Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is one of those figures whose scale is hard to grasp from outside Indian cinema. The Mega Star nickname sounds like hype until you sit with the fact that he is consistently named among the most influential actors in Telugu film history, and is praised as one of its finest dancers too. What fascinates me is that he did not stop at stardom, he stepped into politics, which is a genuinely different kind of exposure. The Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2024 mark a career the state itself felt compelled to honor. I read him as someone who treated fame as a platform for something larger.

Name (English)

Chiranjeevi

Name (Japanese)

チランジーヴィ

Reading

ちらんじーゔぃ

Born

August 22, 1955 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Origin

Mogalthur, West Godavari district, India

Occupation

actor / politician / film producer / film actor

University

Andhra University

Awards & achievements

• Nandi Award
• Filmfare Awards South
• 2006 Padma Bhushan
• 2024 Padma Vibhushan

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chiranjeevikonidela/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiranjeevi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313243

Tags

• West Godavari district
• actor
• politician
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.