Happy Birthday Mahesh Babu: 7 Unknown Career Facts About the ‘Prince of Tollywood’

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, or popularly known as Mahesh Babu is a sensation in the entertainment industry for a long time. Happy birthday Mahesh Babu, this year the star turns, 47 on August 9.

Some of his very famous films include, “Athadu”, “Pokiri”, “Dookudu”, “Businessman”, “Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu”, “1: Nenokkadine”, “Srimanthudu” and more. Let’s check out some lesser-known facts about the Prince of Tollywood.

Happy Birthday Mahesh Babu: 7 Unknown Career Facts About the ‘Prince of Tollywood’

1. Achievements On ‘Spyder’

The 27 September launch of “Spyder,” starring Telugu actor Mahesh Babu, was the second-biggest Telugu production behind “Baahubali 2,” which was showed in more than 1,000 theaters in the US. Check out the trailer of “Spyder”.

2. Work With Preity Zinta

Mahesh took a sabbatical from acting in 1990 to focus entirely on his education at the urging of his father Krishna. In 1999, he made his acting debut alongside Preity Zinta, a Bollywood starlet, in the film “Raja Kumarudu.”

3. Relation With Other Actors

Karthi, a Tamil performer and Suriya’s brother, was a classmate of his at Chennai’s St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School.

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4. Hit Films

Mahesh Babu, who has played the lead role in 25 movies, has become a model for actors in other dialects who want to recreate movies. Most notably, “Pokkiri” helped two characters, Salman Khan in Hindi and Vijay in Tamil, resurrect their careers. The triumph of “Wanted” in 2009 completely transformed Salman Khan’s reputation, while Prabhu Deva’s “Pokkiri” (2007) catapulted Vijay to mega fame.

5. IT Raid

On Thursday, December 8, 2011, I-T inspectors searched the performer’s Jubilee Hills residence and Film Nagar premises in Hyderabad following the huge popularity of “Dookudu.”

6. Charity Work

Before humorist Ali brought up the actor’s charitable endeavors at a social gathering, nothing was known about it. He disclosed that one explanation Mahesh appears in so many advertisements is because he donates 30% of his income to charitable organizations.

7. Can’t Read Telugu

Despite Telugu being his mother tongue, the celebrity cannot comprehend it. He was born and raised in Chennai, which is the explanation. He claimed in an appearance that he sees this as a benefit because he won’t be modulating his speech in advance.