MAHESH BABU PROFILE:
Real Name: Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu
Screen Name: Mahesh Babu
Nickname: Prince
Born: August 9, 1974
Birth Place: Madras(Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality: Indian
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Eyes: Black
Profession: Actor
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Hindu
Mother Tongue: Telugu

Family:

Mother: Indira Devi
Father: Krishna (Actor)

Sibilings: Elder Brother: Ramesh Babu, Elder Sisters: Padmavathi and Manjula (Film Producer) & Younger Sister: Priya (Priyadarshini)
Spouse: Namrata Shirodkar (Bollywood Actress)(Married-February 10th, 2005)
Son: Gautham (Born-August 31st, 2006)Debut Movie As Hero: RajaKumarudu

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

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 who is two years older than him. in February 2005. On August 31, 2006, Mahesh and Namrata's first son was born and named as Gautam Gattamaneni.

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 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 in Tamil (New) which became a hit . 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 2006 film, Sainikudu had a tremendous opening but failed to live up to expectations and became a mediocre at boxoffice, like his solitary 2007 film, Athidhi, in which he paired with Amrita Rao. His future films include Mirchi and Hare Rama Hare Krishna.

FILMOGRAPHY AS CHILD ARTIST:
Sankharavam
Poratam
Mugguru Kodukulu
Kodukulu diddina Kapuram
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Bala Chandrudu

Filmography(MAHESH WITH HIS HEROINES AND DIRECTORS):

2008 Hare Rama Hare Krishna - Announced

2008 Varudu - Filming
2008 Mirchi - Announced

2007 Athidhi

MAHESH AND AMRITA RAO
MAHESH AND SURENDER REDDY

2006 Sainikudu

MAHESH AND TRISHA
MAHESH , TRISHA AND GUNA SEKHAR

2006 Pokiri

MAHESH AND ILEANA
MAHESH AND PURI JAGANADH

2005 Athadu
MAHESH AND TRISHA
TRIVIKRAM SRINIVAS

2004 Arjun

MAHESH AND SHREYA SARAN
MAHESH AND GUNA SEKHAR
2004 Naani
MAHESH AND AMISHA PATEL
MAHESH, SJ SURYA AND AMISHA PATEL
2003 Nijam
MAHESH AND RAKSHITA
TEJA
2003 Okkadu
MAHESH AND BHUMIKA
GUNASEKHAR
2002 Bobby
MAHESH AND ARTHI AGARWAL
SHOBHAN AD RAGHAVENDRA RAO
2002 Takkari Donga
BIPASHA BASU,MAHESH AND LISA RAY
MAHESH AND JAYANTH
2001 Murari

MAHESH AND SONALI BINDRE
KRISHNA VAMSI

2000 Vamsi

MAHESH AND NARITHA SILOTKAR
MAHESH, SATYANAND AND SUPER STAR KRISHNA
2000 Yuvaraju
MAHESH AND SAKSHI SIVANAND
MAHESH AND SIMRAN

1999 Raja Kumarudu

MAHESH AND PREITY ZINTA