Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad more popularly known as Chiranjeevi, is one of India's most popular actors and primarily works in Telugu film.He was born in Mogultoor on 22nd August 1955 (at 10 am.)
He is given the title of Indian Mega Star.He did his intermediate studies in Ongole Junior College. He did his B.Com in YNR college of Narsapur.Later on, he wanted to become an actor. However, his father wanted him to finish studies. Therefore, he took the easy way out by joining ICW and he started learning acting simultaneously. He joined acting school in 1971.
A director called Raj Kumar has given Chiranjeevi a chance as an actor in a film called 'Punadi Rallu'. Later on, Kranthi Kumar as a producer offered him a role in the direction of K Vasu for the film 'Pranam Kharidu. Incidentally, Pranam Kharidu was the first film to be released.Chiranjeevi made his debut in 1978 with the film Pranam Khareedu. After playing a series of minor and negative roles in films like Manavoori Pandavulu, Mosagadu, and 49 Rojulu, Chiranjeevi got a breakthrough in the form of Khaidi in 1983 under the direction of A. Kodandarami Reddy. Khaidi, was a huge hit at the box office and Chiranjeevi became one of the top heroes in Tollywood.
He established his dominance in the 1980's with blockbusters like Abhilasha (1983), Challenge (1984), Pasivadi Pranam (1987), Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (1989) and others. He extended his success into the 1990s with Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990), Kodama Simham (1990), Gang Leader (1991), Rowdy Alludu (1991), and Gharana Mogudu (1992).
The mid 90's were a career low for Chiranjeevi with box office failures like Mechanic Alludu (1993), S.P.Parshuram (1994), Big Boss (1995), and Rikshavodu (1995), but he made a comeback in the late 90's with blockbusters like Master (1997), Choodalani Vundi (1998), Bavagaru Bagunnara (1998), and Sneham Kosam (1999).In 2002, Chiranjeevi had one release, Indra, which was a huge hit and the highest grossing film at that time.
He won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) and the Nandi Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Indra. Again in 2003, Chiranjeevi had only one release, Tagore, which was a hit at the box office. In 2004, Chiranjeevi's long awaited film Anji finally released but did not make a big impact at box office as it was expected to. But later that year, his next release Shankardada MBBS became a huge hit.