ANDARIVADU: Dr.MEGA STAR CHIRANGEEVI

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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