Teaching career Mahesh previously worked as a Tamil school teacher before entering into television and film industry. He has also mentioned that being friendly with his students paved a successful way to his career as a professor and also hinted out that he would not regret his teaching career instead of being a media professional. During his teaching career, he gave an emotional speech in Visu'win Arattai Arangam.
Television career He made his television debut when he joined as a contestant for the show,
Asatha Povathu Yaaru? which was aired in
Sun TV and performed as a standup comedian. He later joined Vijay TV after gaining fame through Asathapovathu Yaaru? and went onto become an anchor through the television show,
Jodi Number One during its
8th season along with Ramya. He also served as an anchor in the breakthrough Vijay TV premiere show
60 Nodi! Are You Ready? and was nominated for the
Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Anchor Male for the particular show at the
2014 Vijay Television Awards. Mahesh along with Ramya were nominated for the [Vijay Television Awards|[Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Anchor Pair Non Fiction at the
2015 Vijay Television Awards. Erode Mahesh also worked as an anchor alongside Thadi Balaji for the Vijay TV premiere show,
Naduvula Konjam Disturb Pannuvom and was also nominated for the
Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Anchor Male for the second time in his anchoring career during the
2017 Vijay Television Awards. He alongside Balaji won the
Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Anchor Pair Non Fiction for the standout show,
Naduvula Konjam Disturb Pannuvom in the 2017 Vijay TV Awards. During the 2014 Vijay Television Awards, both Balaji and Erode Mahesh were nominated for the
Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair for
Naduvula Konjam Disturb Pannuvom. Apart from anchoring he also served as one of the primary judges in the Vijay TV show,
Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? in the
5th, 6th and 7th editions of the premiere show. == Filmography ==