BACKGROUND
He is the son of Telugu actor Krishna and Indira, born in Madras, Tamilnadu 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 Shirodhkar in February 2005 On August 31,2006, Mahesh and Namrata’s first son was born 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”
In 2010, after a 3 year long hiatus Mahesh returned to the silver screen with the movie Khaaleja.[56] Directed by his friend Trivikram Srinivas, the movie languished in development hell due to production problems[57] and the telangana agitations.[58] Upon release, the movie received mixed reviews and also became one of the highest grossing telugu films overseas.[59] The year also saw Mahesh embracing social networking site Twitter to interact with his fans.[60
In 2011, his movie Dookudu co-starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu was released. It was directed by Srinu Vaitla and was produced by 14 Reels Entertainment. Upon release, the movie took the largest worldwide opening for a Telugu film. The movie also claimed the worldwide opening weekend record for a Telugu movie, earning Rs. 21.2 crores in 3 days[61]. The movie also became the highest grossing movie in the Tollywood(other name for Telugu Film Industry)[62] , earning 1.5 million dollars in the first weekend.[63] It collected a share of 
35.01 crores and grossed 50 crores in its first week.[64] After two weeks, it grossed 70 crores.[65] In September 2011, Mahesh began shooting for the movie Business Man. This movie co-starring Kajal Aggarwal is being directed by directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by RR Movie Makers. The movie will be released simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.[66] Mahesh will also begin shooting for a multistarrer movie Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu under the direction of Srikanth Addala.[67] Being produced by Dil Raju, this movie will also star Victory Venkatesh in a leading role. This movie was officially launched on October 6th 2011.[68]
