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Date of Birth 9 August 1975, Madras, India
Birth Name Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu
Nicknames Prince
Superstar
Naani
Universal Star
Height 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Mini Bio (1)
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to prominent Telugu Cinema Actor Krishna Ghattamaneni and Smt. Indira Devi on August 9, 1975. He is the younger brother of actor turned producer Ramesh Babu Ghattamaneni. He also has two elder sisters, Padmavathi and actress-producer Manjula Ghattamaneni and one younger sister Priyadarshini. Mahesh's childhood was spent mostly in Madras under the care of his paternal grandmother Smt. Durgamma and the rest of his family. Mahesh studied at St. Bede's School in Chennai while continuing to attend his dad's filming during holidays. Mahesh obtained an Honours Degree in Commerce from Loyola College, Chennai. He started his acting career by playing a small role in his brother Ramesh Babu's debut film, Needa (1979), at the age of 4. He was later seen in films such as Poratam (1983), Sankharavam (1987), Bazaar Rowdy (1988), Mugguru Kodukulu (1988), Gudachari 117, Koduku Diddina Kapuram (1989), Balachandrudu (1990) and Anna Tammudu (1990). Mahesh Babu acted in seven of his father's films as a child actor.

Awards and nominations
CeremonyCategory Year Film Result Reference

International Indian Film Academy Awards Utsavam Best Actor – Telugu 2016 Srimanthudu Won
Nandi Awards Best Male Debut 2000 Raja Kumarudu Won
Special Jury Award 2002 Murari Won
2003 Takkari Donga Won
2005 Arjun Won
Best Actor 2004 Nijam Won
2006 Athadu Won
2012 Dookudu Won
Filmfare Awards South Best Actor – Telugu 2001 Murari Nominated
2003 Okkadu Won
2005 Athadu Nominated
2006 Pokiri Won
2011 Dookudu Won
2012 Businessman Nominated
2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Won
2015 Srimanthudu Won
South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actor – Telugu 2012 Dookudu Won
2013 Businessman Nominated
2014 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Won
2015 1: Nenokkadine Nominated
2016 Srimanthudu Won
CineMAA Awards Best Actor – Male 2003 Okkadu Won
2011 Dookudu Won
Best Actor – Male (Jury) 2015 1: Nenokkadine Won
Santosham Film Awards Best Actor 2007 Pokiri Won
2013 Businessman Won [140]
TSR – TV9 National Film Awards Best Actor for the year 2013 2015 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Won
Vamsee Film Awards Best Actor – Male 2005 Athadu Won
2006 Pokiri Won
2007 Athidhi Won
The Hyderabad Times Film Awards Best Actor – Male 2011 Dookudu Won
2013 Businessman Nominated
AP Cinegoers' Association 34th Annual Awards Best Actor – Male 2004 Okkadu Won

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Early life

Brook was born and raised in Rochester, Kent, as Kelly Ann ParsonsShe is the daughter of Sandra Kelly, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder. She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, SashaKenneth died aged 57 in Rochester from lung canceron 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on Strictly Come Dancing.

Brook attended the Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester. She then studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London for three years before becoming a professional model.

Modelling

Brook in 2010

Brook's modelling career began at 16 after she won a beauty competition, into which she had been entered by her motherShe later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including for Foster's Lager, Renault Mégane, Walker's crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Her figure eventually caught the eye of the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid,[6] which began featuring her as a Page Three girl.

Brook's picture soon began appearing in other lads' mags such as GQ, Loaded and FHM. In April of the same year, a poll over 5,000 women for Grazia magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She also topped the 'FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World' list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in this list every year since 1998, she ranked No.34 in 2008, No.67 in 2009 and No.7 in 2010.She was the cover star of FHM's World Cup 2010 special issue, and was on the cover of the magazine in April 2011

In February 2007, it was announced that Brook had signed a contract, reported to be worth around £1m, to represent Unilever's Lynx bodyspray, known as "Axe" in the US and in continental Europe.She has appeared on billboards, in newspapers and on-line as part of their advertising campaign.She has also appeared in commercials for Sky + and T Mobile and modelled for Reebok.

In 2010, she was chosen as the "new face and body" of lingerie maker Ultimo's advertising campaign. In September 2010, Brook appeared in the American edition of Playboy magazine.In October 2010, Brook appeared live at Clapham Picture House to surprise cinemagoers as part of a promotion for Carlsberg and Sky 3D In November 2010, Brook presented an award at MTV's EMA's in Madrid.

Brook produces a line of swimwear with New Look, for which she herself has modelled.

In September 2014, Brook launched a clothing line for Simply Be. The following year, she became a brand ambassador for Skechers

Television career

Presenter

In 1997, aged eighteen, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV, Granada Television and the Trouble TV channel.Brook had a breakthrough into mainstream presenting in January 1999, when she was chosen to replace Denise van Outen as the female half of The Big Breakfast hosting team, alongside Johnny Vaughan. She left the show in July 1999.[18] In 2005, she hosted the reality television programme Celebrity Love Island for ITV.

Reality television

In 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1, with dance partner was Brendan Cole. During the TV series, her father Kenneth Parsons died from cancer,and although she initially decided to continue dancing in his memory, she withdrew from the competition in week nine.

Brook at the January 2009 London Boat Show

She also competed in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2008, dancing the Jive with Brian Fortuna, Brendan Cole having to compete with his later partner Lisa Snowdon. Brook and Fortuna were put into fourth place, but with the studio audience's vote they came second to Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett. In 2008, Brook took Jennifer Ellison's place as one of the three judges on the second series of the reality TV programme Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, broadcast between September and November 2008.

In January 2009, she joined the third series of Britain's Got Talent as a fourth judge, but was subsequently axed from the programme after less than a week on the panel, the producers having decided the four-judge format was "too complicated".[21] Brook was billed as a guest judge in the episode in which she appeared, taped in Manchester and aired on 16 May.

In 2013, Brook became a temporary team captain on Celebrity Juice aired on ITV2. She appeared in Season 9, replacing Fearne Cotton while she was on maternity leave.

In 2016, Brook served as a team captain on the Channel 5 panel show It's Not Me, It's You.

Acting

In 1997, she appeared in a Pulp video "Help the Aged" with Huck Whitney of the band the Flaming Stars, in a slow dance sequence.rook made her full screen debut with a minor role in the film Sorted. Shortly thereafter, she appeared in the film Ripper. She played the girlfriend of Clark Kent/Superman's nemesis LLex Luthor in four episodes of the American science fiction drama Smallville during the show's first season (2001–02). She has also completed assignments as a film actress in Canada and made a short appearance as Lyle's girlfriend in the 2003 film The Italian Job.

Her first starring role was in School for Seduction, a 2004 film – she received positive reviews for her role, "Seduction offers a few twists on the rapidly degenerating format, not the least of which is the comely Brook in the lead role."In 2004, she played character Nikki Morris in the video game Need for Speed Underground 2, alongside Brooke Burke. In 2005, she appeared in the Philippe Vidal thriller House of 9. In 2005 she starred opposite Billy Zane in the film Survival Island.

Also in 2006, she starred in an Agatha Christie's Marple drama on ITV and appeared as herself throughout the second series of Moving Wallpaper, also for ITV, in 2009. She acted in the science fiction thriller Shadow Play, directed by Nick Simon.

Brook had a leading role in the horror comedy remake Piranha 3D. The film received a worldwide theatrical release on 20 August 2010. Piranha 3D opened to generally positive reviews and commercial success, grossing $83,188,163 on a budget of $24,000,000Kelly also played as herself in the British comedy film Keith Lemon: The Film.

In 2013 Brook appeared in the video to Lawson's song "Juliet".

In 2014 she was cast as Prudence in an NBC sitcom pilot called One Big Happy,which was subsequently picked up on 9 May.

Theatrical work

In December 2000, she played exotic dancer Anya in the play "Eye Contact" at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith In October 2008, she returned to the West End as Jeannie, in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig at London's Comedy Theatre.] Her performances have had mixed reviews, the Daily Mail said "Kelly Brook has a pencil waist and rabbit-thigh legs, but she is not a great interpreter of a role".in November 2009, she began playing Celia in Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre, a role previously played by Jerry Hall.

