Mahesh Babu earned nicknames like ‘Prince of Tollywood’, ‘Naani’, ‘Superstar’ and ‘Universal Mahesh Babu’ due to his exceptional performances in Tollywood.
He found his special place in the Tollywood industry at the tender age of 4 with the movie ‘Needa’ in 1979. As a consequence of this role, he grabbed 8 roles in forthcoming films even before he learnt memorizing dialogues.
Top 15 Cool Movies Of Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu has been an active part of the Tollywood industry since 40 years now. Let’s take a quick look at his must-watch movies.
1] Spyder
This film was made one after the other in two languages, Tamil and Telugu. Mahesh Babu plays the role of an Intelligence Bureau Officer who is an expert in tapping phones.
He listens to conversations of people and helps them in warding off any potential danger. This job of his takes him to a serial killer and what follows is a series of heinous crime.
2] Athadu
Directed by Trivikram Srinivas and also written by him, this movie has Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan and Prakash Raj among many others.
Here a gunman, who has been plotted for murder, is hired. This gunman assumes the identity of a dead man and keeps hiding from the police. This leads to a series of interesting events.
3] Maharshi
Maharshi marks his 25th movie and hence is a special movie of Mahesh Babu. Vamshi Paidipally directed this movie and it is a story of Rishi, who is a filthy rich businessman.
He is the CEO of an America-based company and returns to India to support the farmers and agriculture. This film has several gripping moments.
4] Nenokkadine
He gives justice to the role of a rock star who also suffers from several psychological inhibitions. The protagonist’s parents were murdered by some goons and this story revolves around how Mahesh Babu overcomes his inhibitions and seeks revenge for the death of his parents. Sukumar directed this film.
5] Bharath Ane Nenu
Here, Mahesh Babu plays the role of a young graduate who is elected as the youngest CM of Andhra Pradesh post his father’s demise.
He doesn’t have any political knowledge and hence faces various obstacles during his journey to reform the society. Koratala Siva directed this movie and it had Kiara Advani opposite Mahesh Babu.
6] Seethama Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
This movie is a feel-good drama-based movie that has a strong message. The film has Mahesh Babu, Daggubati Venkatesh, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Anjali in the lead roles.
The film’s plot revolves around the way in which love conquers everything, from status, money and pride. This movie is available in Hotstar and you can binge-watch it.
7] Pokiri
This is the story of a local goon and his deadly instincts which leads to disapproval of his girlfriend for obvious reasons.
His killer instincts also lead to the enmity of a cop and a don’s unwanted attention. Puri Jagannath is the director of the movie and also the dialogue writer. Ileana D’Cruz is paired against Mahesh Babu.
8] Okkadu
Okkadu is a movie that tells you the story of a Kabaddi player who rescues and takes care of a young lady who escapes from an unwanted marriage.
This young woman hides in the home of this Kabaddi player. Gunasekhar is the director and writer of this movie and apart from Mahesh Babu, it has Bhoomika Chawla and Prakash Raj.
9] Dookudu
In Dookudu, Mahesh Babu plays the role of an eclectic police officer who keeps telling white lies in order to track a gangster and kill him. However, his track of events leads to several comical events and also a fake reality show.
This reality show was created in order to make his ill father believe the credibility of his job. Mahesh Babu is a badass and takes revenges on the life of villains. You can still binge-watch it on Hotstar.
10] Srimanthudu
Harsha, the protagonist has played the role of a multi-millionaire who has got everything but sadly he still feels that there’s still something that’s missing in his life.
In order to fill the void, he does a noble job of adopting an entire village to change the people and eliminate their misfortune.
11] Murari
This film came out in 2001 and it tells you the story of an entire family that is under the curse because of an old sin of theirs.
As per the sin that the family had committed, one male is bound to die every 48 years. Krishna Vamsi is the director of the movie and it starred Mahesh Babu, Sonali Bendre and Lakshmi Satyanarayan Kaikala.
12] Khaleja
In this movie, Khaleja, there is a mysterious illness that consumes an entire village. Mahesh Babu plays the role of a taxi driver who helps the village and acts as their savior.
The writer and director of this movie is Trivikram Srinivas and it stars Anushka Shetty opposite Mahesh Babu. You’ll also see Prakash Raj in this hit movie.
13] Businessman
Mahesh Babu has the record of creating a massive hit with majority of his movies. Each performance of his has left an impression in the minds of the audience.
Puri Jagannath directed Businessman which also starred Kajal Aggarwal. The movie tells you the story of Vijay who reaches Mumbai to shake up the underworld. You shouldn’t miss his stellar performance.
14] Brahmotsavam
In this movie, we see Mahesh Babu who plays the role of a young boy who is stuck in a family drama. The film revolves around the protagonist Mahesh Babu (Ajay) who gets married to the daughter of a relative according to the wishes of his father. Later on he realizes that he loved another girl.
15] Nijam
This story revolves around a young lad who is guided by his mother in such a strategic manner to avenge his dad against the criminals who had killed him after falsely accusing him.
Teja is the director and the writer of this film and apart from Mahesh Babu, it stars Tottempudi Gopichand and Raasi.
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