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Chiranjeevi
Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad (born 22 August 1955), better known
by his stage name Chiranjeevi,[4] is an Indian film actor and politician. He
Chiranjeevi
was the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism,
Government of India.[5] Prior to politics, Chiranjeevi has attended the Madras
Film Institute, and had worked primarily in Telugu cinema, in addition to
Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 1978, with the
film Punadhirallu.[6] However, Pranam  Khareedu was released earlier at the
box office.[7] Known for his break dancing skills, Chiranjeevi starred in 150
feature films in a variety of roles. In 1987, he was starred in Swayam Krushi,
which was dubbed into Russian, and was screened at the Moscow International
Film Festival.[8] Chiranjeevi won the 1988 Cinema Express Best Actor Award
and the state Nandi Award for Best Actor awards for his performance in the
film.[9][10][11] In the same year, Chiranjeevi was one of the Indian delegates at
the 59th Academy Awards.[12][13] In 1988, he co-produced Rudraveena, which
won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.[14]

Chiranjeevi's 1992 film Gharana Mogudu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, is

Chiranjeevi in 2011
the first Telugu film to gross over ₹10 crore at the box office, the film was MP of Rajya Sabha for Andhra
screened at the 1993 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream Pradesh
section.[15] [16] The film made Chiranjeevi the highest paid actor in India at the
In office
time, catapulting him to the cover pages of noted national weekly magazines in
3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
India.[17] The entertainment magazines Filmfare and India Today named him
Succeeded by Vemireddy
"Bigger than Bachchan", a reference to Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan.[18]
Prabhakar Reddy,
News magazine The Week hailed him as "The new money machine".[19] He was
YSRCP
paid a remuneration of ₹1.25 crores for the 1992 film Aapadbandhavudu.[20]
In 2002, Chiranjeevi was given the Samman  Award for the Highest Income Minister of Tourism (Independent
Tax Payer for the assessment year 1999–2000 by the Minister of State for Charge)
Finance, Government of India.[21] A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006 In office
named Chiranjeevi the most popular star of the Telugu film industry.[22] 27 October 2012 – 15 May 2014
Preceded by Subodh Kant
In a film career spanning thirty nine years, he won four state Nandi Awards,
Sahay
including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and ten Filmfare Awards South
including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South. In 2006, Succeeded by Shripad Yasso Naik
Chiranjeevi was honored with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest Member of the Andhra Pradesh
civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema,[23] and was presented Legislative Assembly for Tirupati
with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University.[24] In 2013, he
In office
inaugurated the Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the
2009–2012
Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the 66th
Preceded by M. Venkataramana
Cannes Film Festival.[25][26] [1]

Succeeded by M. Venkataramana
[2]

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He also represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Personal details
Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau.[27] In 2013, IBN LIVE named him Born 22 August 1955[3]
as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".[28] Mogalthur, Andhra
Chiranjeevi's 150th film was announced in May 2015.[29] State, India

Chiranjeevi founded the Chiranjeevi  Charitable  Foundation, established Political party Indian National
in 1998, which is involved in humanitarian activities. In 2008, he entered Congress (2011—
politics by forming the Praja Rajyam Party. In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh present)
elections, Chiranjeevi contested from his native places, Palakollu and Tirupati. Other political Praja Rajyam
affiliations (2008–2011)
He was defeated by the Congress party candidate in Palakollu and was elected
Founder
as a member of the State Assembly from the Tirupati constituency. He led the
Praja Rajyam Party to emerge as the third largest party during the same Spouse(s) Surekha Konidela
(m. 1980)
election. Later, in February 2011, his Praja Rajyam Party merged into the
Indian National Congress. He is a co-owner of Indian Super League side Kerala Children Ram Charan
Blasters. Srija
Susmitha
Relatives See Chiranjeevi

Contents family
Residence Jubilee Hills,
Early life and family Hyderabad,
Acting career Telangana, India
Early career: 1978–1981
(Permanent)
Leading roles: 1982
New Delhi, Delhi,
1983–2007
2007–present
India (Official)
Television career Alma mater Madras Film
Political career Institute
Humanitarian work Andhra University
Awards, honours and recognitions Sri Y N College
Awards
Occupation Film Actor,
Filmography Politician,
References Television Host
External links Awards Padma Bhushan
(2006)

Early life and family
Chiranjeevi was born in Mogalthur, a small village near Narsapur, West Godavari.[30] His father worked as a constable and
got transferred on a regular basis. He spent his childhood in his native village with his grandparents. Chiranjeevi did his
schooling in Nidadavolu, Gurajala, Bapatla, Ponnuru, Mangalagiri and Mogalturu. He was an NCC cadet. Chiranjeevi had
participated in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi as being an NCC cadet in the early 70s.[31] He was interested in
acting from a very young age. He did his Intermediate at C. S. R. Sarma College in Ongole.[32]