Kelly made a cameo appearance in the cabaret show "Forever Crazy" by Crazy Horse London end of 2012.

Personal life

Brook was in a relationship with actor Jason Statham until the mid-2000s.[35] Brook met American actor Billy Zane while filming thriller Survival Island in Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2004. Brook and Zane were engaged to be married in the summer of 2008 and acquired a house in Kent, but Brook postponed the wedding upon the death of her father in November 2007. The couple split in April 2008 and briefly got back together before ending

their relationship in August 2008 Brook had been dating rugby player Thom Evans since December 2010. On 16 March 2011, she announced via her Twitter account that she and Evans were expecting a baby girl.[38] On 9 May 2011, Brook suffered a miscarriage.On 1 February 2013, Brook announced through Twitter that she and Evans had split. She began dating fitness model David McIntosh in February 2014 and in March 2014 they announced their engagement; however, on 26 September 2014 she announced via Twitter that the engagement was over and wished him well.

In September 2014, Kelly released her autobiography. which reached the Sunday Times Bestseller list on 21 September.Domestic-violence groups and others criticised her during her promotional tour for laughing about punching two ex-boyfriends in the face.

Brook is an animal lover and posed nude with her body painted in scales for the "Whose Skin Are You In?" campaign by PETA

At end of 2013 Kelly opened her bar "Steam and Rye" in the heart of the City of London.i June 2014 Steam and Rye won Bar of the Year at the London Club and Bar Awards.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes

2000 Sorted Sarah

2001 Ripper Marisa Tavares

2003 Absolon Claire

The Italian Job Lyle's Girlfriend

2004 School for Seduction Sophia Rosselini

2005 House of 9 Lea

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Beautiful Woman in Painting

Survival Island (also known as Three) Jennifer

2006 In the Mood Eva short film

2007 Fishtales Neried

2010 Piranha 3D Danni Arslow

Removal Kirby

2012 Keith Lemon: The Film Herself

2015 Taking Stock Kate Won 4 awards at the Monaco International Film Festival

Television

Year Title Role Notes

1996 Fist of Fun Suzanne 2 episodes of series 2

1999 The Big Breakfast Herself Co-presenter, for 6 months

2001 The (Mis)Adventures of Fiona Plum Fiona Plum TV film

2002 Smallville Victoria Hardwick 4 episodes in season 1

2005 Romy and Michele: In the Beginning Linda Fashiobella TV film

2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Elsie Holland The Moving Finger

2007 Hotel Babylon Lady Catherine Stanwood season 2 episode 3

Strictly Come Dancing Herself Three Episodes

2009 Moving Wallpaper Kelly Brook fictional version of herself 5 episodes

Renaissance – pilot in Moving Wallpaper, screened on itv.com[48]

Britain's Got Talent Judge judge on the judging panel 2 episodes

2011 Skins Jemima 1 episode, Series 5, Episode 3

2012–2013 Celebrity Juice Herself 1 episode in series 8, Series 9 team captain

2012 Lemon la Vida Loca Herself 1 episode

2012 Métal Hurlant Chronicles Skarr, Jen 2 episodes

2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Anna 1 episode

2013 Trollied Herself 1 episode

2015 One Big Happy Prudence Regular

2015 Taking Stock Kate

2015 Celebrity Juice Herself 1 episode

2016 It's Not Me, It's You Herself Team Captain

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Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. 

He owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 

The younger son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, Mahesh made his cameo as a child artist in Needa (1979), at the age of four, and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999)





In 1999, Mahesh made his comeback as a lead actor with the movie Raja Kumarudu (1999) followed by Yuvaraju (2000) and Vamsi (2000). For his acting in Murari (2001), he bagged a Nandi Special Jury Award. Mahesh essayed the role of a cowboy in Takkari Donga (2002), which won him another Nandi Special Jury Award. He was also seen in Bobby (2002). His next film Okkadu (2003) remains as a landmark film in his career. He won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for this movie and his next movie Nijam (2003) won him the prestigious Nandi Award for Best Actor. He was then seen in Naani (2004) produced by his sister Manjula and Arjun (2004)



 produced by his brother Ramesh Babu. He received a Nandi Special Jury Award for his emotional performance in Arjun (2004). In 2005, Mahesh married Namrata Shirodkar after being in a relationship with her for almost 5 years. He also was seen in Athadu (2005) which once again won him the Nandi Award for Best Actor. His next movie, Pokiri (2006) was the highest grossing Telugu film in 75 Years and he earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for this movie. The movie was followed by Sainikudu (2006),




 Athidi (2007) and [[Khaleja]] (2010). Mahesh also lent his voice for the film Jalsa (2008). His next release was Dookudu (2011) which broke several records in the Telugu film industry. The film took the largest worldwide opening and had set a box office record for the Telugu cinema by collecting a gross of more than one billion rupees. He was seen next in Business Man (2012) which similar to his previous release, took the largest worldwide opening.

After the big successes of Dookudu and Business Man, Mahesh emerged as the highest paid actor in South India after Rajnikanth.




He was listed 5th in the Times survey of the 50 Most Desirable Men in India, becoming the only South Indian to have been done so. He climbed to the 2nd position of the same list the following year, beating the likes of Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan.In January 2013, Mahesh was ranked 31st on business magazine Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list.




Based on recorded earnings between September 2011 and October 2012, Forbes listed Mahesh 15th among India's highest earning celebrities.With earnings of over INR422.5 million (US$6.8 million), he was the highest earning South Indian celebrity in 2012.

and won the State Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.

Mahesh received breakthrough with the supernatural drama Murari (2001), and the action melodrama Okkadu (2003). He later received national recognition and went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Athadu (2005),


 Pokiri (2006), Dookudu (2011), Businessman (2012), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Srimanthudu (2015) which rank among the List of highest-grossing Telugu films. 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.

Mahesh has been cited in the media as one of the most attractive male celebrities in India. His accomplishments have established him as a leading actor in Telugu cinema. Referred In the media as the Prince of Tollywood he is one of the most popular and influential actors of Telugu Cinema.

Mahesh was born on 9 August 1975 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was the fourth of the five children of Telugu actor Krishna and Indira, succeeding Ghattamaneni Ramesh Babu, Padmavathi and Manjula Swaroop and preceding Priyadarshini. Mahesh's childhood was spent mostly in Chennai under the care of his maternal grandmother Durgamma and the rest of his family. Since Krishna was busy with his film commitments, Ramesh used to look after Mahesh's academic performance. Along with his siblings, Mahesh used to play cricket regularly at the VGP Golden beach in Chennai. To spend time with him, Krishna used to make sure that his films' shoots would be conducted at the VGP Universal Kingdom during the weekends.

Krishna also made sure that none of his children would reveal his name during their schooling to ensure a peaceful environment.He was educated at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai where actor Karthi was his schoolmate. Mahesh was an above average student. He obtained a bachelor's degree in commerce from Loyola College in Chennai.After graduating, he met with director L. Satyanand in Vishakhapatnam for further training in acting which went on for three to four months. Being unable to read and write Telugu, he used to memorise the dialogues given by his directors during the dubbing phase of his films.

At the age of four, Mahesh visited the sets of the Telugu film Needa (1979) where its director Dasari Narayana Rao shot a few sequences of his as a part of the narrative in the presence of the former's brother Ramesh. Needa marked his debut as a child actor. During the shoot of Poratam (1983) at Vauhini Studios, after watching Mahesh on the sets director Kodi Ramakrishna suggested to Krishna that he cast Mahesh in the role of the protagonist's brother. Initially terrified, Mahesh agreed to act in the film after being persuaded by the film's crew.He went on to act as a child artist in the films Shankharavam (1987), Bazaar Rowdy (1988), Mugguru Kodukulu (1988) and Gudachari 117 (1989). He played a dual role in the film Koduku Diddina Kapuram (1989). Mahesh then appeared in Bala Chandrudu (1990), and Anna Thammudu (1990). Later, Mahesh continued his college studies.

