Mahesh Babu, the superstar of today’s Telugu cinema, recently has completed 15 years of his career in the Telugu Film Industry. Though he has acted in the film Needa in 1979 as a child artist when his age was only four, his first movie as a hero came out in July 30, 1999 with Rajakumarudu, directed by K Raghavendra Rao with Preity Zinta as the lead actress. After that he never had to look back. He has delivered a series of big hit films like Murari, Okkadu, Pokiri, Dookudu, Businessman, SVSC. Some of his very popular roles in films like Nijam, Athadu, Khaleja and 1-Nenokkadine have earned him rave reviews. Presently, Mahesh Babu is shooting for his upcoming film Aagadu where is he is playing the role of a cop. This film is directed by Sreenu Vaitla. Mahesh Babu, who has reached the zenith of popularity in his career and is known to be one of the finest entertainers of Telugu films, is the son of yesteryear actor Siva Rama Krishna Ghattamaneni, and is called as Prince by his fans. In the Filmfare 2013, he has bagged four awards for his acting; amongst them is the Best Actor Award for his filmSeethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu of 2013.
This chocolaty looked charming boy in his career tenure of 15 years have worked in 19 films as the main lead and his 20th film Aagadu is on the floors. If we analyse the success of his films, Rajakumarudu, Murari, Okkadu, Athadu, Pokiri, Dookudu, Businessman and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu could be rated as hits. A few like Nijam, Arjun, Athidhi, Khaleja were on an average while Yuvaraju, Vamsi, Takkari Donga, Bobby, Nani, Sainikudu, 1-Nenokkadine failed to make an impression in the box office.
Mahesh Babu’s hard work has been largely appreciated in the Telugu Film Industry and he has won various awards too. Amongst them are 7 Nandi Awards, which in till date the highest number of Nandi award to be rewarded to any hero of the same generation. He won the best debut award for his film Rajakumarudu, Special Jury award for Murari and Takkari Donga, Best Actor for Nizam, Athadu and Dookudu. Popularly known as the Prince of Tollywood Prince, Mahesh Babu has received the Filmfare in the Best Actor category four times for his films Okkadu, Pokiri, Dookudu and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. This famous celebrity also endorses products like Thumps Up, Navratna Oil, TVS, Amrutanjan, Provogue, Jos Alukkas, Vivel, Santoor, Idea, Universal, Mahindra and South India Shopping Mall. One more feather was added in his hat in 2013 when Mahesh Babu was named Most Desirable Man in India by Times Group. He was previously named as Most Desirable Man of South by Hyderabad Times. He is a brilliant actor with killing good looks and natural charm which impresses his fans. Moreover his grounded and simple nature along with his immense hard work has helped him being a Superstar in 15 years of his career. All his fans wish him good luck and want to see a lot more hits coming from him.