After graduating with a degree in commerce from Sri Y N College at Narsapur, Chiranjeevi moved to Chennai and joined
the Madras Film Institute in 1976 to pursue a career in acting.[33]

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Since his family worshipped Anjaneya, a Hindu deity, his mother advised him to take the screen name "Chiranjeevi",
meaning "live forever", a reference to the belief of Hanuman living forever.[34]

He has two daughters, Sushmita and Srija, and a son, Ram Charan Teja, also an actor in Tollywood.[35]

One of Chiranjeevi's brothers, Nagendra Babu, is a film producer and also has acted in several films. His youngest brother,
Pawan Kalyan, is an actor in Tollywood too.[35] Allu Aravind, his brother-in-law is a film producer. Chiranjeevi is the uncle
of Allu Arjun, Allu Sirish, Varun Tej and Sai Dharam Tej.[36]

Acting career

Early career: 1978–1981

Chiranjeevi started his film career with Punadhirallu.[6] However, his first released film was Pranam Khareedu.[37] Mana
Voori Pandavulu, directed by Bapu, gave Chiranjeevi recognition from the Indian audience.[33] He played a small role in
Tayaramma Bangarayya. He played the anti-hero in films I Love You and K. Balachander's Idi Katha Kaadu,[33] starring
Kamal Haasan.

In a remake of the Tamil film Avargal, Chiranjeevi portrayed the character played by Rajinikanth in the original. In 1979,
Chiranjeevi had eight major film releases and then 14 films in the following year.[38][39] He played lead antagonist in works
such as Mosagadu, Rani Kasula Rangamma, 47 Natkal /47 Rojulu, Nyayam Kavali and Ranuva Veeran.[40]

Leading roles: 1982

Chiranjeevi began to appear in lead roles with films such as Intlo  Ramayya  Veedilo  Krishnayya, directed by Kodi
Ramakrishna, which was a hit at the box office.[41] Later, he starred in Shubhalekha, directed by K. Viswanath, which dealt
with the social malady of the dowry system. It brought him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and
Viswanath's third Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu.[42][43] He also appeared in movies such as Idi Pellantara,
Sitadevi, Tingu Rangadu, Bandhalu Anubandhalu and Mondi Ghatam. He acted in multi-star movies such as Patnam
Vachina Pativrathalu and Billa Ranga, and later appeared in Manchu Pallaki.[44]

1983–2007
Khaidi was a box office success and Chiranjeevi attained stardom with this movie.[34] In 1984, he continued doing action
films. A series of box office hits at this time include; Mantri Gari Viyyankudu, Sangharshana, Goonda, Challenge, Hero,
Donga, Jwala, Adavi Donga, Kondaveeti Raja, Rakshasudu, Gang Leader, Rowdy Alludu, Yamudiki Mogudu and Donga
Mogudu.[45] In 1985, he received his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for his performance in Vijetha.[46][47]
Chiranjeevi received his first Nandi Award for Best Actor for Swayam Krushi (1987), directed by K. Viswanath.

After Khaidi, Chiranjeevi had hits such as Pasivadi Pranam (1987), Yamudiki Mogudu (1988) and Manchi Donga (1988).
Chiranjeevi co produced and acted in Rudraveena (1988), which not only won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature
Film on National Integration,[14] but also the Nandi Special Jury Award. Chiranjeevi then experimented with Jagadeka
Veerudu  Atiloka  Sundari, a socio-fantasy directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and produced by Ashwini Dutt. Other
experimental works at this time include works such as Kondaveeti Donga the first Telugu film to be released on a 70 mm
6-Track Stereophonic sound,[48] the western genre Kodamasimham and the social problem action film Gang  Leader
(1991), which were box-office hits and led to Chiranjeevi being regarded as the "boss of Telugu cinema".[49]

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Chiranjeevi's Bollywood performances were appreciated in Pratibandh (1990)[50] and Aaj  Ka  Goonda  Raj. In 1996, he
appeared in a guest role in the Kannada film Sipaayi. For his role in Aapadbandhavudu (1992), he received his second
Nandi Award for Best Actor and third Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. The mid-1990s saw a career dip for
Chiranjeevi with box office duds such as Mechanic  Alludu, S.  P.  Parasuram, Big  Boss and Rikshavodu. There were
exceptions, such as Mutha  Mestri, which fetched him a fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu, Mugguru
Monagallu and Alluda Majaka were moderately successful.[47] After a brief lull, Chiranjeevi bounced back with Hitler,
Master, Bavagaru Bagunnara?, Choodalani Vundi and Sneham Kosam, for which he received his fifth Filmfare Award for
Best Actor – Telugu. In 1999, Chiranjeevi was to appear in a Hollywood production directed by Dushan Garsi, and
produced by Rameshkrishna Murthi. The Telugu version was directed by Suresh Krissna. The movie, which was titled The
Return of the Thief of Baghdad, had its filming suspended for undisclosed reasons.[51]

