Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi (born Konidala Siva Sankara Vara Prasad on 22 August 1955) is a Indian film actor and a politician. He has worked primarily with Telugu Cinema, but has appeared in several Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 1978 through the film Punadhirallu.However, Pranam Khareedu released earlier at the box office. Subsequently, he played a variety of characters, and his film roles along with his screen persona contributed to a change in the concept of a Telugu film lead actor.  He is popularly known as "Megastar" in the Indian media.
Chiranjeevi also co-produced Rudraveena (1988), which won the National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He has won nine Filmfare Awards South, the most by any Telugu actor. Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. In 2006, he was presented an honourary doctorate from Andhra University.Apart from his film career, he is also a philanthropist and the founder of Chiranjeevi Charitable Foundation, established in 1998.
In 2008, he entered politics by forming the Praja Rajyam Party. In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh elections, Chiranjeevi was elected as a member of the State Assembly from Tirupati constituency. He led the Praja Rajyam Party to emerge as the third largest party in the same election. 

Early life and family

Chiranjeevi was born on 22 August 1955 as Siva Sankara Varaprasad to Konidela Anjana Devi and Konidela Venkata Rao in Mogalthur, a small village near Narsapur.He was quite interested in acting at a very young age. After completion of his high school, he did his Intermediate in C. S. R. Sharma College at Ongole. After graduating with a degree in commerce, Chiranjeevi moved to Chennai and joined the Madras Film Institute in 1976 to seek a career in acting. Since his family worshipped the Anjaneya, a Hindu God, his mother advised him to get the screen name of "Chiranjeevi".
Chiranjeevi married Surekha, the daughter of veteran Telugu actor Allu Rama Lingaiah on 20 February 1980. They have two daughters, Sushmita and Sreeja, and a son, Ram Charan Teja. Ram is also an actor in Tollywood.One of Chiranjeevi's brothers, Nagendra Babu, is a film producer and also has acted in several films, and his youngest brother, Pawan Kalyan, is an actor in Tollywood.Allu Aravind, his brother-in-law, is a film producer. Allu Arjun, son of Allu Aravind, is also an actor in Telugu cinema.

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Notes
1978	Pranam Khareedu	Narsimha	Reshma Roy
	Manavoori Pandavulu	Parthu	Krishnam Raju, Bhanuchander, Shoba
1979	Tayaramma Bangarayya		Madhavi
	Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba		Madhavi
	Kotta Alludu		Jayaprada
	I Love You	Ramesh
	Punadi Rallu
	Idi Katha Kaadu	Subanakar	Kamal Haasan, Jayasudha	Remake of Avargal
	Sri Rambantu
	Kothala Raayudu		Madhavi
1980	Agni Sanskaram		Madhavi
	Kottapeta Rowdy
	Chandipriya
	Aarani Mantalu
	Jathara
	Mosagadu		Shoban Babu, Sridevi
	Punnami Naagu	Naagulu
	Nakili Manishi	Prasad, Shyam
	Kaali		Rajinikanth, Seema, Phataphat Jayalaxmi
	Thathayya Premaleelalu	Bhargav
	Love In Singapore	Suresh
	Prema Tarangalu	Kumar		Remake of Muqaddar Ka Sikander
	Mogudu Kaavali	Chiranjeevi	Gayatri
	Rakta Sambandham
1981	Adavaalu Meeku Joharulu		Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha	Guest role
	Paravathi Parameshwarulu
	47 Natkal	Kumar	Jayaprada, Sarath Babu, Saritha	Tamil film
	47 Rojulu	Kumar	Jayaprada, Sarath Babu, Saritha	Telugu Version of 47 Natkal
	Todu Dongalu	Kishore
	Tirugu Leni Manishi	Kishore
	Prema Natakam			Guest role
	Nyayam Kavali	Suresh Kumar	Radhika
	Ooriki Ichina Maata		Madhavi
	Rani Kasula Rangamma		Sridevi
	Srirasthu Subhamasthu		Saritha
	Ranuva Veeran		Rajinikanth, Sridevi	Tamil film
	Priya		Radhika
	Chattaniki Kallu Levu	Vijay	Madhavi	Remake of Sattam Oru Iruttarai
	Kirayi Rowdylu		Radhika
1982	Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya	Rajasekharam	Madhavi
	Subhalekha	Narasimha Murthi	Sumalatha	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
	Idi Pellantara		Radhika
	Sitadevi
	Radha My Darling
	Tingu Rangadu	Rangadu
	Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu	Gopi	Radhika
	Billa Ranga
	Yamakinkarudu	Vijay	Radhika
	Mondi Ghatam	Ravindra	Radhika
	Manchu Pallaki	Sekhar	Suhasini
	Bandhalu Anubandhalu		Suhasini
1983	Prema Pichollu	Ravi	Radhika
	Palletoori Monagadu		Radhika
	Abhilasha	Chiranjeevi	Radhika
	Aalaya Sikharam	Murthy
	Shivudu Shivudu Shivudu	Shivudu	Radhika
	Puli Bebbuli		Radhika
	Gudachari No.1	Vijay	Radhika
	Maga Maharaju	Raju	Suhasini
	Roshagadu		Madhavi
	Maa Inti Premayanam		Madhavi	Cameo
	Simhapuri Simham		Radhika, Madhavi
	Khaidi	Sooryam	Madhavi
	Manthri Gari Viyyankudu	Babji
	Sangharshana	Dilip
1984	Allulu Vasthunnaru		Sulakshana
	Goonda	Kalidas/Raja/Ravi	Radha
	Hero	Krishna	Radhika
	Devanthakudu	Vijay Kumar	Vijayashanti
	Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu		Vijayashanti
	Challenge	Gandhi	Vijayashanti, Suhasini
	Intiguttu	Vijay Kumar	Suhasini, Nalini
	Naagu	Naagu	Radha
	Agni Gundam		Sumalatha
	Rustum	Hari	Urvashi
1985	Chattamtho Poratam	Ravishankar	Madhavi
	Donga	Phani	Radha
	Chiranjeevi	Chiranjeevi	Vijayashanti
	Jwala	Raju	Radhika
	Puli	Kranthi	Radha
	Raktha Sindhuram	Gopi	Radha
	Adavi Donga	Kalidas	Radha
	Vijetha	Chinna Babu	Bhanupriya	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
1986	Kirathakudu	Charan	Suhasini
	Kondaveeti Raja	Raja	Vijayashanti, Radha
	Magadheerudu		Jayasudha
	Veta	Ranapratap Kumar Varma	Jayaprada
	Chantabbai	Panduranga Rao	Suhasini
	Rakshasudu	Pursha	Suhasini, Radha
	Dhairyavanthudu	Kishore	Vijayashanti
	Chanakya Shapadham	Chanakya	Vijayashanti
1987	Donga Mogudu	Ravi Teja/Nagaraju	Radhika, Madhavi
	Aradhana	Puli Raju	Suhasini
	Chakravarthy	Chakravarthy	Bhanupriya
	Pasivadi Pranam	Madhu	Vijayashanti
	Swayam Krushi	Sambaiah	Vijayashanti	Nandi Award for Best Actor
	Jebu Donga	Chitti Babu	Radha
1988	Manchi Donga	Veerendra	Vijayashanti, Suhasini
	Rudraveena	Suryanarayana Sharma	Gemini Ganesan, Shobana	Nandi Special Jury Award
	Yamudiki Mogudu	Kali/Balu	Vijayashanti, Radha
