Birth name Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad
Born August 22, 1955 (1955-08-22) (age 52)
Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Years active 1977 - present
Spouse(s) Surekha
Children Sushmita ,Ram Charan Teja and Srija
AwardsOther AwardsPadmabhushan
Chiranjeevi (Telugu: చిరంజీవి),
born as Konidela Siva Sankara VaraPrasad on August 22, 1955 is an actor in Telugu cinema industry. He isalso the recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
Personal LifeChiranjeevi has two sisters and two brothers. His first brother,Nagendra Babu is a film producer and a film actor. His second brother,Pawan Kalyan is also popular Telugu film actor, known as PowerStar inTollywood. His son, Ram Charan Teja recently forayed into mainstream.Chiranjeevi's father-in-law,late Allu Ramalingaiah works also in theTelugu film industry. His elder daughter, Sushmita is married toVishnu Prasad, a industrialist's son based in chennai[1].Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law Allu Aravind is a film producer in theTelugu film industry while his nephew, Allu Arjun is also an actor. Awards & HonoursIn January 2006, Chiranjeevi was honored with the Padma Bhushan, thethird highest civilian award in India for his contributions to theTelugu Film Industry and his social work [2].In November 2006, Chiranjeevi was awarded with a honorary doctorate bythe Andhra University for his services to the Telugu film industry andfor his social work .
FilmographyDesigned by ramu
Year Title Role Notes
1978 Manavoori Pandavulu ParthuPranam Khareedu Narasimha
1979 Kothala Raayudu
Sri Rambantu
Idikatha Kaadu
Punaadi Rallu
I Love You Ramesh
Kotta Alludu
Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba
Tayaramma Bangarayya
1980 Rakta Sambandham
Mogudu Kavali
Prema Tarangalu Kumar
Love in Singapore Suresh
Thathayya Premaleelalu
Kaali
Nakili Manishi Prasad / Shyam
Punnami Naagu Naagulu
Mosagadu
Jathara
Aarani Mantalu
Chandipriya
Kottapeta Rowdy Guest Appearance
Agni Samskaram
1981 Kirayi RowdyluChattaniki Kallu Levu VijayPriyaSrirasthu Subhamasthu47 RojuluRani Kasula RangammaOoriki Ichina Maata RamuduNyayam Kavali Suresh KumarPrema Natakam Guest AppearanceTirugu Leni ManishiTodu DongaluParavathi ParameshwaruluAdavaallu Meeku Johaarulu1
982 Bandhalu AnubandhaluManchu PallakiMondi Ghatam RavindraYamakinkarudu VijayBilla Ranga BillaPatnam Vachina Prativrathalu GopiTingu Rangadu RangaduRadha My DarlingSitadeviIdi PellantaraSubhalekha Narasimha Murthy Winner: Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)Bandipotu SimhamIntlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya Rajasekharam
1983 Sangarshana DilipManthri gari Viyyankudu BabjiKhaidi Suryam Khaidi catapulted Chiranjeevi into the big league andgave him a star imageSimhapoori Simham VijayMaa Inti PremayanamRoshagadu SikanderMaga Maharaju RajuGudachari No.1 VijayPuli BebbuliShivudu Shivudu ShivuduAalyashikaramAbhilasha ChiranjeeviPalletoori MonagaduPrema Pichollu Ravi
1984 Rustum GopiAgnigundam VijayNaagu NaaguIntiguttu Vijay Kumar Winner: Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)Challenge GandhiMahanagaramlo MayagaduDevanthakuduHero KrishnaGoonda Kalidas/RajaAllulu Vasthunnaru
1985 Vijetha ChinnababuAdavi Donga KalidasRaktha Sindhuram Gandra Goddali & Inspector GopiPuli KranthiJwala RajuChiranjeevi ChiranjeeviDonga PhaniChattam Tho Poratam Ravi Shankar
1986 Chanakya Shapadham ChanakyaDairyavanthuduRakshasuduChantabbai Pandu Ranga RaoVeta Raanaa Pratap Kumar VermaMagadheeruduKondaveeti Raja RajaKirathakudu Charan