In 1999, Mahesh made his debut as a lead actor with the film Raja Kumarudu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and co-starring Priety Zinta. The film was commercially successful, and people began referring to him with the title Prince. He received the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.He starred in two films the following year – Yuvaraju and Vamsi. Following their poor performance at the box office, Mahesh starred in Krishna Vamsi's Murari the next year. Mahesh called Murari an important film in his career and the role he played in it one of his favourites. Murari was a commercial success and earned him the Nandi Special Jury Award. Though his 2002 releases Takkari Donga and Bobby performed poorly at the box office, Mahesh received his second Nandi Special Jury Award for his performance in the former.

Mahesh had two film releases in 2003, the first one being Gunasekhar's Okkadu co-starring Bhumika Chawla, which went on to become the highest grossing Telugu film of the year. He won his first Filmfare award for best Telugu actor for his performance in the film. The other release was Teja's Nijam co-starring Rakshita. The film was noted for introducing Dolby EX surround system in Telugu cinema.Though the film was a commercial failure, Mahesh received praise from the critics for his performance in the film, with Vijayalaxmi of Rediff.com calling him the only reason to watch the film's second half which she termed a routine tale of vendetta. Mahesh won his first Nandi Best Actor Award for his performance in the film

Mainstream film acclaim and success (2004–2010)

Manjula produced his next film, Naani, directed by S. J. Surya co-starring Amisha Patel. While its simultaneously shot Tamil version New featuring a different cast was commercially successful, Naani flopped at the box office. He received the Nandi Special Jury Award for his performance in his next film, Arjun, directed by Gunasekhar and produced by Ramesh. The failure of Naani depressed both Mahesh and Manjula, who took a small break in Goa before resuming their other commitments. He chose to act in Trivikram Srinivas's Athadu, co-starring Trisha Krishnan, whose script had been approved back in 2002 before the production of Naani and Arjun had begun. Athadu became one of the highest-grossing films of the year. The film was commercially profitable venture for the producers and distributors. The film benefited Mahesh's career as he won the Nandi Best Actor Award for his performance in the role of a hired assassin.

Mahesh collaborated with Puri Jagannadh in 2006 for the film Pokiri, which was jointly produced by Jagannadh and Manjula. Made on a budget of ₹100 million and shot within six months,Pokiri became the highest grossing Telugu film of all time by the end of its run, and was screened at the 7th IIFA Awards held in Dubai.Mahesh received praise for his performance, with Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu opining that "Mahesh's understated performance in Pokiri allows him effortlessly to reclaim the title of a star, overshadowing more questionable recent career choices". He won the Filmfare award for best Telugu actor for the second time. That same year, his next film, Sainikudu, co-starring Trisha, was released amid huge expectations but flopped at the box office.

Dookudu, Businessman and career setback (2011–2014)

In 2011, Mahesh collaborated with Srinu Vaitla for the film Dookudu, which was inspired in part by the 2003 German tragicomedy film Good Bye, Lenin!.[41] Co-starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, the film received positive reviews upon release and became one of the highest-grossing films of the year. The Los Angeles Times called Dookudu the "biggest hit you've never heard of". For his performance in the film, Mahesh won the best actor award at the 2012 Nandi Awards ceremony.He also won the best Telugu actor award at the 59th Filmfare Awards South and 1st South Indian International Movie Awards ceremonies. After the film's gross crossed the ₹1 billion mark, Income Tax Department officials conducted a raid on Mahesh's Jubilee Hills residence as he was rumored to be getting a remuneration of more than ₹1.2 million for his next projects.

He later played the role of a mafia kingpin with a hidden personal agenda in the film Businessman, co-starring Kajal Aggarwal and directed by Puri Jagannadh. Upon the film's release, Mahesh received praise from the critics for his performance in the film, with Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu writing, "The film has no frills, no vulgar wastage and the hero is practically in every frame; you hear only his voice, he looks good, sounds good, he also steals the comedian's job. Mahesh plays it straight."Businessman became one of the highest grossing Telugu films of the year. He received a nomination for best Telugu actor award at both the 60th Filmfare Awards South and the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards ceremonies.By then, Mahesh was reported to be the second highest paid actor in South India after Rajinikanth.

