Mahesh Babu, who celebrated his birthday on Sunday (August 9), is grateful that he was flooded with non-stop wishes from his legion of fans on social media. The superstar has issued a heart-felt statement to thank them as well as his family, friends and well-wishers.

"This day, each year, is a reminder of how blessed I am to be loved by so many of you. Reading all the wonderful things written makes me really happy. Thank you for sending in all your greetings and blessings. Love you all - Yours Truly," the 'Sarkaru Vaari Paata' actor said.

Birthday trends related to him have touched a world-record figure of 60.2 million tweets. This is indeed a big thing. The hashtag #HBDMaheshBabu pulled off the humongous figure in 24 hours.

In another news, Mahesh celebrated his birthday in a special way by planting saplings as part of the Green India Challenge. He even nominated Kollywood actor Vijay, Jr NTR and Shruti Haasan.

As for the production works of his next film, Mahesh will join the sets of the Parasuram Petla directorial once the coronavirus pandemic-induced crisis is over.

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Immense gratitude ???????????? Humbled by all the love ??

A post shared by Mahesh Babu (@urstrulymahesh) on Aug 9, 2020 at 7:27am PDT