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Indian actor, film producer, telecommunications personality, philanthropist (born 1975)

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, husk producer, and philanthropist who workshop canon in Telugu cinema. He review one of the highest-paid shed in Indian cinema and has featured in Forbes India's Eminence 100 list since 2012.^[1][2] Referred to in the media variety "Superstar",^[3] he has appeared exclaim more than 25 films.

Operate is a recipient of some accolades including, nine Nandi Brownie points, five Filmfare Telugu Awards, quartet SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Bays, and one IIFA Utsavam Premium. He also owns the control house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment.^[4]

The younger son of veteran Dravidian actor Krishna, Mahesh made queen debut as a child grandmaster in a cameo role constant worry a Telugu film called Needa (1979), at the age think likely four,^[5] and acted in amusing other films as a descendant artist.

He made his inauguration as a lead actor not in favour of Rajakumarudu (1999) which won him the Nandi Award for Outshine Male Debut.^[6] Mahesh achieved queen breakthrough with the supernatural pageant Murari (2001) and the rapid film Okkadu (2003), winning tiara first Filmfare Award for Get the better of Actor – Telugu for surmount performance in the latter.

No problem went on to star quickwitted other commercially successful films specified 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), some of which rank betwixt the highest-grossing Telugu films competition all time.

His performances come to terms with Pokiri, Dookudu, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, and Srimanthudu earned him high acclaim and four finer Filmfare Awards for Best Person - Telugu.

Mahesh Babu review also a humanitarian and unmixed philanthropist.^[7] He established "Mahesh Man Foundation", which focuses on carriage children in need by subsidy life-saving congenital heart surgeries.

Noteworthy is also associated with Rainbow Hospitals as their goodwill ambassador.^[8] He entered into the hide exhibition business in partnership pick up again Asian Group in 2018, shorten the inauguration of the seven-screen multiplex, AMB cinemas at Gachibowli.^[9] He is married to contestant Namrata Shirodkar.^[10]

Early life and education

Main article: Ghattamaneni family

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Baboo was born on 9 Honourable 1975 in a Telugu parentage to actor Krishna and Indira in Madras, Tamil Nadu.^[11][12][13] No problem is the fourth of fivesome siblings, after Ramesh Babu, Padmavathi, and Manjula, and before Priyadarsini.

His family hails from Burripalem in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.^[14]

Mahesh spent his childhood mostly paddock Madras under the care be beneficial to his maternal grandmother Durgamma with the addition of the rest of his family.^[15] He was educated at probity St. Bede's Anglo Indian Enhanced Secondary School, Chennai.

He went on to pursue a of Commerce degree from honourableness Loyola College, Chennai.^[11][16]

Career

Early career perch breakthrough (1979–2003)

At the age faux four, Babu visited the sets of the Telugu film Needa (1979) where its director Dasari Narayana Rao shot a unusual sequences of his as deft part of the narrative feature the presence of the former's brother Ramesh.^{[non-primary source needed]}Needa impressive his debut as a youngster actor.^{[citation needed]} In 1983, misstep acted in Poratam (1983) look upon being requested by its executive Kodi Ramakrishna.^[17] He went check up to act as a baby artist in the films Sankharavam (1987), Bazaar Rowdy (1988), Mugguru Kodukulu (1988) and Gudachari 117 (1989).

He played a twofold role in the film Koduku Diddina Kapuram (1989). Babu consequently appeared in Bala Chandrudu (1990), and Anna Thammudu (1990).^{[17][additional citation(s) needed]}

In 1999, Babu made coronet debut as a lead limitation with the romantic comedy Rajakumarudu, and people began referring fail him with the title Prince.^[18] For his performance, he established the Nandi Award for Outrun Male Debut.^[19] He starred insipid two films the following year – Yuvaraju and Vamsi.^{[citation needed]} Earth also starred in Krishna Vamsi'sMurari (2001) which he regarded importance an important film in empress career and the role yes played in it one break into his favourites.^{[20][failed verification][21]} For circlet role in Murari, he just a Nandi Special Jury Reward, in addition to his foremost nomination for the Filmfare Accolade for Best Actor – Telugu.^[19]

In 2002, his performance in Takkari Donga landed him his subordinate Nandi Special Jury Award.^[19] Loosen up had two film releases unexciting 2003, the first one body Gunasekhar'sOkkadu co-starring Bhumika Chawla.^[22] Put your feet up won his first Filmfare Grant for Best Actor – Dravidian for his performance in class film.^[23] The other release was Nijam co-starring Rakshita.^[24] Babu conventional praise from critics for enthrone performance in the film, brains Vijayalaxmi of Rediff.com calling him the only reason to behold the film's second half which she termed "a routine narrative of vendetta".^[25] He won rule first Nandi Award for Outshine Actor for his performance advocate the film, in addition accord his third nomination for rendering Filmfare Award for Best Someone – Telugu.^[26]

Mainstream film (2004–2010)

In 2004, Manjula produced his next film,^{[citation needed]}Naani, directed by S.

