ACTOR CHIRANJEEVI

Konidela Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad is a popular Tollywood film personality, also called "Megastar". He changed his name as Chiranjeevi. Recently he was awarded the "PADMA BUSHAN" award, the third highest award bestowed by the Government of India. He is the only Tollywood actor to receive seven Filmfare Best Actor awards. He announced his formal entry into Politics on in August 2008 by launching the Praja Rajyam Party at Tirupathi in presence of a big gathering from every corner of the state and participated in 2009 elections. He is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Tirupathi. Chiranjeevi married Surekha, the daughter of veteran actor and comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. He has two daughters Sushmitha and Sreeja and a son Ram Charan Teja. Chiranjeevi's two younger brothers Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan are also well settled actors in the South Indian Film Industry.
Vara Prasad is the son of Late Sri Venkat Rao and Srimathi Anjana Devi. He was born on 22 August 1955 in Narsapuram, a town on the Banks of River Godavari in the West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in India. Chiranjeevi lived at the Madras Film Institute and an amateur stage actor. He attended auditions and selected for the film Punaadi Rallu(1978). However, Pranam Khareedu was his first film released in theaters. The year 1983 was a major turning point in Chiranjeevi's career. Khaidi, which was released in the October of this year, brought immediate stardom to Chiranjeevi and marked the beginning of his dominance in the industry. Many film critiques believe that the film has influenced the Telugu Cinema much the same way as the Hindi film Sholay influenced Bollywood. He is well versed in Hindi and his performance was appreciated in many Bollywood movies including Prathibandh(1990), Aaj Ka Goonda Raj(1992), The Gentleman(1994) and many more. He also dubbed many of his Telugu films in Hindi. Chiranjeevi cemented his place as the undisputed king of Indian box office with super hits like Yamudiki Mogudu, Marana Mrudangam in 1988, and State Rowdi, Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu in 1989. During this period, he was promoted with what is now a popular title "Megastar" in his movies, replacing his old title Supreme Hero. 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 Blood Bank of the CCT helped over 80,000 people and the Eye Bank has helped about 1000 people in the State of Andhra Pradesh since its opening. Recently CCT has reached one more landmark by crossing the 100,000 mark in collecting the blood and more than 96,000 people were helped with blood by this blood bank.