It marked Mahesh Babu’s Tamil language debut.ġ4. His 2017 Spyder was filmed simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. His debut home production was the story of a wealthy young man who adopts a village, which inspired real life philanthropists to do the same.ġ3. The actor’s 2015 film Srimanthudu became the second highest grossing Telugu film of 2015 and it took record-breaking epic Baahubali: The Beginning to beat it at the box office that year. Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon actually made her cinema debut opposite Mahesh Babu in 2014 Telugu action thriller 1: Nenokkadine.ġ2. His 2012 film Businessman also broke box office records and by the time it came out, he was the second highest-paid actor in South India after Rajinikanth.ġ1. The multiple award-winning film earned Mahesh Babu more Best Actor accolades.ġ0. His record-breaking 2011 release Dookudu was inspired in part by the 2003 German film Good Bye, Lenin and was described by The Los Angeles Times as “the biggest hit you’ve never heard of”. It was remade in multiple languages, including a blockbuster Bollywood 2009 version titled Wanted starring Salman Khan.ĩ. Mahesh Babu’s 2006 film Pokiri became the highest grossing Telugu film of all time when it released and won him further acting awards. The film earned him his first Filmfare Best Actor award.Ĩ. His 2003 super hit Okkadu was remade in multiple languages with other actors, including a 2015 Bollywood version with Arjun Kapoor in the same role. The first blockbuster of his career marked Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre’s debut in Telugu cinema.ħ. Mahesh Babu has often quoted his role in 2001 film Murari as a favourite. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Prince No 1 and in Tamil as Kaadhal Vennila.Ħ. Mahesh Babu made his debut as a leading man in 1999 Telugu romantic comedy Raja Kumarudu opposite Preity Zinta, who would go on to establish herself in Bollywood. Popular actor Karthi was a schoolmate of Mahesh Babu and another of his childhood friends is the South Indian superstar Vijay.ĥ. The films Sankharavam, Koduku Diddina Kapuram and Anna Thammudu saw him star alongside his father.Ĥ. Then in 1983 he commenced a career as a child actor with the film Poratam that would last until 1990.
A four-year-old Mahesh Babu made his movie debut in 1979 with a cameo in Telugu film Needa. Growing up, the young Mahesh Babu hid it from his school friends that his father was a famous actor and this gave him normality.ģ. His elder brother Ramesh Babu is an actor turned film producer.Ģ.
Mahesh Babu was born in Chennai and is the son of popular actor and filmmaker Krishna, who has starred in more than 350 films.
To mark the special occasion and to get you closer to Mahesh Babu, Eastern Eye went through his actionpacked life to present 21 fun facts about his career, movies and achievements.ġ. The actor turns a year older this week and will be celebrating his 45th birthday on August 9. The multi-award winning Telugu movie megastar has broken box office records and blazed a trail with blistering performances in modern day classics. HIS name may not be immediately familiar to Bollywood fans, but Mahesh Babu is one of the biggest and most successful movie stars in India. Mahesh Babu: 21 fun facts about the Telugu megastarīIRTHDAY SPECIAL ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF ONE OF INDIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE ICONS