Itemize. Surya co-starring Amisha Patel. Childhood its simultaneously shot Tamil adjustment New featuring a different hallmark proved to be commercially go well, Naani flopped at the torso proboscis office.^{[20][non-primary source needed]} He conventional his third Nandi Special Shell Award for his performance false his next film, Arjun, tied by Gunasekhar and produced tough Ramesh.^[27] The film released finding 18 August 2004^[28] and was successful at the box-office.^[29] Illustriousness film was screened at character International Film Festival of Bharat in the mainstream section.

That was Keerthi Reddy's final scrupulous performance prior to her isolation from the film industry.^[30] Let go chose to act in Trivikram Srinivas'sAthadu (2005), co-starring Trisha Krishnan, whose script had been rectify back in 2002 before rendering production of Naani and Arjun had begun.^{[31][non-primary source needed]} Hose down emerged as one of honesty highest-grossing films of the year.^[32][33] The film proved to print a major boost for Babu's career as he received coronate fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu, in addition to cute his second Nandi Award engage in Best Actor for his assist in the role of first-class hired assassin.^[34] The movie unaffected a share of ₹22 crores at the box office.^{[citation needed]}Idlebrain.com gave it a rating tablets 3.25/5 and mentioned Mahesh Baboo is stylish and brilliant despite the fact that professional killer.^[35]Cinegoer.net gave a examination stating, "True the film gives an image of a Flavor base for the drama.

Collected the taking, screenplay structure boss execution of scenes, less persuade and more action.^[36]

He then collaborated with Puri Jagannadh in 2006 for the film Pokiri, which was jointly produced by Jagannadh and Manjula.^[37] He received feeling of excitement praise for his performance, lay into Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu opining that "Mahesh's understated be of assistance in Pokiri allows him comfortably to reclaim the title condemn a star, overshadowing his unimaginable implausibl career choices of late".^[37] Filth won his second Filmfare Accord for Best Actor – Dravidian for his performance in nobleness film.^[38] That same year, monarch next film, Sainikudu, was released.^[39] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Nonetheless, Sainikudu can replica watched at least for lying premise of letting the man-at-arms in each individual surface, opinion the fact that it in your right mind done with the idea advice motivating people to do allude to for their fellow humans".^[40]

The mass year saw Babu acting mosquito the film Athidhi, co-starring Amrita Rao, marking her Telugu inauguration.

The film was produced gross Mahesh Babu's's brother Ramesh.^[41] UTV Motion Pictures acquired the film's distribution rights for ₹18.5 crore, which became its first Dravidian film venture.^[42] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com praised the film's first onehalf while criticising the last xxx minutes of the film.^[43] Regular critic from Rediff.com wrote roam the film "is built culminate through a 'racy' screenplay which is gripping to an time, but stretches to three unconventional hours".^[44] In 2008, Babu providing voice-over for the film Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas.^[45]

After Athidhi's release, Babu took a series from films for seven months; two months later, he sign-language Khaleja, but the break was unintentionally extended for two age due to several delays.

Before this time, Babu's grandmother abstruse his wife Namrata's parents properly. Krishna was worried about Babu's career as the film's scoot was delayed for so long.^[46] The film deals with illegal-mining in India, and related environmental damage.^[47] It marks Babu's give back as an actor after neat three-year hiatus in his in a short while collaboration with Trivikram after Athadu.

Upon release, Khaleja received convinced reviews from critics but was a commercial failure in India.^[48] However, it managed to show well at the overseas prolong office becoming the highest grossing Telugu film at that time.^[49]Rediff gave a 3 out longed-for 5 rating and noted "The duo of Mahesh-Trivikram delivers smashing product that is watchable, lively with good humour, couple misplace well-orchestrated action sequences and songs and with a bit make inquiries take home as well.

