Mahesh Babu is a great devotee of Tirupati Balaji and makes sure to visit Tirupati whenever he gets time.
8 Lesser Known Facts about Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu began his career as a child actor appearing in Telugu movies from 1988-1990. He starred in movies like 'Mugguru Kodukulu', 'Gudachari 117', 'Koduku Diddina Kapuram' and 'Anna Thammudu'.
While celebs are known for their luxurious lifestyle, Mahesh Babu is one of the stars who maintain equanimity at all times. Movie's success or failure never affected his lifestyle and remains modest till date.
Mahesh Babu was once a chain smoker and used to smoke whole packets a day. After knowing that his fans are getting inspired by this, he decided to quit smoking.
Inspired by his film 'Srimanthudu', Mahesh Babu adopted two villages - Siddhapuram in Telangana and Burripalem in Andhra Pradesh vowed to work for its development.
Mahesh Babu is one of the actors whose movies have been remade in other languages.
Not many know that Mahesh Babu has sponsored over 1,000 children's heart surgeries in association with Andhra Hospitals. Also, he maintains a strict rule of donating 30% of his earnings to philanthropic deeds.
Mahesh Babu has a policy of taking his family on a vacation as soon he finishes his movies.