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| Chiranjeevi | |
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| 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) (birth name is Konidela Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad on August 22, 1955), is a popular Tollywood film personality. 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 announced his formal entry into politics on in 2008 by launching the Praja Rajyam Party and participating in 2009 elections. He is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Tirupathi.
Chiranjeevi's Filimography
Main article: Chiranjeevi filmographyActor/ Political Comedian
Social work & Philanthropy
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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 57000 units on its own particularly to the people living below the poverty line. The Blood Donation Wing has saved upto 3500 lives across Andhra Pradesh by providing the required groups of blood within 30 minutes of receiving information.
While the state requires 500000 units of blood per year, the awareness created by Chiranjeevi Blood Bank, pushed the availability to around 350000 units.
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.
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.
Personal Life
Chiranjeevi married Surekha, the daughter of veteran actor and comedian Sri Allu Ramalingaiah. He has two daughters and a son.
Political Campaign
Chiranjeevi has helped improve the economy of Andhra Pradesh. 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"...
His Praja Rajyam Party won 18 seats and aprroximately 18% votes (over 7 million votes). Chiranjeevi himself successfully contested from Tirupathi but lost in Palakollu.
References
- "www.idlebrain.com/celeb/starhomes/chiranjeevi/index.html".
- http://www.aponline.gov.in/APPORTAL/List-of-MLAs.html