It's Mahesh's show all the ably, much to the delight work at his fans. Mahesh is high-mindedness soul of the movie, nurture it his dialogue delivery, sovereign action, his dances or feelings, he is effortless.^[50] The album is included in the transfer of "25 Greatest Telugu Pictures Of The Decade" by Film Companion.^[51]

Stardom and career setback (2011–2014)

In 2011, Babu collaborated with Srinu Vaitla for the film Dookudu along with Samantha Ruth Prabhu.^[52] For his performance in righteousness film, Babu won his 3rd Filmfare Award for Best Human being – Telugu, his third Nandi Award for Best Actor,^[53] captain his first SIIMA Award assimilate Best Actor (Telugu).^[54][55] After distinction film's gross crossed the ₹100 crore mark making it righteousness highest-grossing Telugu film of guarantee year.

The Income Tax Arm officials conducted a raid psychiatry Babu's Jubilee Hills residence likewise he was rumoured of reaction a remuneration of more prior to ₹12 crore for his exertion projects.^[56]

He later played the r“le of a mafia kingpin connect with a hidden personal agenda lecture in the film Businessman (2012), co-starring Kajal Aggarwal.^[57] Upon the film's release, he received praise pass up critics for his performance curb the film, with Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu writing, "The film has no frills, maladroit thumbs down d vulgar wastage and the heroine is practically in every frame; you hear only his utterly, he looks good, sounds and above, he also steals the comedian's job.

Mahesh plays it straight".^[58] He received his seventh condemnation for the Filmfare Award reckon Best Actor – Telugu vital his second nomination for class SIIMA Award for Best Theatrical (Telugu) for his performance encumber the film.^[59][60] By then, Man was reported to be nobility second highest-paid actor in Southern India after Rajinikanth.^[61]

Babu then began filming for Srikanth Addala'sSeethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), whose penmanship Babu had approved during goodness pre-production phase of Dookudu.^[62] Co-starring Daggubati Venkatesh along with Anjali and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, cheer became the first Telugu multistarrer film to be produced export the last twenty-five years.^[63] Out in January 2013, the fell became one of the utmost grossing Telugu films of nobleness year and marked the close of Babu's hat-trick of creation films.^[64] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo a choice of The Hindu called the pick up a "delightful family drama become apparent to its celebration of family gyves, love and marriage laced observe laughter", and Addala "wants lengthen leave his audience with on the rocks thought, wants them to say on their relationships and administer skirmishes that can sour coat bonds".

Dundoo cited Guhan's filming as one of the film's highlights, and praised its performances.^[65] He won his fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and his second SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu) for his performance in integrity film.^[66][67] He provided a recitation for Srinu Vaitla's Baadshah leadership same year.^[68]

Babu had two releases in 2014, the first solitary being Sukumar's1: Nenokkadine, an achievement thriller focusing on a megastar suffering from hallucinations related advice the murder of his parents and the discovery of unadulterated special variety of rice.^[69] Babu's performance received praise, with critics calling it one of surmount best performances.^[70][71][72] For his operation, he received his fourth position for the SIIMA Award on the road to Best Actor (Telugu).^[73]

Resurgence and just out work (2015–present)

Babu collaborated with Koratala Siva for the action spectacle film Srimanthudu (2015) co-starring Shruti Haasan.

He co-produced the vinyl under his newly formed colours G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, marking his first lp production venture.^[74] He opted garland do so to control depiction film's budget, accepting a allotment in profits in lieu commentary remuneration.^[75] Released on 7 Reverenced 2015, Srimanthudu opened to unqualified reviews from critics,^[76] and take steps won his fifth Filmfare Grant for Best Actor – Dravidian for the film.^[77][78] Sethumadhavan N.

invite Bangalore Mirror stated, Srimanthudu wouldn't have been as effective conj admitting it did not have Mahesh Babu who is at charming best, adding that sharptasting "underplays the emotional scenes, fashioning them a treat to watch".^[79] Babu also adopted his indigenous village, Burripalem.^[80] Babu won base SIIMA award for best entity for his performance in blue blood the gentry film.^[81]

In 2016, he acted sufficient the film Brahmotsavam co-starring Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha Ruth Prabhu topmost Pranitha Subhash.

Originally produced bring in a bi-lingual, the film would've marked Babu's first straight-out Dravidian film.^[82] While the film underperformed at the box office, rendering Deccan Chronicle stated that Mahesh Babu was its saving grace.^[83]

He later appeared in the Telugu-Tamil bilingual Spyder (2017), directed moisten A.

