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Real Name: Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu

Screen Name: Mahesh Babu

Nick Name: Nani

Date of Birth: 9th Aug' 1975

Birth Place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Nationality: Indian

Height: 6'2"

Qualificaton: B.Com from Loyola College,Chennai

Mother Tongue: Telugu

First Screen Appearance: Needa

Debut Movie as a Hero: Rajakumarudu

Family  

Father: Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy

Mother: Indira Devi

Uncles: Adiseshagiri Rao, Hanumanta Rao

Elder Brother: Ramesh Babu

Eldest Sister: Padmavati

Elder Sister: Manjula (Film Producer)

Younger Sister: Priya (Priyadarshini)

Spouse: Namrata Shirodkar (Bollywood Actress) (Married on 10th Feb' 2005)

Son: Gautham (Born on 31st Aug' 2006)

Films as a Child Artist  

1. Needa --

2.Poratam                              09.12.83

3.Sankharavam                         16.07.87

4.Bazaar Rowdy                 26.08.88

5.Mugguru Kodukulu                 20.10.88

6.Gudhachari 117                 22.04.89

7.Koduku Diddina Kapuram 21.09.89

8.Anna-Tammudu                 27.07.90

9.Balachandrudu                 21.09.95

Mahesh Babu studied at the prestigious St. Bede's School in Chennai and later graduated with a B.Com from the famous Loyola College in Chennai. He has one elder brother, Ramesh, two elder sisters, Padmavathi, Manjula and one younger sister Priyadarsini. He married Bollywood actress and former Miss India Namrata Shirodkar on February 10, 2005. Their first child, a boy named Gautam Krishna Gattamaneni, was born on August 31, 2006.

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu , born August 9, 1975 in Madras, India, fondly known as Prince by fans, is an actor in the Indian Telugu movie industry.

He is the son of Telugu SuperStar 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 year older than him. in February10. 2005. On August 31, 2006, Mahesh and Namrata's first son was born and named as Gautam Krishna 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 (Raj Kumar), cast opposite Preity Zinta. His next few films such as Yuvaraju and Vamsi (Vamsee) also helped establish Mahesh's career. But in 2001, his release Murari (Kannayya,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 ( Raja ) was avverage and Bobby ( Bobby )flopped at box office.

In 2003, Mahesh finally got the hit he was looking for. Okkadu (Ajay ) became one of the biggest hits in Tollywood for the year 2003. Mahesh gave another average at box office with, Nijam ( Seetaram ) but it gave commertial hit profits to producers, 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 a remade from Tamil hit New. Arjun ( 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 ( Nandu ) from June 2004 to July 2005. It was a big hit both in India and overseas. In April 2006, his next movie, Pokiri ( Pandu & Krishna Manohar ) became the highest grosser in the Telugu Film Industry. Mahesh's performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan. Till Pokiri he is Prince Mahesh and after Pokiri he became Super Star Mahesh

Mahesh's t film, Sainikudu ( Siddharth ) 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. In 2007 Mahesh came as Athidi ( Athidhi ) and bagged a record of highest grosser in first two weeks in Tollywood History. Hope He will give biggest hit in 2009 after neary two years gap. All the best Super Star Mahesh Babu for your future projects.