Mahesh Babu Net Worth

Mahesh Babu was born on the 9th August 1975 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, and is an actor best known for Tegulu films. His first role in a feature film was in “Needa” (1979), and his first lead role was created in the film “Raja Kumarudu” (1999), after which he won a Nandi Award as the Best Male Newcomer. In the 2000s, he appeared in some very successful films, which is the reason why he has become one of the most popular actors in the Tegulu film industry.

How much is the net worth of Mahesh Babu? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the total size of his wealth is as much as $20 million, as of the data presented in early 2017; Tegulu films are the main source of Babu net worth; it has been estimated that he earned $7.6 million from films in 2015 alone.

Mahesh Babu Net Worth $20 Million

To begin with, Mahesh Babu is the child of the actors in the Telugu Krishna and Indira Devi. Mahesh has an older brother who is also an actor, as well as two older sisters and one younger. He was taught at St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai, and later graduated from Loyola College earning a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.

Concerning his professional career as an actor, Mahesh Babu has achieved outstanding success in in the Tegulu film industry, winning the most prestigious awards of the industry including the Filmfare, South and Nandi Awards. Starting with his debut lead role in the film “Raja Kumarudu” (1999) when he won the Nandi Award as the Best Male Newcomer, the actor has gone on winning prizes throughout his career. In 2001 and 2002, Babu won Special prizes for creating main roles in the films respectively “murari” and “Takkari Donga”. The biggest breakthrough was the Telugu action film written and directed by Gunasekhar “Okkadu” (2003), Mahesh won five awards in the category of the Best Actor including Filmfare, CINEMA, Santosham Film, Nandi and P Cinegoer’s Association Awards. From 2004 to 2010, Babu appeared in many films which received critical acclaim as well as being loved by audience, including “Nijam” (2004), “Arjun” (2004), “Arthadu” (2005), “Pokiri” (2006), “Athidi” (2007) – for all the lead roles landed Mahesh received awards in the category of Best Actor. The period of from 2011 to 2014 is considered to be a setback to Babu’s career, as during this period critics praised him only for two roles: the first in the action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla – “Dookudu” (2011), and the second in the crime film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh – “Businessman” (2013). Recently, his career went up as Babu created the lead role in the drama film “Srimanthudu” (2015) directed and written by Koratala Siva, which earned $2 billion worldwide. To conclude, all the above mentioned roles have added significant sums to the outright size of Mahesh Babu net worth.

Finally, in the personal life of the actor, Babu has been married to actress Namrata Shirodkar since 2005, and they have two children.