Background
He is the son of Telugu actor Krishna and Indira, born in Madras, Tamil Nadu and did most of his schooling and undergraduate in Chennai (formerly Madras). Mahesh babu graduated with a B.Comm 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 Namrata Shirodkar.[1] in February 2005. On August 31, 2006, Mahesh and Namrata's first son was born[2] and named as Gautam Gattamaneni.
Career
Mahesh started out his movie career as a child actor in his father's films before making his debut as a Hero.
Mahesh Debuted 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, The movie failed to make an impact and was considered Flop at the box office.
His 3rd Movie was Vamsi co-starring Namratha 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 shoban was a Flop
His 7th Movie was what all His Fans were lookin for Okkadu .This Movie directed by gunasekhar 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 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.Surya. 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 Huge 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 was Pokiri is 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.[3] 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 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 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 Rajnikanth film directed by Puri Jagannadh.
Endorsements
- Mahesh is the brand ambassador of THUMS UP beverage in South India.
- He is also the brand ambassador of Hero Honda,India,one of the world's largest motorcycle manafacturer.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Pokiri 2 | Will be directed by Puri Jagannath and produced by Soundarya Rajinikant and Warner Bros. | |
| 2008 | Yet to be announced | A Gowtham Menon movie | |
| Mirchi | |||
| Varudu | |||
| 2007 | Athidhi | Athidhi | Dubbed into Tamil as Thani Kaatu Raja Dubbed into Malayalam as "Oneman Army"(yet to be released) |
| 2006 | Sainikudu | Siddhartha | Dubbed into Tamil as Kumaran Dubbed into Malayalam as "Sulthan" |
| Pokiri | Pandu / Krishna Manohar | Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) | |
| 2005 | Athadu | Nanda Gopal | Dubbed into Tamil as Nandu Dubbed into Malayalam as "The target" |
| 2004 | Arjun | Arjun | Dubbed into Tamil as Varenda Maduraikku Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| Naani | Naani | ||
| 2003 | Nijam | Rama | Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor |
| Okkadu | Ajay | Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) | |
| 2002 | Bobby | Bobby | |
| Takkari Donga | Raja | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury | |
| 2001 | Murari | Murari | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| 2000 | Vamsi | Vamsi | |
| Yuvaraju | Srinivas | ||
| 1999 | Raja Kumarudu | Raja | Dubbed into Hindi as Prince No. 1 Dubbed into Tamil as Kadhal Vennila Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut |
As Child Artist
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bala Chandrudu | (As a child artist)Directed by Ghatamaneni Krishna | ||
| Annathamudu | (As a child artist)Directed by Ghatamaneni Krishna | ||
| Kodukulu Didina Kapuram | (As a child artist)Directed by Ghatamaneni Krishna | ||
| Gudachari 117 | (As a child artist)Directed by Kodi Rama Krishna | ||
| Muguru Kodukulu | (As a child artist)Directed by Ghatamaneni Krishna | ||
| Bajaru Rowdy | (As a child artist)Directed by Kodanda Rami Reddy | ||
| Shankaravam | (As a child artist)Directed by Ghatamaneni Krishna | ||
| Poratum | (As a child artist)Directed by Kodi Rama Krishna | ||
| Needa | (As a child artist)Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao |
