Mahesh Babu was born on August 9, 1975, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As of October 16, 2023, he is 48 years old. He made his debut as a child artist in the Telugu film Needa in 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 in 1999, which won him the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.