- "Chiranjeevi" redirects here.
- Chiranjeevi
(
lang-te:
చిరంజీవి
) (born
Konidala Siva Sankara Vara Prasad
(
lang-te:
కొణిదెల శివశంకర వరప్రసాద్
) on 22 August 1955) is a former
Telugu film
actor and a politician. He has worked primarily with
Telugu Cinema
, but has appeared in several
Tamil
,
Kannada
and
Hindi
films. He made his acting debut in 1978 through the film
Punadhirallu
. However,
Pranam Khareedu
released earlier at the
box office
.
[1]
Subsequently, he played a variety of characters, his film roles along with his screen persona contributed to a change in the concept of a Telugu film lead actor.
He is popularly known as "Megastar" in the Indian media.
[2]
