Ghattamaneni Mahesh BabuBirth name: Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu
Born:August 9, 1974 (age 32) Chennai, India
Other name:
Prince,superstar(from blockbuster movie pokiri)
Spouse:Namrata Shirodkar
Notable roles:Ajay - in Okkadu (2003)
Seetaram -in Nijam(2003)
Nanda -Gopal in Athadu (2005)
Pandu - in Pokiri (2006)
Hight: 6.3
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Son: Gautam Gattamaneni
Father: Krishna
Mother:Indira Devi
Mahesh Babu is the son of Tollywood Super Star Krishna.
Mahesh Babu after finishing his B.Com from the famous Loyola College in Chennai, He made a debut as hero with the film Rajakumarudu with priety Zinta which was a big hit. A series of hits soon made Mahesh Babu the heart-throb of Tollywood.
Mahesh’s performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan.
Mahesh Babu, married co-star in Vamsi, Namrata Sirodkar in the year 2005. The simple wedding Feb 10 was a very private affair with only close relatives in attendence.
Mahesh Babu in Athidi
The shooting of Mahesh next film ATHIDI. For this film he got the permission from President to shoot a scene in Redfort. Presently they are doing fighting and chasing scenes. The shooting part is now completed in the cities of Delhi and now doing in Mumbai.Mahesh Babu invested 36,000 fo his Hair style in Athidi.
Tollywood Box Office Hit Movie Pokiri
Directed by: Puri Jagannadh
Produced by:Puri Jagannadh
Written by:Puri Jagannadh
Starring: Mahesh Babu,Ileana D’Cruz,Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde,Ashish Vidyarthi
Music by:Mani Sharma
Cinematography:Shyam K. Naidu
Editing by: Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by: Vaishno Academy
Release date: April 28, 2006
Label: Aditya Music
Producer:Mani Sharma
Running time:157 min.
Language:Telugu
Budget:12 crores
The pokiri film was premiered at the 2006 International Indian Film Academy Awards, along with Tollywood super-hit Tagore. This film created many records and is currently the highest grossing film in the Telugu Film Industry.
In the US, the pokiri film grossed $200,000 USD in the first two weeks , and grossed $350,000 by June 2006. Pokiri grossed a total amount of about $500,000 at the US box office.
Pokiri was one of the highest grossers in the Indian film industry for 2006.
This is the first Telugu film to ever cross the 40-crore mark. Mahesh Babu’s sister Manjula co-produced this film .The last stunt sequence in the climax was shot for about 10 days.
Songs in pokiri
- Devuda Devuda - Naveen
- Dole Dole - Ranjith & Suchitra
- Gala Gala - Nihaal
- Ippatakinka - Murilidhar & Suchitra
- Jagadame - Kunal Ganjawala
- Chododdu Antunna - Karthik & Mahalakshmi
Characters in pokiri movie
- Mahesh Babu ... Pandu/Krishna Manohar
- Ileana D’Cruz ... Sruthi
- Prakash Raj ... Ali Bhai
- Sayaji Shinde ... Police Officer
- Ashish Vidyarthi ... Inspector Pasupathi
- Brahmanandam ... Sruti’s neighbor
- Nassar ... Father of KrishnaManohar
- Subbaraju ... Nayar
- Ali ... Beggar Leader
- Mumaith Khan ... Item number
- Ajay ... Ajay
Prince Mahesh Babu Filmography
- 2008 - Hare Rama Hare Krishna(start in October 2007)
- 2007 -Mirchi (Announced)
- 2007 Athidhi (Released on August 09, 2007)
- 2006 - Sainikudu ....Siddhartha
- 2006 Pokiri ....Pandu / Krishna Manohar
- 2004 Arjun ...Arjun
- 2004 Naani ...Naani
- 2004 Okkadu ...Ajay
- 2002 Takkari Donga ...Raja
- 2000 Vamsi ...Vamsi
- 2000 Yuvaraju ...Srinivas
- 1999 Raja Kumarudu ....Raja
- 2005 Athadu ...Nanda Gopal
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor. Nomination, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) - 2004 Arjun ...Arjun -Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury
- 2003 Nijam ....Rama -Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
- Okkadu ...Ajay -Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
- Takkari Donga ...Raja -Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury
- 2001 Murari ....Murari -Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury
- Mahesh Babu with wife Namrata Shirodkar in Vamsi movie
- Mahesh Babu with Bollywood queen priety zinta in Vamsi movie
- Mahesh Babu with tollywood queen thrisha in movie SAINIKUDU"
- Mahesh Babu with Ileana D’Cruz in movie pokiri
Mahesh Babu in a thums up Advertisement
Dole Dole song in telugu pokiri
