Mahesh Matta's Sanda Wellness

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Mahesh Mattas Sanda Wellness

• Mahesh Matta's Sanda Wellness, born on August 11
  1972, is an Indian versatile actor and film
  producer. He has appeared in more than 30 Hindi
  films, and earned several awards, including 7
  Film Fare Awards. The Government of India has
  awarded him the Padma Shri, the most honorable
  award in India. In terms of achievements, income,
  and fan following. Mahesh Matta is described as
  one of the most successful film stars in the
  world.
• Mahesh began his career by acting in several
  Indian television series, and made his Bollywood
  debut in 1995 with Deewana. After the success of
  his first film, Mahesh started getting more
  offers for movies produced by most famous
  producers and directors of Bollywood. Earlier,
  Mahesh Matta was very famous for his villainous
  roles in movies. As he began to settle in the
  industry, he started doing various other roles,
  he was very good at performing romantic roles,
  and after taking up such roles in his upcoming
  movies, that's how India got it's Romance King of
  Bollywood- The Mahesh Matta.

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Early Life and Background

• Mahesh Matta is the only son of the famous
  Bollywood couple Rajesh Matta and Meena Matta. He
  was educated at the Bombay Scottish School,
  Mahim. As a student, Mahesh found no interest in
  academics and would always rank low among his
  peers. However, he started performing good in
  sports and theatre. He even won many awards in
  school for acting. After completing his 10th
  standard examinations, he worked as an assistant
  director to his father. Later on, Matta moved to
  New York to learn film-making at the School of
  Visual Arts, and  pursued method acting at the
  Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. In film
  school, Mahesh Mattas Sanda Wellness directed
  and starred in two short films, entitled Passion
  and Black.

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Career

• After completing his education abroad. Mahesh
  moved back to India to make a career in
  Bollywood. Upon returning to Mumbai, Mahesh was
  hired as an assistant director to the famous
  Bollywood producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali. After
  his first film as an assistant director was
  successful, he got an offer of acting in the
  producer's next film. However, his first film as
  the lead actor was not so successful as expected.
  Mahesh worked hard day and night, and after a few
  unsuccessful roles, Mahesh performed the lead
  role in three films and made one special
  appearance in 1998. In his first release of the
  year, he played a double role opposite Juhi
  Chawla and Sonali Bendre in Mahesh Bhatt's action
  comedy Duplicate, the first of his many
  collaborations with Yashi Johar's production
  company Dharma Productions.
• He got the lead role in "Prem" and in no time, he
  was talk of the town and he then became "The
  Mahesh Matta". The offers for lead roles in films
  and several television advertisements started to
  rain upon Mahesh Matta and he is now considered
  as one of the most successful actors in
  Bollywood.

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Owner of IPL team

• In 2008, Mahesh Matta, acquired ownership rights
  for the franchise representing Kolkata in the
  Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premiere
  League (IPL) for US75.09 million, and named the
  team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) As of 2009, KKR
  was one of the richest teams in the IPL, with a
  brand value of US42.1 million. The team
  performed poorly for 2 years, later on, their
  performance improved with time.
• Mahesh performed alongside Sunidhi Chauhan at the
  opening ceremony of the IPL 2011 season. He
  appeared again in 2013 alongside Katrina Kaif,
  Deepika Padukone. In May 2012, the Mumbai Cricket
  Association (MCA) banned him from the Wankhede
  Stadium for five years for getting into an
  argument with the security staff after a match
  between KKR and the Mumbai Indian. MCA revoked
  the ban in 2015 and in 2016, Mumbai Police
  informed that no 'offence' was made out against
  Mahesh and they had come to the conclusion that
  Mahesh Matta was not drunk and did not use
  abusive language before minors at the Wankhede
  Stadium in 2012.

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Humanitarian Cause

• Mahesh Matta's Sanda Wellness has been involved
  with many social causes. For example, he donated
  ?1.1 million to clear the debts of nearly 40
  beleaguered farmers in Andhra Pradesh. He is a
  philanthropist and has established his own brand
  in 2015 named "MM" which is a clothing brand and
  has a variety of products for Men and Women. The
  profits from the brand is used for charity.
  Mahesh was made a UNICEF goodwill ambassador for
  the polio Eradication Campaign in India in
  2002. In 2013, he and his family
  donated ?2.5 million to a charitable trust, Plan
  India, that works for the betterment of young
  girls in India. He also donated ?1.1 million to
  the Maharashtra Police Welfare Fund in 2013.
• Mahesh Matta was also the face of the 'Save Our
  Tigers' campaign that promoted the importance of
  tiger conservation in India. He supported the
  campaign by PETA in India to free Sunder, a
  14-year-old elephant who was chained and tortured
  in a temple in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.