Maheshbabu Film Career

Maheshbabu Film Career

1999-2003

Maheshbabu debut was in Raja Kumarudu, starring opposite Preity Zinta, and he won the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut. In 2000, he starred in Yuvaraju but this film made him "Prince". In the same year, he shared screen space with Namrata Shirodkar and his father Superstar Krishna which failed at the Box office. Murari in 2001 with Sonali Bendre,Directed by Krishna Vamsi did well at the box office,won him the Nandi Award for Special Jury. He won the award again in 2002 for Takkari Donga with Lisa Ray and Bipasha Basu even its an Average grosser.In 2002,Flop in mahesh's career came in the form of the film bobby.Then in 2003,He acted in Okkadu with Bhoomika Chawla which is a block buster and a trend setting film in Tollywood.With his excellent performance in Okkadu he won the Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award.Immediate Flick is Nijam which failed but made him to win another NANDI award.

2004-2009

He acted in Nani under the direction of S.J.suryah which is another flop in his career,though its a Musical hit.Another Nandi Award for Special Jury went his way for his role in Arjun acting with Shriya saran .Athadu in 2005 brought him huge success and won him another Nandi Best Actor Award. The 2006 release Pokiri won him the Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award for his portrayal in lead role. The film went on to become a huge commercial success and a landmark hit in the Tollywood industry and has broken all the records under the direction of Puri Jagannadh.He has one more release Sainikudu under the direction of Gunasekhar in the same year (2006) followed by Pokiri.He paired up with trisha in Sainikudu which became an average grosser at the box office.Athidi with Amrita Rao released in 2007 was produced by his brother Ramesh Babu. The film ended up as an average grosser at the end which was taken by UTV motion pictures.


He is currently working on Kaleja under the directorship of Trivikram Srinivas, in Singanamala Ramesh's production. Anushka will play the female lead.