Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni ) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu was born on 9 August 1975 in a Telugu speaking family in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. He is the fourth of the five children of Telugu actor Krishna and Indira, after Ramesh Babu, Padmavathi, and Manjula and before Priyadarshini. Their family hails from Burripalem in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. Babu spent his childhood mostly in Madras under the care of his maternal grandmother Durgamma and the rest of his family. He was educated at St. Bede is Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He obtained a bachelor is degree in commerce from the Loyola College, Chennai. Babu did not learn Telugu in school and cannot read the language. He stated, he had to rely on his memory or conversations with the film directors while delivering dialogues during the dubbing phase of the films. He has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Awards, five Filmfare Telugu Awards, four SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and one IIFA Utsavam Award. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors,he also owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. The younger son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, Babu made his debut as a child artist in a cameo role in Needa (1979), at the age of four,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. 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 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, while Sarileru Neekevvaru, his highest grosser, collected over ₹260 crore at the box office. Referred to in the media and by his fans as Prince, he is one of the most popular actors of Telugu cinema. In addition to being an actor, he is a humanitarian and philanthropist co running the charitable trust and non-profit organisation Heal A Child . He is also associated with Rainbow Hospitals as their goodwill ambassador. He entered into the film exhibition business alongside the late Narayandas Narang of Asian Group with the inauguration of the seven-screen multiplex, AMB cinemas at Gachibowli, Hyderabad. He married actress Namrata Shirodkar in 2005, with whom he has a son and a daughter.
Actor Mahesh Babu Filmography
Guntur Kaaram
(
Telugu )
Director:
Trivikram Srinivas
Music Director:
S. Thaman
Release date:
13-01-2024
Major
(
Telugu )
Director:
Sashi Kiran Tikka
Music Director:
Sricharan Pakala
Release date:
03-06-2022
Sarkaru Vaari Paata
(
Telugu )
Director:
Parasuram
,
Vijaya Ram Prasad
Music Director:
S. Thaman
Release date:
12-05-2022
Acharya
(
Telugu )
Director:
Suresh Selvarajan
Music Director:
Kalyan Chakravarthy
Release date:
29-04-2022
Other Versions:
Acharya (Malayalam)
Sarileru Neekevvaru
(
Telugu )
Director:
Anil Ravipudi
Music Director:
Devi Sri Prasad
Release date:
11-01-2020
Other Versions:
Ivanakku Sariyaana Aal Illai (Tamil)
Bharat Ane Nenu
(
Telugu )
Director:
Koratala Siva
Music Director:
Devi Sri Prasad
Release date:
20-04-2018
Other Versions:
Bharath Enum Naan (Tamil)
, Dashing CM Bharath (Hindi)
SPYder
(
Telugu )
Director:
A.R. Murugadoss
Music Director:
Harris Jayaraj
Release date:
27-09-2017
Other Versions:
Spyder (Malayalam)
Brahmotsavam
(
Telugu )
Director:
Srikanth Addala
Music Director:
Mickey J Meyer
Release date:
20-05-2016
Other Versions:
Anirudh (Tamil)
Srimanthudu
(
Telugu )
Director:
Koratala Siva
Music Director:
Devi Sri Prasad
Release date:
07-08-2015
Top 10 Mahesh Babu Movies at the Box Office
1
Srimanthudu
(
Telugu
)
Opening Day collection:₹ 30.14 Cr
Overall Domestic:₹ 133.67 Cr
Total Collection: ₹ 152.48 Cr
2
Spyder
(
Telugu
+ Tamil
)
Opening Day collection:₹ 36.26 Cr
Overall Domestic:₹ 54.80 Cr
Total Collection: ₹ 67.45 Cr
3
దూకుడు
(
Telugu
)
Opening Day collection:₹ 7.44 Cr
Overall Domestic:₹ 58.22 Cr
Total Collection: ₹ 64.40 Cr
4
Aagadu
(
Telugu
)
Opening Day collection:₹ 9.70 Cr
Overall Domestic:₹ 41.60 Cr
Total Collection: ₹ 50.35 Cr
5
Brahmotsavam
(
Telugu
)
Opening Day collection:₹ 11.42 Cr
Overall Domestic:₹ 34.55 Cr
Total Collection: ₹ 50.18 Cr
6
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
(
Telugu
)
Opening Day collection:₹ 8.20 Cr
Overall Domestic:₹ 40.02 Cr
Total Collection: ₹ 50.02 Cr
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