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	Name : Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu Born : August 9, 1974, Madras, INDIA Parents : Telugu actor Krishna and Indira Devi Spouse : Namrata Shirodkar Children : A baby boy, Gautham Krishna Siblings : An elder brother, Ramesh babu, two elder sisters, Padmavathi, Manjula and one younger sister Priyadarsini.

Career

Education : Graduated from Layola College, Madras.
Debut Movie: Rajakumarudu - The prince, 1999, with co-actress Priety Zinta.
Number of Moives : 14
Awards : 6 Nandi awards. and one filmfare award

Personal Favorites

Favorite Hero : Superstar Krishna
Favorite Heroine : Sridevi
Favorite Music Director : Mani Sharma
Favorite Stunt master : Vijayan
Favorite Choreographer : Raju sundaram

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

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.

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, unlike his solitary 2007 film, Athidhi, which was a hit. He was paired with gracious beauty Amrita Rao in that particular film.

His future films include Mirchi with ileana, Varudu with Trivikram and a film with V.V.Vinayak or S.S.Rajamouli.

Filmography

1. Rajakumarudu
2. Yuvaraju
3. Vamshi
4. Murari
5. Takkari Donga
6. Bobby
7. Okkadu
8. Nijam
9. Nani
10. Arjun
11. Athadu
12. Pokiri
13. Sainikudu
14. Athidhi