In 2015 his film Srimanthudu collected a gross of 200 crores in its lifetime. It won three awards out of eight nominations at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards and two awards at the 11th CineMAA Awards ceremony. The film was the highest rated thrillers for an Indian film in Internet Movie Database. In 2014, he starred in the psychological thriller, 1: Nenokkadine. The film collected 51 crores at the box office. In 2013, he starred in the multistarrer film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Businessman collected a share of 40 crores at the box office. In 2012, he starred in the film Businessman. The film collected a share of 56 crores at the boxoffice. Subsequently, the Los Angeles Times quoted it as "the biggest hit you've never heard of". In 2011, he starred in Dookudu, which had the largest worldwide opening for a Telugu film. His performance in Khaleja was critically praised as one of his best performances. His film Pokiri was declared as an Industry Hit at the box office. Pokiri collected a share of 48 crores at the box office. The film was also one of the fourteen southern Indian films to be screened at the International Indian Film Academy Awards Film festival in 2006. The film was subsequently remade into Tamil, Hindi and Kannada. In 2006 he starred in Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Awards held in Dubai. His film Okkadu remade in hindi as Tevar collected a share of 23 crores at the box office. The film was dubbed into Polish for a release in Poland as Poszukiwany, becoming the first Telugu film released in Poland, and became a box office hit. He received international recognition with the 2005 film Athadu. He played a young Kabaddi player in the 2003 film Okkadu, one of the biggest Telugu grossers of the time. In 2001 he starred in Murari a Telugu supernatural thriller film. His first leading role was in the film Rajakumarudu, which was released in August 1999. Born to actor Krishna in the Ghattamaneni family, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in 1979's Needa directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni) is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema.