Mahesh Babu
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| Born | Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu August 9, 1974  Chennai, India |
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| Other name(s) | Prince Super star |
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| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1979 - 1990- present | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Namrata Shirodkar (2005-present) | ||||||||||
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Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (Telugu: ఘట్టమనేని మహేష్ బాబు ) (born August 9, 1974 in Chennai, India), fondly known as Prince by his fans, is a popular Telugu Cinema actor. He is the son of veteran actor, Krishna who is a very successfull and known as Superstar of Telugu Cinema having acted in more than 300 films through the last four decades.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal Life
He was born to Telugu Cinema actor Krishna and Indira. He did most of his schooling and undergraduation in Chennai. He graduated with a B.Com from the famous Loyola College, 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[1] Namrata Shirodkar[2] on February 10, 2005. Their first child, a boy named Gautam Krishna Gattamaneni was born on August 31, 2006[3].
[edit] Film Career
Mahesh started out his career in Telugu Cinema uted with Rajakumarudu in telugu Industry as a Hero.The movie co-starred Preity Zinta who played the heroes romantic interest. The movie received good response at the box office.
His 2nd movie was Yuvaraju, Sakshi Sivanand and Simran were cast opposite Mahesh, Mahesh played the role of a father having 7 year son and surprised all. Although the movie had hundred day centres, its rated as an averae movie.
His 3rd Movie was Vamsi co-starring Namrata Shirodkar whom he married later on. The movie also featured his father Krishna in a pivotal role. The movie didn't do well at box office and was declared a Flop.
His 4th Movie Murari directed by Krishna Vamsi and co-starring Sonali Bendre provided him the much needed breakthrough. Movie was declared as HIT & the music was an instant hit and it proved Mahesh's ability as an actor.
His 5th and the first Cowboy movie in his generation was Takkari Donga . Despite heavy expectations the movie did average collections at the box office.
His 6th Movie was Bobby With Arti Agarwal as a heroine and Directed By Sobhan was a Flop
His 7th Movie was what all his fans were lookin for Okkadu .This Movie directed by Guna Sekhar was a Blockbuster and remained the best film till then, With this movie Mahesh became one among the young top heroes of telugu industry
His 8th movie was Nijam , though the movie directed by Teja didn't do well at the box office and was declared a Flop - it was applauded by the movie critics for Mahesh performance and Mahesh Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film.
His 9th Movie was Naani directed By S. J. Suryaah. Mahesh always tried Novelty in his films and this time he did a Experiment with a Different Story of science fiction which resulted as a Flop, this movie did not do well at the box office but the audio was a big hit.
His 10th Movie was Arjun Directed By gunasekhar, this is a Family movie which was Average to above average flick
His 11th Movie was Athadu Directed By Trivikram Srinivas this was a Super Hit in southindia and Overseas. the Music added to the Success of the Story. The Movie's screenplay was Critically acclaimed as best till date that time. Mahesh Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film. He Did it again for the second time.
His 12th movie Pokiri directed by Puri Jagannadh was a BlockBuster, Undoubtedly the Highest grosser in the History of telugu Cinema in India as well as Overseas Till Date. This is the Film that has been watched by film People from Bollywood,Kollywood Like Amitabh Bachchan , Abhishek Bachchan, Joseph Vijay Etc. His performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan.[4] chatheesh's potential attracted Different Media giants like UTV to come to Telugu Industry. Now Pokiri is also being made in Bollywood under the name Wanted Dead or Alive starring Salman Khan.
His 13th Movie Sainikudu directed by Guna Sekhar had a tremendous opening but failed to live up to expectations and became a Flop at boxoffice. Trisha was starred against him.
His 14th Movie was Athidhi directed by Surender Reddy in which he paired with Amrita Rao. After the huge success of Pokiri, its been highly difficult to Mahesh to match the expectations, and This was a Commercially Successful Movie but Didn't go on a long Run and the result is "Average"
His Next film is Varudu in the direction of Trivikram Srinivas and A Warner Bros- Soundarya Rajinikanth film directed by Puri Jagannadh.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Actor
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Raja Kumarudu | Raja | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut |
| 2000 | Vamsi | Vamsi | |
| Yuvaraju | Srinivas | ||
| 2001 | Murari | Murari | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| 2002 | Bobby | Bobby | |
| Takkari Donga | Raja | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury | |
| 2003 | Nijam | Rama | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor |
| Okkadu | Ajay | Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor | |
| 2004 | Arjun | Arjun | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| Naani | Naani | ||
| 2005 | Athadu | Nanda Gopal | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor |
| 2006 | Pokiri | Pandu (Krishna Manohar) | Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor |
| Sainikudu | Siddhartha | ||
| 2007 | Athidhi | Athidhi | |
| 2009 | Varudu | Filming |
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[edit] Endorsements
- Mahesh is the brand ambassador of Thums Up[6] beverage in South India.
- He is also the brand ambassador of Hero Honda,India,one of the world's largest motorcycle manafacturer.
[edit] References
- ^ "feminamissindia.indiatimes.com". 1993 Miss India. Retrieved on August 8, 2007.
- ^ "apunkachoice.com". Namrata weds Mahesh. Retrieved on 5 November 2006.
- ^ "sify.com". Mahesh Babu becomes daddy!. Retrieved on 29 October 2006.
- ^ "indiainfo.com". Amitabh wonderstruck by Pokiri. Retrieved on 4 February 2007.
- ^ "Mahesh goes a step ahead with 'Jalsa'". Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ "Mahesh Babu "Tastes the Thunder" In An All-New, Thums Up Campaign". Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
[edit] External links
Mahesh Babu’s Varudu shooting starts
The muhurt of Varudu, starring Mahesh Babu, Parvathi Melton and Tamanna, was performed in the month of May. But for reasons unknown the regular shooting has not commenced so far.
Varudu is being produced by Singanamala Ramesh under the banner of Kanaka Rathna Movies and directed by Trivkiram Srinivas. The music for this film is being composed by Manisharma.
Now there are reports that the shooting of this film will start sometime in the last week of September. The first schedule is said to be undertaken at locales in Rajasthan.
http://www.cinemirchi.com/telugu/News/FullNews/276/Mahesh+Babu%E2%80%99s+Varudu+shooting+starts.html
