Bhole Shavali (also known as Bombay Bhole and Mahathi; born 1 February 1982 in Penugonda Village, Mahabubabad district, Telangana) is an Indian music director, composer, playback singer, lyricist, and actor who works in the Telugu film and music industry. He is a descendant of the celebrated Telugu music director Susarla Dakshinamurthy (his great-grandfather through the family's musical lineage). He studied at the Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science (KITS), Warangal. He began his career as an assistant to noted music director Chakri in Hyderabad, before training further in Mumbai. His playback singing career spans films including 4 Boys (2006), Pilla Dorikithe Pelli (2011), Kick 2, and Ika Se Love (2019). As a music director, his credits include Yamaho Yama (2012), Dhanalakshmi Thalupu Tadite (2015), and Banthi Poola Janaki (2016). He also contributed to the acclaimed song 'Pachcha Bottesina' from SS Rajamouli's Baahubali: The Beginning (2015). He won the Ugadi Puraskara Award for Best Music Director. In October 2023, he entered Bigg Boss Telugu Season 7 as a wildcard contestant and was evicted in Week 10 after 35 days in the house.

Playback singing in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and films including Kick 2, Pilla Dorikithe Pelli (2011), and Ika Se Love (2019); music direction for Yamaho Yama (2012), Dhanalakshmi Thalupu Tadite (2015), and Banthi Poola Janaki (2016); co-composing the song 'Pachcha Bottesina' from Baahubali.

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