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)
Profession: Actor
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Hindu
Mother Tongue: Telugu

Family:
Father: Krishna (Actor)
Mother: Indira Devi
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: RajaKumarudu

MAHESH BABU FIRST SCREEN APPEARANCE AS A CHILD ARTIST IN THE MOVIE "NEEDA"

WHO IS MAHAESH BABU:

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.

MAHAESH 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.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Hare Rama Hare Krishna		Filming will be start after November 2007
	Mirchi		Filming will start in October 2007
2007	Athidhi		To be Released on October 2007. Audio to be released September 16th, 2007.
	Sainikudu	Siddhartha
2006	Pokiri	Pandu / Krishna Manohar	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2005	Athadu	Nanda Gopal\Parthu	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),Winner, Santosham Best Young Performer
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

MAHESH AND HIS WIFE

MAHESH BABU WITH HIS WIFE BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS NAMRATA SHIRODKAR

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 –

Year	Award	Film
1999	Best debut actor	Raja Kumarudu
2001	Special Jury	Murari
2002	Special Jury	Takkari Donga
2003	Best Actor	Nijam
2004	Special Jury	Arjun
2005	Best Actor	Athadu