudu	Raja	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut