Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975) is an Indian film actor known for his work exclusively in Telugu cinema. Born to actor Krishna in the Ghattamaneni family, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in 1979's Needa. His first leading role was in the film Rajakumarudu, which was released in August 1999.Mahesh is great fan of praveen prayakarrao..He played a young Kabaddi player in the 2003 blockbuster film Okkadu, one of the biggest Telugu grossers of the time. The film was subsequently remade into various Indian languages. He received international recognition with the 2005 film Athadu, another high grosser in Telugu cinema. The film was dubbed into Polish for a release in Poland as Poszukiwany, becoming the first Telugu film released in Poland, and became a boxoffice hit. In 2006 he starred in Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Awards held in Dubai. The blockbuster film was subsequently remade into Tamil, Hindi and Kannada.........In 2011, he starred in Dookudu, which had the largest worldwide opening for a Telugu film.The film was released among seventy nine screens in the United States. In the rest of north, east and west India, it opened up in 21 cities. It became the first Telugu film to reach a gross of more than 7px 1 billion at the time, excluding the dubbed versions. Subsequently, the Los Angeles Times quoted it as "The biggest hit you've never heard of".In 2014, he starred in the psychological thriller, 1: Nenokkadine which reached $1.225 million in its first weekend, and remained one of the best openings ever for an Indian film in the United States. He was then starred in Aagadu, which became the highest opening weekend Indian film in U.S. box office beating Bollywood films like Krrish 3 and Kick. Other box office hits include the spiritual thriller, Murari (2001), the family thriller Arjun (2004), the action thrillers viz., Sainikudu (2006), Athidhi (2007), Khaleja (2010), the crime thriller, Businessman (2012), and the family drama SVSC (2013).He has won seven state Nandi Awards, four Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards, two CineMAA Awards and two South Indian International Movie Awards. In addition to the films, he also endorses several brands in Andhra Pradesh and South India. He was also the national brand ambassador for Thums Up. He was voted as the most desirable man in the Times Most Desirable Men 2013 online polls conducted by the Indiatimes Group. In January 2013, he was ranked 31st on business magazine Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list.
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu, Nandi Award for Best Actor, Nandi Special Jury Award, IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Performance In A Leading Role - Male - Telugu, Rama Rama, Junction Lo, Bala Tripuramani
I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow the director.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalized, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.
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The only thing I have learn over the years is that if you enjoy your work and put in the best efforts, it will show. If you follow this process, things work out. But if you go chasing a formula, success will elude you.
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I struggled to kick the habit - I would make a decision to give up smoking, but it was hard. I couldn't resist the urge to steal a smoke. It was at that time that I was gifted Allen Carr's book 'The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.' After I read that book, I didn't touch a fag again.
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I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible. When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.
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I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.
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As long as I am acting, I will do only Telugu films. I want to take Telugu films to the world. Everyone should talk about our films.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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Mahesh Babu is the Highest earning celebrity in the year 2015 In south India according to Forbes India.
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Mahesh Babu is known for his trademark dialogue delivery and running.
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Mahesh Babu owns a production house.
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Mahesh Babu is the most popular actor in Tollywood.
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Mahesh Babu is the 2nd Highest Paid actor after Rajinikanth at one point.
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To date, he has won seven Nandi Awards, five Filmfare Awards, three CineMAA Awards, three South Indian International Movie Awards and one International Indian Film Academy Award.
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He was ranked twelfth on the Times' 50 Most Desirable Men in India for the year 2010. He climbed to the first position of the same list for the year 2013, beating the likes of Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan.He stood at sixth place on the same list for the year 2014.
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Mahesh has given 30% of his annual income to charities, and most of his philanthropic activities are not in public because he prefers them to be so.Mahesh joined Farhan Akhtar's Men Against Rape and Discrimination (MARD) campaign in August 2013 and lent his voice to the Telugu version of a poem written by Javed Akhtar.He was signed in 2013 as the goodwill ambassador of Heal-a-child Foundation.
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In October 2014, he donated 2 Crores to a relief fund run by the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for reconstruction of areas destroyed during Cyclone Hudhud.
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Mahesh is an ambassador for about a dozen of South Indian brands. In 2007, he signed a five-year endorsement deal with the cola company Thums Up to replace Chiranjeevi as its brand ambassador in Andhra Pradesh.
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He was elected the 1st Most Desirable Men Of India for the year 2013 by The Times of India.
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Is a huge fan of Sachin Tendulkar.
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Is a huge fan of his father Superstar Krishna and Senior actor Nandamuri Taraka RamaRao.
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He joined Farhan Akhtar's MARD campaign by supporting the cause and has also lent his voice to the poem written in Telugu.
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Has won Seven Nandi Awards in which 3 for the Best Actor, 3 for Best Actor in Special Jury and 1 for Best Male Debut.
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Has won 3 CineMAA awards for the Best Actor Category, which is the highest of any actor to date.
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One of the few actors in Indian Film Industry who never did a remake in his career.
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Tamil Actors Suriya, Karthi and Vaibhav (Mankatha, Goa Fame) are his childhood School Friends.
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Mahesh's childhood was spent mostly in Madras under the care of his maternal grandmother, Smt. Durgamma, and the rest of his family.
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Is very close to his family, especially to his brother Ramesh Babu.
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He was voted the 2nd Most Desirable Man for the year 2012 by The Times of India.
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Father of Gautam Krishna (born on 31 August 2006) and Sitara (born on 20 July 2012).
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Met his wife Namrata Shirodkar on the set of his film "Vamsi".
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He was voted the 5th Most Desirable Men for the year 2011 by The Times of India.
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