Mahesh Babu is an Indian actor, media personality, philanthropist, and producer. Mahesh Babu's birthdate is 9 August 1975. Mahesh Babu's height is 6.2 feet.

Actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist Mahesh Babu is mostly associated with Telugu films in India. In addition to having roles in more than 25 movies, Mahesh Babu has received numerous awards, including eight Nandi Awards, five Filmfare South Awards, four South Indian International Movie Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and one IIFA Utsavam Award. Mahesh Babu owns the production company G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment and is one of the highest-paid Telugu film actors.

Mahesh Babu, the younger son of renowned Telugu actor Krishna, had his acting debut at the age of four in a cameo in Needa and went on to appear in eight additional films as a child actor. With Rajakumarudu, Mahesh Babu made his acting debut in a leading role and was recognized with the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut. With the spooky drama Murari and the action movie Okkadu, Babu made his claim as a good actor.

Mahesh Babu is one of the most well-known and significant actors in Telugu films and is referred to in the media as the Prince of Tollywood. He leads a charitable trust and non-profit organization called Heal-a-Child. He is also a humanitarian and philanthropist. He serves as the ambassador of goodwill for Rainbow Hospitals. With the opening of the seven-screen super plex at Gachibowli AMB Cinemas, Mahesh Babu and Narayandas Narang of Asian Group entered the business of film exhibition.

On the Times' list of the 50 Most Desirable Men in India for the year 2010, Mahesh Babu was placed at number twelve. In 2011 and 2012, he was ranked number five.  He surpassed stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Hrithik Roshan to take the top spot on the same list for the year 2013. On the same list, he was in the sixth position in 2014, sixth in 2015, seventh in 2016, and sixth in 2017.  Then, he joined Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Hrithik Roshan on the list of actors who will always be in demand.

Mahesh Babu has additionally backed the End Corona Campaign of AIG Hospitals, which promoted the COVID-19 vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccination was the subject of one of the biggest virtual awareness campaigns ever. 

Career
 

First Movie- Rajakumarudu (1999)

While on vacation in Khandala, Raj Kumar (Mahesh Babu) stays with his uncle Dhananjay (Prakash Raj). He meets Rani (Preity Zinta) and develops feelings for her. But in the end, he teases her, and she starts to hate him. Despite her best efforts to stay away from him, he won't let her alone. Rani is thrilled when Raj Kumar protects her from bullies. She starts to like him and then falls in love with him after spending some time together. However, his uncle has other ideas for him. He divulges information about the hero's parents and family's past. He talks about the wager he made with his future in-laws to wed his daughter to the hero.

The hero advises the heroine that their relationship must end there in compliance with this. Going to the village with his uncle to look for his uncle's daughter, he is delighted to discover that it is none other than Rani. The plot that he and his uncle concoct to win the heroine's hand and reunite the uncle with his family drives the remainder of the film. This is done in a playful, amusing manner.

Rajakumarudu, an Indian romantic comedy film in the Telugu language from 1999, was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and produced by C. Aswini Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies label. Krishna had a cameo appearance as Mahesh Babu's father in the film, which also starred Mahesh Babu and Preity Zinta and features music by Mani Sharma. Mahesh Babu's first movie in a leading role, Raja Kumarudu, was well-received and financially successful. It won two Nandi Awards for the movie.

Prince No. 1 was the Hindi dub of the film.

Okkadu (2003)

Okkadu is an action-oriented film. In which Kurnool factionist Obul Reddy (Prakash Raj) appears. He develops feelings for Swapna (Bhumika). When Achyut made a joke about the age difference between Obul Reddy and Swapna, Obul Reddy murders him. Obul Reddy also murders Swapna's other sibling. When Swapna's father realized the danger, he gave her certificates and money and asked her to flee to her uncle's house in the USA. When she begins to move, Obul Reddy catches her.

Kabaddi player Ajay (Mahesh Babu) is the son of an assistant commissioner of police (Mukesh Rishi). Ajay, who is in Kurnool to play kabaddi, steps in at this point and saves Swapna from Obul. Swapna is taken to Ajay's house where he hides her in his bedroom. Ajay organizes Swapna's passport, visa, and airline tickets with the aid of friends.

The romantic action movie Okkadu was written and directed by Gunasekhar in 2003. Prakash Raj, Bhumika Chawla, and Mahesh Babu are their main actors. It brought Mahesh Babu instant fame and won him eight Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film - Telugu.

It is dubbed in Hindi as Tevar.

Pokiri (2006)

Two warring gangs, a bad cop, and two money-minded criminals must contend with the threat of the criminal's girlfriend.

Pandu is a hired killer who will accept any assignment as long as the payment is fair. While the underworld needs him to silence their rivals, the police want to question him. The history of this assassin is unknown. Only Pandu is aware of his true identity, and he has no desire to reveal it to anyone.

Puri Jagannadh wrote and directed Pokiri, an action thriller movie in the Telugu language, in 2006. Jagannadh and Manjula Ghattamaneni's respective production businesses, Vaishno Academy and Indira Productions produced the movie. Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, and Prakash Raj are the movie's main actors, and Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Sayaji Shinde also play significant roles. The main character of the story is a local goon whose murderous instincts attract the attention of a wanted don as well as the ire of his lover and a corrupt police officer.

Along with V. V. Vinayak's Tagore in 2006, the movie was one of the fourteen southern Indian films to be screened at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) Film Festival. Five Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards were given to the movie. The movie's popularity propelled Ileana to fame and gained Jagannadh recognition as a writer and director. It was recreated as Pokkiri in Tamil in 2007, Wanted in Hindi in 2009, and Porki in Kannada (2010).

After Mahesh Babu started wearing them, the doctor sleeve trend grew in popularity in Andhra Pradesh, and it is still influencing fashion today. Evvadu kodutge dimma tirigi mind blockaipothundo, vaade Pandugaadu (translated as A punch of his will fully shut down your mind, that's Pandu) and Okkasari commit aithe naa mata neene vinnanu (Once I commit, I won't listen even to my own words) are two Mahesh Babu quotes from Pokiri that gained popularity.

Srimanthudu (2015)

The scion of a prosperous business family who is uninterested in merely making money is the subject of Srimanthudu's straightforward yet motivational story. His ideas and later events lead him to adopt a plain community and transform it despite several obstacles. A wealthy businessman (Jagapathi Babu) is concerned about his aloof and apathetic son (Mahesh Babu). He wants the enormous economic empire that he built during his lifetime to pass to his son and be continued by him. However, the latter declines, saying that he needs to earn respect first. His attention is elsewhere.

He meets a girl (Shruthi Haasan), and they quickly fall in love since they share similar ideas. When she learns who he is, though, she chooses to ignore him. She reprimands him for being too wealthy and not even knowing where he was born when confronted. She then reveals that she is the daughter of a kind village chief (Dr. Rajendra Prasad). That is, incidentally, the same village. Later, the hero returns to the hamlet, adopts it, finances it, and actively participates in the construction of a school, roads, etc. This forces him into an unavoidable conflict with a self-centered union minister and his brother, who terrorize and intimidate the town.

The 2015 action drama film Srimanthudu, was written and directed by Koratala Siva. Mythri Movie Makers and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment are the producers of the movie. Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu, and Rajendra Prasad are the movie's stars. In supporting roles are Sampath Raj, Mukesh Rishi, Sukanya, and Harish Uthaman.

Following the film's premiere, a number of politicians, bureaucrats, and actors made plans to develop underdeveloped villages and promoted the adoption of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana villages. The movie went on to take home three Nandi Awards, including the Best Popular Feature Film honor, and three Filmfare Awards South, including Mahesh Babu's Best Telugu Actor honor.

Bharat Ane Nenu (2018)

The story revolves around Bharat, an Oxford student who leaves for India after his father, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, passes away. After becoming the new chief minister and becoming disenchanted with the corruption he sees, Bharat seeks to overhaul the system, leading to controversies and gaining enemies along the way.

Bharat Ane Nenu is the title of Koratala Siva's 2018 Telugu-language political drama film, which was written and produced in India. Along with Prakash Raj, R. Sarathkumar, Aamani, Devaraj, Posani Krishna Murali, P. Ravi Shankar, Yashpal Sharma, Rao Ramesh, and Brahmaji, the movie stars Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani in her Telugu debut. Devi Sri Prasad composed the soundtrack, and A. Sreekar Prasad edited the movie.

Including other versions like Tamil, Bharat Ane Nenu made between 187.6-225 crore in box office revenue during its entire theatrical run.

Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022)

After his parents pass away, Mahesh, also known as Mahi, grows up in the USA and establishes Mahi Finance Corporation, a lending company. After falling in love with a woman named Kalavathi, who tricked him into giving her a loan for her studies when in reality she was a gambling addict, this changed because he now has his own brutal methods of collecting debts when debtors fail to pay. After understanding this, he attempts to collect the debt from her and ultimately returns to India where he faces Rajendranath, her father, and a prominent MP and industrialist with headquarters in Vizag. When Mahi is threatened with death and admits he is there for more than simply Kalavathi's debt, the conflict intensifies.

Sarkaru Vaari Ppaata is the title of Parasuram's action drama film in the Telugu language, which was released in May 2022. Mahesh Babu, Keerthy Suresh, and Samuthirakani appear in the Mythri Movie Makers, 14 Reels Plus, and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment-produced film. After his daughter Kalaavathi (Suresh) defrauds Mahi, politician Rajendranath (Babu) and financier Mahi (Babu) engage in war.

On May 12, 2022, it was finally released in theaters to mixed reviews, while Mahesh Babu's performance received a lot of appreciation. The movie, which had a budget of 60 crores, ended up being one of the highest-grossing Telugu movies of 2022 after earning between 180 and 230 crores globally.

Controversy

 

Mahesh Babu’s Court Case

In support of Arjun's promotional efforts, his supporters organized a rally in Warangal in September 2004 that both Mahesh Babu and the filmmaker Gunasekhar attended. He and his supporters are accused of breaking into two video stores and attacking the proprietors for selling illegal copies of the movie on CDs.

He was the primary accused in cases under IPC sections 448 (criminal trespass), 427 (mischief), and 366 (kidnapping), together with five other people. Later, a delegation from the Telugu cinema industry—including D. Suresh Babu, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Allu Aravind, and his father Krishna—asked the then-chief minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, to become involved in this matter.

According to Mahesh Babu, the funniest part of the situation was that not a single case had been filed against the guy selling bootleg CDs, despite the fact that cases had been filed against him on the basis of incorrect information.Pawan Kalyan, an actor, openly backed Mahesh Babu throughout the episode. Mahesh Babu turned himself in to the district court in September 2004. He returned in April 2006. Following the final hearing in July 2006, Mahesh Babu and the other defendants were cleared.

Mahesh Babu Says Bollywood Cant Afford Me

Mahesh Babu, a star of Telugu cinema, has stirred up controversy on social media with his divisive comments about why he shuns Bollywood productions. The actor stated at a Hyderabad event that despite receiving numerous offers for Hindi films, he does not want to work in that country since he believes the industry cannot support him.

After that remark, internet users immediately pointed out how haughty his response sounded, and some even contrasted it to Shah Rukh Khan's modest response on why the latter won't work on Hollywood projects.

Mahesh recently clarified that he just intended to make fun of it and that it was not meant to be taken seriously.

Mahesh responded immediately when asked if he would be interested in acting in Hindi movies, Of course! I'd adore to act in a Hindi movie. In fact, I'd like to make movies in as many other languages as I can. My top priority, though, will always be Telugu movies.

Netizens trolling Mahesh Babu for promoting Tobacco Brand

A netizen wrote that I presume that only TFI celebrities like #MaheshBabu are permitted to market Pan Masala goods, while the others face harassment for doing the same. Nice use of two standards.

Other netizen wrote that, He remarked that Bollywood couldn't afford him, which is funny. However, a pan masala brand can afford him ( he endorses Pan Bahar). There is no issue. Bring a stronger argument the following time if you want to act like the Elite.

Awards

• Nandi Awards 1999 - Best Male Debut for Raja Kumarudu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2002 - Best Actor – Telugu for Murari - Nominated
• Nandi Awards 2002 - Special Jury Award for Murari - Won
• CineMAA Awards 2003 - Best Actor – Male for Okkadu - Won
• Nandi Awards 2003 - Special Jury Award for Takkari Donga - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2004 - Best Actor – Telugu for Okkadu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2004 - Best Actor – Telugu for Nijam - Nominated
• Nandi Awards 2004 - Best Actor for Nijam - Won
• Santosham Film Awards 2004 - Best Young Performer for Okkadu - Won
• Nandi Awards 2005 - Special Jury Award for Arjun - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2006 - Best Actor – Telugu for Athadu - Nominated
• Nandi Awards 2006 - Best Actor for Athadu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2007 - Best Actor – Telugu for Pokiri - Won
• Santosham Film Awards 2007 - Best Actor for Pokiri - Won
• CineMAA Awards 2011 - Best Actor – Male for Dookudu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2011 - Best Actor – Telugu for Dookudu - Won
• Nandi Awards 2011 - Best Actor for Dookudu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2012 - Best Actor – Telugu for Businessman - Nominated
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2012 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Dookudu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2013 - Best Actor – Telugu for Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu - Won
• Santosham Film Awards 2013 - Best Actor for Businessman - Won
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2013 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Businessman - Nominated
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2014 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu - Won
• CineMAA Awards 2015 - Best Actor – Male (Jury) for 1: Nenokkadine - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2015 - Best Actor – Telugu for Srimanthudu - Won
• Nandi Awards 2015 - Best Actor for Srimanthudu - Won
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2015 - Best Actor (Telugu) for 1: Nenokkadine - Nominated
• IIFA Utsavam 2016 - Best Actor - Telugu for Srimanthudu - Won
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2016 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Srimanthudu - Won
• Filmfare Awards South 2019 - Best Actor – Telugu for Bharat Ane Nenu - Nominated
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2019 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Bharat Ane Nenu - Nominated
• Zee Cine Awards Telugu 2020 - Twitter Star for  - Won
• Zee Cine Awards Telugu 2020 - Favorite Actor for Maharshi - Nominated
• Zee Cine Awards Telugu 2020 - Best Actor – Male for Maharshi - Nominated
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2021 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Maharshi - Won
• South Indian International Movie Awards 2021 - Best Actor (Telugu) for Sarileru Neekevvaru - Nominated

Facts 

• Mahesh Babu began his acting career at the young age of 4 in the Telugu film Needa. He has a wealth of acting experience.
• He attended St.Anglo Bede's Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai with Kollywood great actor Karthi.
• After dating her for more than 4 years, Mahesh Babu wed his co-star Namratha from the Vamshi movie at the Marriott Hotel in Mumbai in 2006. Manjula, the sister of Mahesh Babu, is thought to have persuaded his mother Krishna for the marriage.
• After the receipt of a bachelor's degree in commerce from Chennai's Loyola College. Mahesh Babu met L. Satyanand, an acting coach and spent three to four months in Visakhapatnam receiving acting instruction.
• Mahesh Babu is well renowned for his philanthropic work and donates 30% of his annual income to charitable causes. MB chose Burripalem village in Andhra Pradesh and has sponsored cardiac surgery for more than 1000 children so far.
• Despite being a star of Telugu movies, Mahesh Babu cannot read the language. You did read that correctly. The actor provides his takes after paying attention to his director and comprehending the dialogue.
• Mahesh Babu became the most followed South Indian Actor on Twitter by reaching 13 million followers on Twitter.