Biography
Konidela Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad (born on August 22, 1955), also known as Chiranjeevi (Chiru), is a popular Telugu film actor and is fondly known by Telugu fans as Mega Star.
He was born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi on August 22, 1955, in Mogalthur, located in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Chiranjeevi has two brothers (Nagendra Babu & Pawan Kalyan) and two sisters (Vijaya Durga and Madhavi). He was married to Surekha on February 20, 1980. Chiranjeevi has one son Ram Charan Teja and two daughters Sushmita and Srija.
Chiranjeevi debuted with Pranam Khareedu. After playing a series of negative and minor roles, he got his first breakthrough with Khaidi in the direction of A. Kodandarami Reddy. In 2002, Chiranjeevi starred in Indra, which was a success and it got him critical acclaim for his performance . He won the Filmfare Best Actor Award and the Nandi Award for Best Actor.
His most recent film is Stalin, cast opposite Trisha Krishnan and in the direction of A. R. Murugadoss, writer of Chiranjeevi's earlier film Tagore.
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