Born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni August 9, 1975 (age 37) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India Residence Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Nationality Indian Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai Occupation Actor Years active 1979–1991 (child artist) 1999–present Spouse(s) Namrata Shirodkar (m. 2005) Children Gautam Krishna Ghattamaneni Sitara Ghattamaneni Parents Krishna Ghattamaneni Indira Devi Relatives Ramesh Babu (brother) Manjula Swaroop (sister) Vijaya Nirmala (step-mother) Jay Galla (brother-in-law) Sudheer Babu (brother-in-law