1987 Jebu Donga Chitti BabuSwayamkrushi Sambaiah Winner: Nandi Award for Best ActorPasivadi Pranam MadhuChakravarthy ChakravarthyAradhana Puli RajuDonga Mogudu Ravi Teja/Nagaraju
1988 Yudda BhoomiTrinetrudu AbhimanyuMarana Mrudangam Janrdhan/JohnnyKhaidi No.786 GopiYamudiki Mogudu Kali/Balu Entitled As MEGASTAR By His FansRudraveena Suryanarayana Sharma Winner: Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)Manchi Donga Veerendra
1989 Lankeshwarudu ShankarRudranetra NethraState Rowdy Kaali Charan/PrudhviAthaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu Kalyan
1990 Raja Vikramarka Raja VikramarkaPrathibandh SiddhanthKodama Simham BharathJagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari RajuKondaveeti Donga Raja
1991 Rowdy Alludu Janardhan(Johnny)/KalyanGang Leader RajaramStuartpuram Police Station Rana Prathap
1992 Aapathbandhavudu Madhava Winner: Nandi Award for Best ActorAaj Ka Goonda Raj RajaGharana Mogudu Raju
1993 Mechanic Alludu RaviMuta Mesthri Subhash Chandra Bose Winner: Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
1994 The Gentleman Vijay HindiS.P.Parasuram ParshuramMugguru Monagallu Prudhvi/Vikram/Dattatreya
1995 Rikshavodu RajuBig Boss SurendraAlluda Majaka Sitaramudu/Mr.Toyota
1997 Master Raj Kumar Playback singer for the first timeHitler Madhava Rao
1998 Choodalani Vundi RamakrishnaBavagaru Bagunnara Raju
1999 Iddaru Mitrulu VijaySneham Kosam Simhadri/Chinnayya Winner: Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2000 Annayya RajaramHands Up Cameo
2001 Daddy Raj KumarManjunatha Manjunatha Swamy/Lord SivaMrigaraju Raju Also playback singer
2002 Indra Indra Sena Reddy Nandi Award for Best ActorFilmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)2003 Tagore Tagore Santosham Best Actor Award
2004 Shankar Dada MBBS Shankar Prasad Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)Winner, Santosham Best Actor AwardAnji Anji
2005 Jai Chiranjeeva Satyanarayana MurthyAndarivadu Govindarajulu/Siddharth2006 Stalin StalinStyle Himself, Special appearance
2007 Shankardada Zindabad Shankar Prasad Remake of Lage Raho Munnabhai
See alsoSrijaElopementAndhra PradeshPadma BhushanChiranjeevi Charitable Trust
TollywoodPawan KalyanAllu ArjunRam Charan TejaChiranjeevi Fans. Kakinada
References^ Indiaglitz.com.
Sushmita marries a Chennai based businessman.^ andhravilas.com.
Chiranjeevi receives Padma Bhushan.
Retrieved on 3November 2006.^ in.yahoo.com. Chiranjeevi receives Doctorate.His heart towardssocial services made him start "Chiranjeevi Blood and Eye bank" wherethe Eye and blood donations are made by his fans.Till now it (Eye andblood bank) has saved hundreds of lives and near to 1600 peoplereceived eye sight by the eyes donated by it. Retrieved on 2 November2006.
External linksChiranjeevi at the Internet Movie DatabaseChiranjeevi Charitable Foundationv • d • eCinema of IndiaIndustries: Assamese • Bengal • Bollywood • Karnataka • Kollywood •Malayalam • Marathi • Punjwood •Tollywood Indian films A–Z • Films: Assamese • Bengali • Bhojpuri • Gujarati •Hindi • Kannada • Malayalam • Marathi • Punjabi • Sindhi • Tamil •Telugu • UrduActors • Awards • Directors • Choreographers • Cinematographers •Composers • Editors • Festivals • Producers • ScreenwritersRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiranjeevi"Categories: NPOV disputes Wikipedia articles needing style editing 1955 births Indian film actors Tollywood Padma Bhushanrecipients Andhra University alumni Telugu people Living people People from Andhra Pradesh Telugu actors
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