Mahesh Babu filmography
Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni) is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. Born to actor Krishna in the Ghattamaneni family, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in 1979's Needa directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.[1] His first leading role was in the film Rajakumarudu, which was released in August 1999.[2] In 2001 he starred in Murari a Telugu supernatural thriller film. In 2002 he starred in Takkari Donga. In 2003 he starred in the movie Nijam. He played a young Kabaddi player in the 2003 film Okkadu, one of the biggest Telugu grossers of the time. He received international recognition with the 2005 film Athadu. The film was dubbed into Polish for a release in Poland as Poszukiwany, becoming the first Telugu film released in Poland, and became a box office hit.[3][4] His film Okkadu remade in hindi as Tevar collected a share of 23 crores at the box office.[5]
In 2006 he starred in Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Awards held in Dubai. The film was subsequently remade into Tamil, Hindi and Kannada. The film was also one of the fourteen southern Indian films to be screened at the International Indian Film Academy Awards Film festival in 2006. Pokiri collected a share of 48 crores at the box office.[6] His film Pokiri was declared as an Industry Hit at the box office. In 2010, he starred in the film Khaleja.[7] His performance in Khaleja was critically praised as one of his best performances. In 2011, he starred in Dookudu, which had the largest worldwide opening for a Telugu film. Subsequently, the Los Angeles Times quoted it as "the biggest hit you've never heard of".[8] The film collected a share of 56 crores at the boxoffice.[9]
In 2012, he starred in the film Businessman. Businessman collected a share of 40 crores at the box office.[10] In 2013, he starred in the multistarrer film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. The film collected 51 crores at the box office.[11] In 2014, he starred in the psychological thriller, 1: Nenokkadine. The film was the highest rated thrillers for an Indian film in Internet Movie Database. It won three awards out of eight nominations at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards and two awards at the 11th CineMAA Awards ceremony.[12] He was then starred in Aagadu. In 2015 his film Srimanthudu collected a gross of 200 crores in its lifetime.[13] The film was declared as the second highest-grossing film in terms of both share and gross at the Tollywood box-office. This film was the first Indian movie to have premiere in Chile. In 2016 his film Brahmotsavam was declared a flop at the box office.[14] In 2017 his next film Spyder (film).which gained mixed reviews from critics and managed to gross ₹ 150 crores at the boxoffice. His next political action thriller movie with Koratala Siva which marks his second collaboration, with a movie title Bharat Ane Nenu which was released on April 20, 2018. His film Bharat Ane Nenu collected a gross of 161 crores at the boxoffice in its first week and received positive response among the audience.[15] His film continued its strong run and collected a gross of 190.63 crores gross at the end of the second week run.[16].The film continued its strong run and grossed around 205 crores at the end of the third week.[17] He is one of the South Indian actors to have two Telugu films to collect more than 1 million dollars at the United States box office.[18]
As of May 2018 he had 24 releases as a male lead. As an actor, he has received 8 Nandi Awards (4 Best Actor, 3 Special Jury, 1 Best Debut), 5 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. To date, he has won 8 Nandi Awards, 5 Filmfare Awards, 4 CineMAA Awards, 3 South Indian International Movie Awards and 1 International Indian Film Academy awards.
Mahesh Babu makes place for his wax statue at Madame Tussauds.[19]
Filmography
As child artist
| Year | Film | Role(s) | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Needa | - | Dasari Narayana Rao | Cameo role | |
| 1983 | Poratam | Bujji | Kodi Ramakrishna | ||
| 1987 | Sankharavam | Raja | Krishna | ||
| 1988 | Bazaar Rowdy | Mahesh | A. Kodandarami Reddy | ||
| Mugguru Kodukulu | Surendra / Nani | Krishna | Dual role | ||
| 1989 | Gudachari 117 | Chinna | Kodi Ramakrishna | ||
| Koduku Diddina Kapuram | Vinod & Pramod | Krishna | Dual role | ||
| 1990 | Anna Thammudu | Murali | Krishna | ||
| Bala Chandrudu | Balachandra | Krishna |
In lead role
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Voiceover
| Title | Year | Director | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalsa | 2008 | Trivikram | |
| Baadshah | 2013 | Srinu Vaitla | |
| Sri Sri | 2016 | Muppalaneni Shiva | |
| Manasuku Nachindi | 2018 | Manjula Ghattamaneni |
See also
References
- ^ Mahesh Babu completes 15 years in TFI- Times of India. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014
- ^ "Mahesh Babu turns 37, set for Dookudu's release". India Today. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Athadu (2005) – Bulgarian subtitles". podnapisi.net. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- ^ "CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – Maheshbabu's 175-Day Centres List". cinegoer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
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- ^ "CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – Pokiri All India Records".
- ^ "Khaleja Total Collections- AndhraBoxOffice.com".
- ^ "'Dookudu,' the biggest hit you've never heard of". latimes. 27 September 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Dookudu touches the one billion mark – Times of India".
- ^ "Business Man Total Collections".
- ^ "SVSC Total Collections".
- ^ "Account Suspended".
- ^ "Srimanthudu Final Total WW Collections".
- ^ "Brahmotsavam hurting mahesh babu image". telugu360.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Bharat Ane Nenu collects 161 crores in its first week at the boxoffice". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Bharat Ane Nenu collects 190.63 crores gross". socialnews.xyz. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Bharat Ane Nenu Grosses 205 crores". deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Prince turns king". Greatandhra.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/mahesh-babu-wax-statue-madame-tussauds-5153867/