- Born
- Birth nameGhattamaneni Mahesh Babu
- Nicknames
- Prince
- Superstar
- Naani
- Universal Star
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He was born on 9 August 1975 in a Telugu family in Madras (now Chennai), India. One of the most popular & one of the highest-paid Indian film actors. Referred to in the media and by his fans as "Superstar". In addition to being an actor, he is a humanitarian & philanthropist - co running the charitable trust and non-profit organisation "Heal A Child". Mahesh Babu gives 30% of his annual income to charities, and most of his philanthropic activities are unpublicised because he prefers them to be so.
He is the fourth of the five children of Legendary Telugu actor Krishna and his wife Indira. Their family hails from Burripalem in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. He was educated at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He obtained a bachelor's degree in commerce from the Loyola College, Chennai.
Mahesh made his debut as a child artist at the age of four in a cameo role in Needa (1979) and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999) which won him the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.[3] Babu achieved his breakthrough with the supernatural drama Murari (2001), and the action film Okkadu (2003). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Arjun (2004), Athadu (2005), Pokiri (2006), Dookudu (2011), Businessman (2012), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), Srimanthudu (2015), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018), Maharshi (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020) and Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022). Pokiri held the record of being the highest-grossing Telugu film, Maharshi won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film.- IMDb Mini Biography By: ZNA
- SpouseNamrata Shirodkar(February 9, 2005 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenSitara Ghattamaneni
- ParentsIndira Devi
- RelativesRamesh Babu Ghattamaneni(Sibling)Padmavathi Galla(Sibling)Manjula Ghattamaneni(Sibling)Priyadarshini(Sibling)Aadi Sheshagiri Rao Ghattamaneni(Aunt or Uncle)Jaanvi Swaroop(Niece or Nephew)Ashok Galla(Niece or Nephew)G. Hanumantha Rao(Aunt or Uncle)Charith Maanas Posani(Niece or Nephew)V.K. Naresh(Half Sibling)
- Charming Looks
- Running Style
- Formals
- Blue Formal shirts
- Dialogue Delievery
- Met his wife Namrata Shirodkar on the set of his film "Vamsi".
- Tamil Actors Suriya, Karthi and Vaibhav (Mankatha, Goa Fame) are his childhood School Friends.
- One of the few actors in Indian Film Industry who never did a remake in his career.
- He was voted the 2nd Most Desirable Man for the year 2012 by The Times of India.
- Has won Seven Nandi Awards in which 3 for the Best Actor, 3 for Best Actor in Special Jury and 1 for Best Male Debut.
- Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
- When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
- Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
- As long as I am acting, I will do only Telugu films. I want to take Telugu films to the world. Everyone should talk about our films.
- I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.
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