Personal life
Family
In 2002, during the shoot of B. Gopal's Vamsi at Australia, Mahesh began to date his co-star Namrata Shirodkar. After being in a relationship for four years, they decided to get married, and Manjula convinced Krishna in favour of their decision.[7] They were married on 10 February 2005 at the Marriott Hotel, Mumbai during the shooting of Athadu.[103]The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, on 31 August 2006 at the Global Hospital in Hyderabad.[104] The boy, named Gautham Krishna, was a premature baby and was in critical condition during his birth. His condition turned stable after the doctors treated him in time.[62] On 20 July 2012 Namrata gave birth to a girl whom they named Sitara.[105]Before her delivery, they preserved her stem cells using stem cell banking to ensure a better immunity level.[106]
Telugu actress and filmmaker Vijaya Nirmala is Mahesh's step-mother, and actor Naresh is his step-brother.[107] Mahesh's elder sister Padmapriya was married to Galla Jayadev, an industrialist and Member of the Indian Parliament who is currently aligned with the Telugu Desam Party.[108] Mahesh's younger sister Priyadarshini was married to Sudheer Babu, who later made his debut as an actor in Telugu cinema.[109]
Philanthrophy
Mahesh has given 30% of his annual income to charities, and most of his philanthropic activities are unpublicised because he prefers them to be so.[110] Mahesh joined Farhan Akhtar's Men Against Rape and Discrimination (MARD) campaign in August 2013 and lent his voice to the Telugu version of a poem written by Javed Akhtar.[111] He was signed in 2013 as the goodwill ambassador of Heal-a-child Foundation, a non-profit organization that offers financial support to the parents of terminally ill children to help with the cost of medical treatment.[112] In October 2014, he donated ₹2.5 million to a relief fund run by the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for reconstruction of areas destroyed during Cyclone Hudhud. Krishna and Vijaya Nirmala later donated ₹2.5 million to the fund.[113]
Jayadev announced in February 2015 that Mahesh would adopt Krishna's native village Burripalem, a minor panchayat in Tenali, and would address basic needs of the community such as potable drinking water and better roads and drainage systems.[114] Mahesh also announced that he is working with Telangana's Rural Development ministerK. T. Rama Rao to adopt another village in Mahbubnagar district.[115]
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