Chiranjeevi was born on Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955 and is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician.
38 Facts About Chiranjeevi
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Chiranjeevi is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors of Indian cinema.
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Chiranjeevi won the Andhra Pradesh state's highest film award, the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, three Nandi Awards, and nine Filmfare Awards South including the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Chiranjeevi won the 1988 Indian Express Best Actor Award and the state Nandi Award for Best Actor awards for his performance in the film.
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Chiranjeevi was paid 1.25 crore, the highest fee for any Indian actor, for the 1992 film Aapadbandhavudu.
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In 2008, Chiranjeevi founded the Praja Rajyam Party and contested in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh election.
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Chiranjeevi was appointed as the Minister of Tourism with independent charge in October 2012 and served in that position until May 2014.
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Chiranjeevi was born as Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad Rao on 22 August 1955 in Mogalthur, a village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Chiranjeevi spent his childhood in his native village with his grandparents.
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Chiranjeevi did his schooling in Nidadavolu, Gurazala, Bapatla, Ponnur, Mangalagiri and Mogalthur.
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Chiranjeevi was an NCC cadet and had participated in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in the early '70s.
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On 20 February 1980, Chiranjeevi married Surekha, the daughter of Telugu comic actor Allu Ramalingaiah.
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Chiranjeevi's younger brother, Nagendra Babu, is a film producer and actor.
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Chiranjeevi's youngest brother, Pawan Kalyan, is an actor-politician who founded Jana Sena, a regional political party.
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Chiranjeevi is uncle to the actors Allu Arjun, Allu Sirish, Varun Tej, Niharika, Sai Dharam Tej, and Panja Vaisshnav Tej.
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Chiranjeevi played the anti-hero in films I Love You and K Balachander's Idi Katha Kaadu, starring Kamal Haasan.
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In 1979, Chiranjeevi had eight major film releases and then 14 films in the following year.
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Chiranjeevi appeared in movies such as Idi Pellantara, Sitadevi, Tingu Rangadu, Bandhalu Anubandhalu and Mondi Ghatam.
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Chiranjeevi acted in multi-star movies such as Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu and Billa Ranga, and later appeared in Manchu Pallaki.
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Khaidi was a box office success and Chiranjeevi attained stardom with this movie.
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Chiranjeevi received his first Nandi Award for Best Actor for Swayamkrushi, directed by K Viswanath.
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Chiranjeevi co-produced and acted in Rudraveena, which won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, and the Nandi Special Jury Award.
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Chiranjeevi then experimented with Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, a socio-fantasy directed by K Raghavendra Rao and produced by Ashwini Dutt.
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In 1999, Chiranjeevi was to appear in a Hollywood production directed by Dushan Garsi, and produced by Rameshkrishna Murthi.
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Chiranjeevi appeared as himself in two films, starring his son Ram Charan, namely Magadheera and Bruce Lee: The Fighter.
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Chiranjeevi is one of the co-owners of the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC.
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Chiranjeevi made his debut as a Television host with the fourth season of Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu.
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In 2008, Chiranjeevi started Praja Rajyam Party, a political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Chiranjeevi contested from both Tirupati and Palakollu constituencies winning in Tirupati but losing out in Palakollu, in West Godavari district.
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On 6 February 2011, Chiranjeevi merged the 30-month-old Praja Rajyam Party with the Indian National Congress, 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 Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party and the stronghold of Telangana agitation.
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Chiranjeevi got elected and took the oath as a Rajya Sabha member on 3 April 2012.
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In 2013, Chiranjeevi represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau.
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Chiranjeevi remained with Congress and did campaign for it as chairman of Election Campaign Committee for 2014 parliamentary and assembly elections in the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh.
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In July 2018, Chiranjeevi took part in the Green Challenge started by Narendra Choudary Tummala.
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In May 2021, Chiranjeevi set up oxygen banks and ambulances across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to meet the needs of patients affected by COVID-19.
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Chiranjeevi was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Andhra University in the same year.
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Chiranjeevi is a ten-time winner of Filmfare Awards South and a four-time winner of Nandi Awards.
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Chiranjeevi was the first actor from South India to be invited to the Oscars ceremony in 1987.