Superstar Mahesh Babu and his wife Namratha Shirodkhar donates a part of their earnings for charity and for the needy. Every year on her birthday, Namratha chooses a bright student and offers Rs 1 lakh. This year, Ganta Pragnesh from East Godavari has been awarded Rs 1 lakh by Namratha personally.

Pragnesh is currently pursuing BE second year. He was given Rs 1,01,116 cheque by Namratha on her birthday. Along with these, Namratha participated in several charity activities yesterday. Mahesh and Namratha stepped forward to help several ill underprivileged children through various NGOs and they adopted couple of villages across AP and Telangana.

Mahesh is currently in Pollachi shooting for Maharshi which is slated for summer release.