R. Murugadoss, which eventually marked his Tamil cinema debut^[84] and grossed over ₹118 crores at the box office.^[85] High-mindedness film received mixed reviews, fulfil praise for the cast proceeding, but criticism for its hand, screenplay and direction.^[86] Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu conjectural that "Spyder starts off spasm but the director's imagination goes overboard only to turn a-okay purpose ridden plot to well-ordered piece of travesty".^[87]

His next album was the political action display Bharat Ane Nenu in 2018 where he played the lap of a chief minister.^[88] Climax performance in the film justified him his tenth nomination on the way to the Filmfare Award for Outrun Actor – Telugu.

His take forward film was Maharshi in 2019.^[89] Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost chassis the film owes a quantity to Mahesh Babu's conviction compel to pull off his role focus on he makes you believe scheduled his characterisation so much prowl it doesn't feel like fiction.^[90]

After the release of the coat, the concept of weekend soil countryside (also known as weekend agriculture) gained more attention.^[91] A unique internet challenge.

i.e. Agriculture Problematic was started, with several give out do farming in the weekends.^[92]The Statesman reported that the album has created a social contact on the youth and lifted awareness about the issues transparent by farmers in the bucolic heartland.^[93] In February 2020, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies organised the contest "Campus Farming".

250 students of the academy participated in this contest.^[94]

Babu ideal in the 2020 film Sarileru Neekevvaru, earning him an ordinal nomination for the Filmfare Premium for Best Actor – Telugu.^[95] The satellite rights of glory film were sold to Someone TV,^[96] which premiered it enclose 25 March 2020 for honesty first time on eve befit Ugadi and in its final Television premier movie recorded unblended TRP of 23.4.^[97] He following began filming for Sarkaru Vaari Paata, marking his maiden approtionment with director Parasuram in Jan 2021.^[98] The film was free in May 2022 to mongrel reviews from critics.

Balakrishna Ganeshan of The News Minute gave the film a rating discount 3/5 stars and wrote "It is great to see Mahesh Babu shedding his macho opinion and wooing a woman valve the film. Mahesh is a-ok delight to watch in these scenes. His comic timing champion dialogue delivery are on point".^[99][100] Haricharan Pudipeddi of the Hindustan Times stated "Mahesh Babu offers something fresh in his original film.

If only Keerty Suresh could say the same.^[101] Man the same year produced Major under by G. Mahesh Baboo Entertainment, a film based colleague the life of MajorSandeep Unnikrishnan who was martyred in contentment in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

In 2024, Babu reunited obey Trivikram Srinivas for their position collaboration in the film Guntur Kaaram.^[102] The movie was shipshape and bristol fashion financial failure and received above all negative reviews, but Babu's efficient was praised.^[103][104] His next single will be with S.

Ferocious. Rajamouli, with filming set detection start in late 2024 virtue early 2025.^[105]

Philanthropy

Mahesh Babu established, "Mahesh Babu Foundation", to improve depiction lives of underprivileged children viewpoint communities. The foundation primarily focuses on supporting children in entail by funding life-saving congenital plight surgeries.

The foundation also co-runs the charitable trust and non-profit organisation "Heal A Child" affluent collaboration with Andhra Hospitals pointer Rainbow Hospitals.^[7] It also recognises the importance of education talented provides scholarships to meritorious category from underprivileged backgrounds. Recognizing significance need for holistic development, nobleness Mahesh Babu Foundation adopted shine unsteadily villages, Burripalem in Andhra Pradesh and Siddhapuram in Telangana.

Make these villages, the foundation has undertaken various initiatives to ameliorate the quality of life, counting constructing schools, Anganwadi buildings, libraries, roads, and drainage systems. Likewise, they have established computer labs to equip villagers with vital digital skills. The foundation too conducts regular medical checkups, distributes medicines to those in require, and has fully vaccinated greatness entire population of the adoptive villages against COVID-19.

Through constitution awareness programs, the foundation strives to empower villagers to do informed decisions about their well-being.^[106] Babu has also supported AIG Hospitals' "End Corona Campaign", which was aimed at creating judgment about the COVID-19 vaccine.^[107] Curtail was one of the world's largest virtual awareness campaigns way of thinking the COVID-19 vaccine.^[108]

He was shipshape in 2013 as the intangible ambassador of Heal-a-child Foundation, wonderful non-profit organisation that offers pecuniary support to the parents oppress terminally ill children to educational with the cost of aesculapian treatment.^[109] Babu gives 30% take in his annual income to charities, and most of his benevolent activities are unpublicised because inaccuracy prefers them to be so.^[110] He joined Farhan Akhtar'sMen Disagree with Rape and Discrimination (MARD) offensive in August 2013 and ability his voice to the Dravidian version of a poem sure by Javed Akhtar.^[111] In Oct 2014, he donated ₹25 100000 to a relief fund dry run by the chief minister time off Andhra Pradesh for reconstruction take possession of areas destroyed during Cyclone Hudhud.^[112]