Mahesh receiving Best Actor – Telugu Award at the 61st Filmfare Awards South from actress Tamannaah for his performance in the film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013)

Mahesh then began filming for Srikanth Addala's Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, whose script Mahesh had approved during the pre-production phase of Dookudu. Co-starring Daggubati Venkatesh along with Anjali and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu became the first Telugu multistarrer film to be produced in the last twenty-five years.Released in January 2013, the film became one of the highest grossing Telugu films of the year and marked the completion of Mahesh's hat-trick of successful films.Mahesh won the best Telugu actor award at the 61st Filmfare Awards South ceremony and the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards ceremony. He provided voice-over for Srinu Vaitla's Baadshah the same year.

Mahesh had two releases in 2014, the first one being Sukumar's 1: Nenokkadine, a psychological thriller focusing on a celebrity suffering from hallucinations related to the murder of his parents and the discovery of a special variety of rice. Kriti Sanon played the female lead in this film, marking her acting debut. Made on a budget of around ₹700 million, 1: Nenokkadine was released amid huge expectations, but received mixed reviews from the critics, turning out to be a disaster by incurring a loss of around ₹260–270 million. However, Mahesh's performance received praise, with critics calling it one of his best performances. He also earned a nomination for the best Telugu actor at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards. The other release, Aagadu, directed by Srinu Vaitla and co-starring Tamannaah, flopped at the box office.

Resurgence and recent work (2015–present)

Mahesh collaborated with Koratala Siva for the family drama film Srimanthudu co-starring Shruti Haasan. He co-produced the film under his newly formed banner G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, marking his first film production venture.He opted to do so in order to control the film's budget, accepting a share in profits in lieu of remuneration. Released on 7 August 2015, Srimanthudu opened to positive reviews from the critics, was commercially successful, and gained the best Telugu actor award at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South for Mahesh, marking his resurgence. Sethumadhavan N. of Bangalore Mirror stated, Srimanthudu wouldn't have been as effective if it did not have Mahesh Babu who is at his charming best", adding that he "underplays the emotional scenes, making them a treat to watch".

The Film was a commercial success, grossing nearly ₹2.0 billion globally on a budget of ₹400—700 million and becoming the second-highest grossing Telugu film of all time and the highest grossing Telugu-language-only movie. After the film's release, many actors, bureaucrats and politicians announced plans to develop the backward villages and encouraged the adoption of villages in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Mahesh himself has adopted his native village, Burripalem.

Mahesh acted in Srikanth Addala's Telugu family drama film Brahmotsavam co-starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kajal Aggarwal, and Pranitha Subhash. Originally produced as a bi-lingual, the film would've marked Mahesh's first straight Tamil film. However, later on the plan was altered due to its disastrous performance at the Telugu box office and the film wasn't released in Tamil. While the film underperformed at the Boxoffice, the Deccan Chronicle stated that Mahesh Babu was its saving grace. The film was criticized by the public, due to the lack of a proper story. Mahesh stated that this was an error of judgement, where he had picked the wrong director. Mahesh is currently working on Sambhavami, directed by A. R. Murugadoss, which is going to be Mahesh's 23rd movie as lead actor, and his first bilingual movie which finally marks his first Tamil film. He has signed to do movies with Puri Jagannath and Vamsi.He has also signed to do a movie with director Koratala Siva

In the media

Mahesh Babu is considered one of the most popular actors in Telugu cinema.His popularity has been documented in several Telugu films such as Ashta Chamma (2008),Kiraak (2014), and Superstar Kidnap (2015). He joined Twitter in April 2010 and has 1.05 million followers as of 1 January 2015. 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.Mahesh has been criticised for his limited and predictable wardrobe while attending any kind of event.

