Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi
Born	Konidela Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad
Occupation(s)	Actor, Politician
Years active	1977 to present
Spouse	Surekha
Children	Sushmitha, Ram Charan Teja, Sreeja
Parent(s)	Venkata Rao, Anjana Devi
Awards	Padma Bhushan, Doctorate from ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

Chiranjeevi (Template:Lang-te) (born Konidela Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad on August 22, 1955), is a popular Tollywood film personality,many know him as Annayya or Mega Star . He was awarded the Padma Bhushan award , the second highest Padma award bestowed by the Government of India. He is the only Tollywood actor to receive seven Filmfare Best Actor awards. He has a huge fan following in Andhra Pradesh. Now he is Padma Bhushan Dr. Chiranjeevi. M.L.A. He announced his formal entry into politics on in 2008. He participated in 2009 elections.

Media Reviews

In a career span of 28 years, Chiranjeevi has received rave reviews for his acting performances. Here are the most recent reviews from national newspapers and periodicals.

• The erudite newspaper, The Hindu covered a special story on Chiranjeevi titled ’Man of the Masses’ (dt. April 5, 2004) which said ’Reams have been written on this man yet his feet are firmly on terra firma."

• In September 1992, The Week magazine ran a cover story on Chiranjeevi titled - Bigger than Bachchan. Chiranjeevi was analyzed as the star drawing unparalleled fanaticism among masses and the consolidated number of eyeballs he attracts is supposed to be higher than what Tamil Super star Rajnikanth and Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan do.

• World Space’s website says of Chiranjeevi "The frenzy that Megastar generates amongst the masses makes him a force to reckon with. The phenomenal fan following places him a llittle par with NTR, MGR and Rajnikanth. Chiranjeevi chose to channelize the collective energy of his fan following towards social causes - the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust’s good work in the area of eye donations and blood donation is noteworthy. Right now he’s also involved in the campaigns against Child Labour.

Awards

Padma Bhushan, Nandi and Filmfare Awards

• Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
  

Shubalekha (1982)

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Rudraveena (1988)

Mutta Mesthri (1993)

chudallani undhi (1999)

indra (2002)

Shankar Dada MBBS (2004)

Chiranjeevi's Filimography

Chiranjeevi filmography

Achievements in the area of social work

28 years of excellence in Telugu cinema has fetched Chiranjeevi a huge fan following and transformed him into one of the strongest opinion leaders in Andhra Pradesh. Chiranjeevi chose to streamline this fanaticism as a force for the social good thereby defying the tradition of super stars harboring political ambitions.

Chiranjeevi incorporated Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust on October 2nd, 1998. The Trust was set up with Blood and Eye Donation wings. Chiranjeevi’s devoted fans took this movement to great heights and are still working towards spreading awareness in the fields of Blood and Eye Donation. For the last seven years Chiranjeevi Blood Bank contributed 57,000 units on its own particularly to the people Below Poverty Line. The Blood Donation Wing has saved upto 3,500 lives across Andhra Pradesh by providing the required groups of blood within 30 minutes of receiving information.

While the state requires 5,00,000 units of blood per year, the awareness created by Chiranjeevi Blood Bank, pushed the availability to around 3,50,000 units which is a rare feat in itself.

Chiranjeevi Eye Bank has been behind 1460 successful eye implants. It also works towards educating the masses on the importance and need of eye donation.

An appeal for eye donation and blood donation is part of every print of a Chiranjeevi film. Chiranjeevi also ensured an unprecedented amount of space in the news and electronic media for these causes.

Today Chiranjeevi takes more pride in the knowledge that his Blood Bank saved someone’s life than the fact that his film has gone for a Silver Jubilee.

Not limiting himself to the fantasy filled world of films, Chiranjeevi has involved himself in various public welfare activities and acted as a socially responsible citizen…this apart from his own Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust activities. Once convinced about the authenticity and motive of a campaign, Chiranjeevi has always associated with it.

In 2002, he was selected as the Ambassador of Andhra Pradesh to the International Labour Organization. He featured in short films as part of the ’International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour’. He took an oath, on the occasion, that he would not advocate or allow directly or indirectly the employment of child labour in his films and stuck to it so far.

The Campaign

Mr.Prasad(Chiranjeevi) made social justice in the Economy of Andhra Pradesh his poll plank and ran a statewide election campaign in the 2009 Election. He campaigned saying "Companies need CEOs who seek profit for their share holders and debt holders, but Andhra needs a social leader for its electorate", "Corruption needs to be rooted out", "I am not interested in laptops or pictures with Bill Clinton and Bill Gates.".

Gallery

http://justtollywood.com/profiles.php?c=album&pid=00001061

External links

• Chiranjeevi at IMDb

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