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« on: July 30, 2009, 04:21:38 AM »
I think we all knew this was coming.  Grin



Please join me in the madness of the crush: Mr. Too-Cool-For-School. Just the way we like him.
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 05:24:24 AM »
Pictures culled from the internet below.  Although to be frank, I don't find stills can at all capture what is meltingly good about Mahesh Babu; it's only in action that you can get the charisma and the irresistible "I'm so cool and I'm ignoring you", and then he breaks into that huge grin and....

*dreamy sigh*

Anyway:
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 05:27:32 AM »
Wow, I was all set to grudgingly agree that stills are no good where Mahesh is concerned....
Then I scrolled down to this:

and this:


Then I forgot what I was talking about.  Grin
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"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 05:45:45 AM »
Yeah, those two made my heart do a little skip too when I found them.

Btw, this thread reminds me of my long-held theory that Mahesh Babu and Will Smith belong in the Hollywood/Bollywood lookalikes thread.  Except I've never dared post it there -- too crazy?



Will's eyes are more wide set, but apart from that I really find a lot of similarities.  They're definitely ear twins! Evil
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 05:49:24 AM »
^^ Makes perfect sense to me! But then, I've always been pretty crushed out on Will as well, so you're preaching to the choir.
(I will admit this here. Hopefully you won't be disgusted. But as I was searching for more Mahesh pics I stumbled on an article by his wife extolling the virtues of being married to him and I was too depressed to continue. I find that disturbing. I need to get out more. I might need to actually ban myself. We'll see.  Undecided )
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"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 05:50:36 AM »
Oh, post the link to the article so I can flog myself with it too.
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 05:52:59 AM »
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/28/images/2005052800310401.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/28/stories/2005052800310400.htm&usg=__qOqVmlCIqWDxiSfu3kbxtXqjL88=&h=350&w=308&sz=22&hl=en&start=19&um=1&tbnid=Mx-yRT-nPaaCWM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMahesh%2BBabu%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1

this doesn't seem right.
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"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 10:25:58 AM »
YAY! Here are a couple from my screencap collection:

Athidhi:



Pokiri:
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 12:54:58 PM »

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Both from Athadu. Not very great. I always forget to click on HD!  Roll Eyes
I will try to screencap Pokiri whenever I get around to watching it, if I can stop the fainting and sighing long enough.....
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"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2009, 09:27:30 AM »
ApunBindaas has many yummy screencaps of Mahesh here:
http://apunbindaas.blogspot.com/2009/07/athadu-totally-smitten-by-mahesh-babu.html
like this:

and this (see, told you he has superpowers!):
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"sometimes there is ... a villain who is Not From Around Here and who Doesn't Know That Messing With The Tall Guy Who Likes To Dance Is A Bad Idea." --Dil Bert
"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2009, 12:41:00 AM »
Pokiri    Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2009, 08:44:41 AM »
Holy Moley.
This is going to be my screen saver. NewLaura, you are very very NICE.

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"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2009, 02:16:33 PM »
I'm glad you like it, Prahajess.   Smiley    I'm using the same one as my desktop wallpaper.  Your Mahesh posts around the forum have inspired me to re-watch his movies lately.   I get frustrated trying to capture him, though .... you really need to see him in motion to get it.  Sigh.
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« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2009, 06:52:21 PM »
Quote from: NewLaura on August 04, 2009, 02:16:33 PM
I'm glad you like it, Prahajess.   Smiley    I'm using the same one as my desktop wallpaper.  Your Mahesh posts around the forum have inspired me to re-watch his movies lately.   I get frustrated trying to capture him, though .... you really need to see him in motion to get it.  Sigh.
Yes, that's very true about him.

Has anyone seen this movie with him and Preity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoSToATJE
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« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2009, 07:19:38 PM »
Quote from: prahajess on August 04, 2009, 06:52:21 PM
Has anyone seen this movie with him and Preity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoSToATJE


Oh my God, did you watch that song?   Cheesy   If I hadn't seen Vamsee, I would be thinking "he must have been playing the role of a complete dork in that movie."   

Unfortunately, I have seen Vamsee, so I'm thinking (again), how did he transform from an awkward dork into all kinds of awesome?! 
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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2009, 07:24:39 PM »
Quote from: NewLaura on August 04, 2009, 07:19:38 PM

Oh my God, did you watch that song?   Cheesy   If I hadn't seen Vamsee, I would be thinking "he must have been playing the role of a complete dork in that movie."   

