Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (Telugu: ఘట్టమనేని మహేష్ బాబు) is an Indian actor.He is unanimously known as "Prince" and "Super Star".He is the only actor in tollywood to be the brand ambassador for 3 major companies like Thums up,Univercel and Navaratna oil.He is the only actor in tollywood to sign an agreement with corporate company like UTV motion pictures.He started his film career as child actor.
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He was born on 9th of August 1974 in Chennai.His father is Krishna and mother is Indira , and he is one of five siblings; an older brother Ramesh, two older sisters Padmavathi and Manjula and a younger sister Priyadarshini. He did his schooling at St Bede’s School in Chennai and obtained a degree in Commerce from Loyola College. He is married to Namrata Shirodkar and has a son, Goutham Krishna.
[edit] Film Career
[edit] 1999-2003

His debut was in Raja Kumarudu, starring opposite Preity Zinta, and he won the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut. In 2000, he starred in Yuvaraju but this film made him "Prince". In the same year, he shared screen space with Namrata Shirodkar and his father Krishna which failed at the Box office. Murari in 2001 with Sonali Bendre,Directed by Krishna Vamsi did well at the box office,won him the Nandi Award for Special Jury. He won the award again in 2002 for Takkari Donga with Lisa Ray and Bipasha Basu even its an Average grosser.In 2002,Flop in mahesh's career came in the form of the film bobby.Then in 2003,He acted in Okkadu with Bhoomika Chawla which is a block buster and a trend setting film in Tollywood.With his excellent performance in Okkadu he won the Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award.Immediate Flick is Nijam which failed but made him to win another NANDI award.
[edit] 2004-2009

He acted in Nani under the direction of S.J.suryah which is another flop in his career,though its a Musical hit.Another Nandi Award for Special Jury went his way for his role in Arjun acting with Shriya saran .Athadu in 2005 brought him huge success and won him another Nandi Best Actor Award. The 2006 release Pokiri won him the Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award for his portrayal in lead role. The film went on to become a huge commercial success and a landmark hit in the Tollywood industry and has broken all the records under the direction of Puri Jagannadh. A remake of this film was made in Bollywood named Wanted starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia, which also became a huge success.He has one more release Sainikudu under the direction of Gunasekhar in the same year (2006) followed by Pokiri.He paired up with trisha in Sainikudu which became an average grosser at the box office.Athidi with Amrita Rao released in 2007 was produced by his brother Ramesh Babu. The film ended up as an average grosser at the end which was taken by UTV motion pictures.


He is currently working on Kaleja under the directorship of Trivikram Srinivas, in Singanamala Ramesh's production. Anushka will play the female lead.