	Khaidi No.786	Gopi	Bhanupriya
	Marana Mrudangam	Janardhan/Johnny	Suhasini, Radha
	Trinetrudu	Abhimanyu	Bhanupriya
	Yudda Bhoomi		Vijayashanti
1989	Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu	Kalyan	Vijayashanti
	State Rowdy	Kalicharan, Prithvi	Radha, Banupriya
	Rudranetra	Nethra	Vijayashanti, Radha
	Lankeshwarudu	Shankar	Radha
	Mappillai	Kanaal	Rajinikanth, Amala	Special appearance Tamil film Also producer
1990	Kondaveeti Donga	Raja	Radha, Vijayashanti
	Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari	Raju	Sridevi, Amrish Puri
	Kodama Simham	Bharath	Radha
	Pratibandh	Siddhanth	Juhi Chawla	Hindi film
	Raja Vikramarka	Raja Vikramarka	Radhika, Amala
1991	Stuartpuram Police Station		Vijayashanti
	Gang Leader	Raja	Vijayashanti
	Rowdy Alludu	Auto Johnny/Kalyan	Shobana, Divya Bharti
1992	Gharana Mogudu	Raju	Nagma
	Aaj Ka Goonda Raj	Raja	Meenakshi Seshadri	Hindi film
	Aapathbandavudu	Madhava	Meenakshi Seshadri	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Nandi Award for Best Actor
1993	Muta Mesthri	Subhash Chandra Bose	Meena Durairaj, Roja Selvamani	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
	Mechanic Alludu	Ravi	Vijayashanti
1994	Mugguru Monagallu	Prudhvi, Vikram, Dattatreya	Roja Selvamani, Nagma, Ramya Krishnan
	S.P.Parshuram	Parasuram	Sridevi
	The Gentleman	Vijay	Juhi Chawla	Hindi film Remake of Gentleman
1995	Alluda Majaka	Sitaramudu, Toyota	Ramya Krishnan, Rambha
	Big Boss	Surendra	Roja Selvamani
	Rikshavodu	Raju	Nagma, Soundarya
1996	Sipayi		Ravichandran, Soundarya	Guest role Kannada film
1997	Hitler	Madhava Rao	Rambha
	Master	Raj Kumar	Sakshi Sivanand, Roshini	Also Playback Singer
1998	Bavagaru Bagunnara?	Raju	Rambha
	Choodalani Vundi	Ramakrishna	Soundarya, Anjala Zhaveri
1999	Sneham Kosam	Simhadri, Chinnayya	Meena Durairaj	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Remake of Natpukkaga
	Iddaru Mitrulu	Vijay	Sakshi Sivanand, Rambha, Ramya Krishnan
2000	Annayya	Rajaram	Soundarya
	Hands Up!	CBI Officer Saraswati's Husband	Jayasudha, Nagababu, Brahmanandam	Cameo appearance
2001	Mrigaraju	Raju	Sanghavi, Rambha, Simran	Also Playback Singer
	Sri Manjunatha	Manjunatha Swamy, Lord Siva	Arjun Sarja, Meena, Soundarya	Kannada film
	Daddy	Rajkumar	Ashima Bhalla, Simran
2002	Indra	Indrasena Reddy/Shankar Narayana	Sonali Bendre, Aarthi Agarwal	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Nandi Award for Best Actor
2003	Tagore	Tagore	Jyothika, Shriya Saran	Remake of Ramana
2004	Anji	Anji	Namrata Shirodkar
	Shankar Dada MBBS	Shankar Prasad aka Shankar Dada	Sonali Bendre	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
2005	Andarivaadu	Govindarajulu/Siddharth	Tabu, Rimi Sen, Rakshita
	Jai Chiranjeeva	Satyanarayana Murthy	Bhoomika Chawla, Arbaaz Khan
2006	Style		Raghava Lawrence, Prabhu Deva	Cameo appearance
	Stalin	Stalin	Trisha Krishnan
2007	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Shankar Prasad aka Shankar Dada	Karishma Kotak
2009	Magadheera	Mega Star	Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Agarwal	Special appearance after the song "Bangaru Kodi Petta"