Unfortunately, I have seen Vamsee, so I'm thinking (again), how did he transform from an awkward dork into all kinds of awesome?! 
I think it's because he grew his hair out. Plus, that choreography is ... well, what can you do with that?
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"What can I begin with? The fact that the babies had been switched, the fact that Dev lives in disguise with his own mother, or the sweet scenes where Dev keeps outsmarting Nalini Jaywant? Everything was great, just great!" --xxVijayxx
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« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2009, 09:11:51 AM »
Quote from: prahajess on August 04, 2009, 06:52:21 PM

Has anyone seen this movie with him and Preity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoSToATJE


Ha, no, but thanks for hte link.  I've been trying to get hold of Raja Kumarudu for ages; I just brought it up in your Murari thread before coming here.  if you know a good source, do tell!  NewLaura, same goes for Vamsee.  I'm a sucker for punishment, where Mahesh is concerned.

So I just did some googling about any other gems that might lie in Mahesh's filmography, and apparently he was a child actor.  Behold his first-ever silver screen appearance, in 1979's Needa:
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« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2009, 09:53:30 AM »
Quote from: prahajess on August 04, 2009, 06:52:21 PM
Has anyone seen this movie with him and Preity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoSToATJE


Very funny!  I saw it dubbed in Hindi as Prince No 1.  But it's been soooooooooo long ago.  It's funny that Nehaflix has Mahesh Babu listed as Manish, lol.  I have to re-watch if I can get a hand on it again.  Admittedly, when I first saw it, I was like who is that dork with Preity?
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« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2009, 10:59:52 AM »
Nina, Bhavani has both Vamsi and Murari:

http://www.bhavanidvd.com/product_info.php?products_id=420


(I rented Vamsi, so I don't know if Bhavani's dvd has subtitles....you might want to ask.)
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« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2009, 11:21:57 AM »
Quote from: NewLaura on August 05, 2009, 10:59:52 AM
Nina, Bhavani has both Vamsi and Murari:

http://www.bhavanidvd.com/product_info.php?products_id=420


(I rented Vamsi, so I don't know if Bhavani's dvd has subtitles....you might want to ask.)

The Vamsi DVD I got from Bhavani didn't have subtitles.
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« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2009, 09:00:39 AM »
I seem to have an extremely high threshold for pain related to Mahesh.  Roll Eyes  Kiss
That terrible bowl cut he was working in  his early films doesn't even bother me anymore. And I hardly fast-forward the fight scenes at all anymore (except in Pokiri b/c they are really so gross). I don't even care about "Girl I'm watching your booooty," (see first song below). I think Mahesh flipped some sort of switch in my head.
I love his voice.
I love how he dances.

Last night I forced my Prague friend to watch my two Must-Watch-Every-Six-Hours songs, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772aRDjdBTQ  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIuyLfu4i0) and she didn't even blink before she said, "He's cute." When he smiled she said, "Look!" "Oh, I know," I said, "trust me...."
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« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2009, 10:45:22 AM »
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I think it's because he grew his hair out.

I don't know:  he had the bowl cut in Athadu, and he was pretty darn smokin' in that!
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« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2009, 11:25:27 AM »
He reminds me of a colt in those first movies.....all long legs and arms that he doesn't know what to do with.   

But he figured it out.   Kiss
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« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2009, 12:25:47 PM »
lol! ladies, reading this thread is making me laugh so much! Cheesy

Quote from: prahajess on August 06, 2009, 09:00:39 AM
Last night I forced my Prague friend to watch my two Must-Watch-Every-Six-Hours songs, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772aRDjdBTQ 

I love this song. So. Much. I love that move his does first at 0:08 and then he does it again at 2:21 and again at 3:52. I don't know why, it's so simple, but it makes me crazy! Embarrassed

Anyway... since this is a stargazing thread...
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« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2009, 02:10:13 PM »
Quote from: prahajess on August 04, 2009, 06:52:21 PM
Has anyone seen this movie with him and Preity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoSToATJE


I've been looking for it (and for Vamsi, since that one has Namrata - did they meet on set, does anyone know their story? Not that I care  Tongue) and all I found were those youtube clips.

as for the bowl cut: I saw Athidi first and really didn't like his hair (it was colored, too). The bowl cut is awesome on him, I don't know why. Well, maybe because he looks so nice and boyish with it - and then plays these thug types. It just plays with the expectations of the audience  Wink.

Quote from: Simran_Singh on August 06, 2009, 12:25:47 PM
I love this song. So. Much. I love that move his does first at 0:08 and then he does it again at 2:21 and again at 3:52. I don't know why, it's so simple, but it makes me crazy! Embarrassed

 Undecided I know!

and on topic: I actually own a Mahesh movie now (Sainikudu) and will take some screencaps later tonight or tomorrow. Yumm  Grin
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