Chiranjeevi's new decade started with Annayya. After a brief gap, Chiranjeevi starred in Indra, released in 2002, which
broke all his previous box office records of Tollywood and won him his third Nandi Award for Best Actor and sixth
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. After that, he appeared in films with an underlying message and a social cause,
including Tagore and Shankar  Dada  MBBS, for which he won his seventh and latest Filmfare Award for Best Actor –
Telugu, and Stalin. He was awarded the Filmfare Special Award – South in 2006 and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement
Award – South at the 58th Filmfare Awards South in 2011 for his contributions to the film industry.

2007–present
Following his last film in the lead role, 2007's Shankar Dada Zindabad, which received an average response, Chiranjeevi
did not star in any film for approximately 10 years, during which he embarked on his political career. During these 10
years, he has made only two cameo appearances in films starring his son Ram Charan: Magadheera in 2009 and Bruce
Lee – The Fighter in 2015. He also served as narrator to both Varudu and Rudhramadevi. From 2013 onwards, he was on
the look out for the right script to mark his comeback into cinema, in what would coincidentally happen to be his 150th
film as an actor. A year following the release of the highly successful 2014 Tamil film Kaththi, Chiranjeevi chose to remake
that film in Telugu as his comeback film. The remake, titled Khaidi No. 150, directed by V. V. Vinayak, was released during
the Sankranti holiday in 2017, about 6 months short of a decade following Shankar Dada Zindabad, to positive reviews
and record-breaking box-office revenue. Critics have singled out Chiranjeevi in particular, praising him for both his
performance and appearance, especially following a decade of absence from cinema.[52][53] Following the success of this
film, Chiranjeevi is confirmed to continue with his acting career, with two projects being in the works as the film
released.[54] In those two films, one film name is Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy and the title for other film is yet to confirm.

Television career
Chiranjeevi made his debut as Television host with fourth season of Meelo  Evaru  Koteeswarudu. The first episode of
fourth season was aired on 13 February 2017. The game show, a Telugu version of Kaun  Banega  Crorepati, will be
telecasted Monday to Thursday at 9.30 pm.[55]

Political career
In 2008, Chiranjeevi started Praja Rajyam, a political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh.[56] At the launch, he stated that
social justice was the main agenda of his party.[57] In the 2009 general elections, the party won 18 of the 295 seats in the
Andhra Pradesh State Assembly.[58] He was elected a Member of the State Assembly from Tirupati.[59]

He contested from both Tirupati and Palakollu Constituencies for MLA in the 2009 general elections, winning in Tirupati
but losing out in Palakollu, in West-Godavari district.[60][61]

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On 6 February 2011, Chiranjeevi merged the 30-month-old Praja Rajyam Party with the Indian National Congress,[58][62]
after two weeks of talks with Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress, which feared the no confidence motion in the
state assembly in the wake of the emergence of Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party and the stronghold of Telangana
agitation. After more than one year of merging his party into Congress, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 29 March
2012. He got elected and took the oath as a Rajya Sabha member on 3 April 2012. On 28 October 2012, he was sworn in as
the Union Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.[63]

After the Indian National Congress split the state of Andhra pradesh leaving the residuary state with huge debt and little
revenue in June 2014, most members of the Andhra Pradesh wing of Indian National Congress party left in protest.
Chiranjeevi, however, remained with Indian National Congress and did campaign for Indian National Congress as
chairman of election campaign committee for 2014 parliamentary and assembly elections in residuary state of Andhra
Pradesh, however, he refrained from contesting in elections. There was also criticism that he did not campaign whole
heartedly due to the one sided decision taken to split Andhra Pradesh.[64][65] His youngest brother Pawan Kalyan, a former
Praja Rajyam Party youth wing leader, launched his own political party Jana Sena and campaigned vigorously against
Indian National Congress and in favor of Telugu Desham Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.[66] Due to the strong anti-
Indian National Congress sentiment prevailing in Andhra Pradesh, its candidates were defeated in all parliamentary and
state assembly seats Andhra Pradesh with 165 out of 175 candidates losing deposit [obtaining less than 10% of vote
share].[67][68] Since the 2014 elections, he has maintained distance from active politics and will also end his tenure as Rajya
Sabha member in April , 2018. He has not attended any sessions of Indian National Congress either.[69]

