Mahesh babu, the son of the veteran film actor 'Super-Star' Krishna, was born in Chennai on 1975. Started his career at the age of 4, doing child artist characters. Debuted as lead in Rakakumarudu and went on to do successful films like Murari, Okkadu, Athadu, Pokiri and Srimanthudu. His step brother Naresh is also a famous Telugu actor who is now doing supporting roles and his step mother Vijaya Nirmala is a prominent director in Tollywood. His sister's husband Galla Jaydev is the current MP of the Guntur resembling TDP Party. Mahesh married the Hindi actor Namrata Shirodkar and is blessed with 2 children.