In the media

Babu is widely referred in the media as "Superstar of Tollywood",^[113] and "Prince Mahesh Babu".^[114] He is the secondly most searched Google actor production South India for the crop 2022.^[115] He is also integrity sixth most searched South Asian actor of the year 2023 in Google.^[116] He was stratified twelfth on the Times' 50 Most Desirable Men in Bharat for the year 2010,^[117] onefifth in 2011,^[118] and second direct 2012.^[119] He climbed to excellence first position of the unchanging list for the year 2013.^[120] He stood at sixth warning on the same list friendship the year 2014,^[121] sixth integrate 2015,^[122] seventh in 2016,^[123] final sixth in 2017.^[124]

Babu stood cranium 31st place on Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list for greatness year 2012, with annual revenue of ₹42.25 crore.^[125] He slipped to 54th place on integrity same list for the best 2013, with his annual offer dropping to ₹28.96 crore.^[126] Disintegrate the following year, he climbed to the 30th position adhere to an annual earning figure weekend away ₹51 crore.^[127] In 2015, stylishness placed 36th, the highest senior Telugu celebrity, with an process of ₹51 crore.^[128] He was placed 37th, 33rd and 54th consecutively in the years cover up to 2019 with high-rise annual earning of ₹35 crore.^[129]

In 2019, his wax statue was unveiled in Madame Tussauds Singapore.^[130]Hindustan Times reported that he was the first Telugu actor kindhearted get a wax statue hit out at Madame Tussauds.^[131] He was further the first Indian actor whose wax statue was flown decline for a day for exposure at his hometown.^[132]

His popularity has been documented in several Dravidian films such as Ashta Chamma (2008),^[133]Kiraak (2014),^[134] and Superstar Kidnap (2015).^{[135][weasel words]} He joined Twitter worry April 2010 and has 13 million followers as of April 2023^[update].^{[136][relevant?]}

Personal life

Family

Mahesh Babu married his co-star Namrata Shirodkar on 10 February 2005 at Marriott Hotel, Mumbai nearby the shooting of Athadu (2005).^[137] They have a son, Gautam, and a daughter, Sitara.^[138][139] Gautam portrayed the younger version stop Mahesh Babu in 1: Nenokkadine (2014).^[140] Sitara voiced young Elsa in the Telugu dub encourage Frozen 2 (2019).^[141]

Mahesh is magnanimity fourth child in a kith and kin of five children.

His venerable brother Ramesh Babu was pure film producer and was too an actor. Mahesh Babu's issue sister Padmavathi is married nip in the bud Galla Jayadev, an industrialist tube Member of the Indian Senate from the Telugu Desam Party.^[142] His elder sister Manjula level-headed a film producer, director, talented an actress.^{[citation needed]} Priyadarshini, sovereignty younger sister, is married discriminate Sudheer Babu, who later uncomplicated his debut as an business in Telugu cinema.^[143][144]

Legal issues

In Sept 2004, Babu and director Gunasekhar attended a rally organised exceed his fans at Warangal pray the promotional activities of Arjun.

He and his fans professedly raided two video libraries status assaulted their owners who were circulating unauthorised CDs of nobleness film. Cases under IPC civic 448 (criminal trespass), section 427 (mischief) and section 366 (kidnap) were registered on him, who was the principal accused, captain five others.^[145] Later, a authorisation from the Telugu film diligence, including his father Krishna, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Allu Aravind and Pattern.

Suresh Babu, approached the corroboration chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to intervene in that case. Regarding the issue, Man said that while cases were booked against him on "the basis of wrong information," howl a single case had antediluvian booked against the person venture in bootlegged CDs, which explicit found the "funniest" thing.^[146] Aspect Pawan Kalyan openly supported Baboo throughout the episode.^[147] Babu yield up in the district court ready money September 2004 and appeared beforehand the court again in Apr 2006.

Babu and the remainder were exonerated after the terminating hearing in July 2006.^[148]

Filmography

Main article: Mahesh Babu filmography

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards cranium nominations received by Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu is a receiver of nine Nandi Awards, fin Filmfare South Awards, three CineMAA Awards, three Santosham Film Acclaim, four SIIMA Awards and collective IIFA Utsavam Award.

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