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.He endorsed brands such as UniverCell Mobile Store,Navratna Oil,Amrutanjan, Provogue, ITC Vivel, Jos Alukkas, Idea Cellular Santoor Soap, South India Shopping Mall, Royal Stag, Rainbow Hospitals, TVS Motor Company,[ Mahindra Tractors, Paragon footwear, and[104] Tata Sky in South India.He was signed as the brand ambassador of Intex Mobiles in August 2015 for one year. In 2012, he replaced Akshay Kumar as the National brand ambassador for Thums Up across India. He also promotes the real estate firm Ramakrishna Venuzia Mahesh commands a figure of ₹25—30 million per endorsement per annum, thus earning around ₹300 million per annum as a brand ambassador

Mahesh stood in the 31st place on the Forbes India 'Celebrity 100' List for the year 2012, with an annual earnings figure of ₹422.5 million. He stood in the 15th place in terms of Money and 79th place in terms of Fame. He slipped to the 54th position on the same list for the year 2013 with his annual earning figures, Money ranking and Fame ranking descending to ₹289.6 million, 24 and 84, respectively.However, he climbed to the 30th position the following year with an annual earning figure of ₹510 million. His Money and Fame rankings stood at 14 and 84, respectively.In 2015, he placed 36th, the highest ranked "Tollywood" celebrity, with an income of Rs. 51 crore.In 2016 he was signed as the brand ambassador of YuppTVand AbhiBus.

Personal life

Family

During the shoot of B. Gopal's Vamsi at Australia, Mahesh began to date his co-star Namrata Shirodkar. After being in a relationship for four years, they decided to get married, and Manjula convinced Krishna in favour of their decision. They were married on 10 February 2005 at the Marriott Hotel, Mumbai during the shooting of Athadu.The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, on 31 August 2006 at the Global Hospital in Hyderabad.The boy, named Gautham Krishna, was a premature baby and was in critical condition during his birth. His condition turned stable after the doctors treated him in time. On 20 July 2012 Namrata gave birth to a girl whom they named Sitara.Before her delivery, they preserved her stem cells using stem cell banking to ensure a better immunity level.

Telugu actress and filmmaker Vijaya Nirmala is Mahesh's step-mother, and actor Naresh is his step-brother. Mahesh's elder sister Padmapriya was married to Galla Jayadev, an industrialist and Member of the Indian Parliament who is currently aligned with the Telugu Desam Party. Mahesh's younger sister Priyadarshini was married to Sudheer Babu, who later made his debut as an actor in Telugu cinema.

Philanthropy

Mahesh gives 30% of his annual income to charities, and most of his philanthropic activities are unpublicised 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, a non-profit organization that offers financial support to the parents of terminally ill children to help with the cost of medical treatment.In October 2014, he donated ₹2.5 million to a relief fund run by the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for reconstruction of area destroyed during Cyclone Hudhud. Krishna and Vijaya Nirmala later donated ₹2.5 million to the fund.

Jayadev announced in February 2015 that Mahesh would adopt Krishna's native village Burripalem, a minor panchayat in Tenali, and would address basic needs of the community such as potable drinking water and better roads and drainage systems. Mahesh also announced that he is working with Telangana's Rural Development minister K. T. Rama Rao to adopt another village in Mahbubnagar district.

Controversy[edit]

In September 2004, Mahesh attended a rally organised by his fans at Warangal for the promotional activities of Arjun. He and his fans allegedly raided two video libraries and assaulted their owners who were circulating unauthorized CDs of the film. Cases under IPC section 448 (criminal trespass), section 427 (mischief) and section 366 (kidnap) were registered on Mahesh, who was the principal accused, and five others. Later, a delegation from the Telugu film industry, including Chiranjeevi, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Krishna, Allu Aravind and Daggubati Suresh Babu, approached the then chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to intervene in this case. Regarding the issue, Mahesh said that while cases were booked against him, not a single case has been booked against the person dealing in bootlegged CDs, which he found the "funniest" thing Actor and filmmaker Pawan Kalyan openly supported Mahesh throughout the episode. Mahesh surrendered in the district court on 20 September 2004 and appeared before the court again on 22 April 2006. The final hearing was held on 7 July 2006, and Mahesh and the others were exonerated

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