Upputuri Mahesh is an Indian film director, who works mainly in the Telugu film industry. When he entered the industry Mahesh served as an assistant director to N Lingusamy on his Tamil action flick, Run (2002). He made his debut as a director with the 2015 romantic comedy, Paddanandi Premalo Mari. In 2017 Mahesh directed Siva Balaji, Sushuma Yarlagadda, Sathya Akkala and Rajiv Kanakala in the drama, Snehamera Jeevitham.