Humanitarian work
On 2 October 1998, he founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust (CCT), which includes Chiranjeevi Blood and Eye Banks.
It is the state's largest recipient of blood and eye donations. The trust has made over 68,000 blood donations and 1,414 eye
donations.[6][70][71] The Blood Bank of the CCT has helped over 80,000 people and the Eye Bank has helped about 1,000
people in the state of Andhra Pradesh since its opening. Around 350,000 people have pledged their eyes to CCT so far,
giving 1600 people eyesight through CCT. CCT has also won the "Best Voluntary Blood Bank Award" by the AP State
Government for the past 4 years.[72][73] On 10 June 2006, the then President of India, Abdul Kalam, inaugurated the
Chiranjeevi Charitable Foundation (CCF) at the Jubilee Hills Check Post in Hyderabad.[74]

CCT crossed the one lakh mark in collecting blood and more than 96,000 people have been helped with blood by this
blood bank.[75]

After allegations made against the Blood Bank and Eye Bank,[76][77] the state government of AP constituted a high-level
committee to look into the allegations. The committee worked under the guidance of the project director of AP State AIDA
Control Society, comprising experts from finance and technical fields, verified records pertaining to the collection and
disposal of blood samples, blood grouping, screening, sterilisation, medical waste disposal, camps conducted, blood expiry,
quality control, store room, record room and purchase of equipment.[78][79]

Awards, honours and recognitions
Director K. Balachander said "Chiranjeevi has both Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth in him. Not only can he do action, he
can also act."[80][12][13] Chiranjeevi received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in India in the year
2006. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Andhra University in the same year.[14] He is a ten-time winner of
Filmfare Awards South[6][14] and a four-time winner of Nandi Awards. In 2014, he was awarded International  Face  of
Indian Cinema at the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards from Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.[81] He was the
first actor from South India to be invited to the Oscars ceremony in 1987.[82]

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Awards
Civilian honor

2006 – Padma Bhushan from the Government of India

Filmfare Awards South

Best Actor – Telugu – Shubhalekha (1982)[83][84]

Best Actor – Telugu – Vijetha (1985)[85]
Best Actor – Telugu – Aapadbandhavudu (1992)[86]
Best Actor – Telugu – Muta Mesthri (1993)[87]
Best Actor – Telugu – Sneham Kosam (1999)[88]
Best Actor – Telugu – Indra (2002)[89]
Best Actor – Telugu – Shankar Dada MBBS (2004)[90]
Special Award – South for Honorary Legendary acting career (2006)[91]
Lifetime Achievement Award – South (2010)[92]

Nandi Awards

Best Actor – Swayam Krushi (1987)

Best Actor – Aapathbandhavudu (1992)
Best Actor – Indra (2002)
Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for contribution to Telugu cinema (2016)

Cinema Express Awards

Best Actor – Swayam Krushi (1988)[9][93][94]

SIIMA Awards

International Face of Indian Cinema – (2014)[81]

Other honors

2006 – Honorary doctorate from the Andhra University[95]

Filmography
Below are the selected filmography of Chiranjeevi.

1979: Punadhirallu
1980: Punnami Naagu as Nagulu
1982: Subhalekha as Narasimha Murthi
1983: Abhilasha as Chiranjeevi
1983: Khaidi as Sooryam
1984: Challenge as Gandhi
1985: Vijetha as Chinnababu
1986: Chantabbai as Pandu
1987: Donga Mogudu as Ravi Teja
1987: Pasivadi Pranam as Madhu

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1987: Swayamkrushi as Sambayya

1988: Rudraveena as Suryanarayana Sastry
1988: Yamudiki Mogudu as Kali/Balu
1989: Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu as Kalyan
1990: Kondaveeti Donga as Raja
1990: Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari as Raju
1991: Rowdy Alludu as Johnny
1991: Gang Leader as Rajaram
1992: Gharana Mogudu as Raju
1992: Aapadbandhavudu as Madhava
1993: Mutha Mestri as Bose
1997: Hitler as Madhava Rao
1998: Choodalani Vundi as Rama Krishna
1999: Sneham Kosam as Simhadri/Chinnayya
2000: Annayya as Rajaram
2001: Daddy
2001: Mrugaraju as Raju Adavipalli
2002: Indra as Indrasena Reddy/Shankar Narayana
2003: Tagore as Tagore
2004: Anji as Anji
2004: Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. as Shankar Prasad/Shankar Dada
2006: Stalin as Stalin
2005: Andarivadu as Govindarajulu
2005: Jai Chiranjeeva as Sathyanarayana Murthy
2007: Shankar Dada Zindabad as Shankar Prasad/Shankar Dada
2017: Khaidi No. 150 as Shankar/Kathi Seenu
2018: Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy as Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy (Upcoming film)

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