Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest paid actors in India, he has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Awards, five Filmfare South Awards, three CineMAA Awards, three South Indian International Movie Awards and one IIFA Utsavam Award.He also owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment.The younger son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, Babu made his debut as a child artist in a cameo role in Needa (1979), at the age of four, and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999) which won him Nandi Award for Best Male Debut. Babu achieved his breakthrough with the supernatural drama Murari (2001), and the action film Okkadu (2003). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Athadu (2005), Pokiri (2006), Dookudu (2011), Businessman (2012).
