Chiranjeevi filmography explained

Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema.[1] He has also appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada films.

Overview

Chiranjeevi made his acting debut in 1978, with the film Punadhirallu. However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the box office.[2] Known for his break dancing skills, Chiranjeevi has starred in more than 150 feature films.[3] [4] He rose to stardom after playing the lead in the action film Khaidi (1983). His 1987 film Swayamkrushi premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival.[5] He co-produced Rudraveena (1988), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.[6] In a film career spanning forty-five years, he has won four state Nandi Awards and nine Filmfare Awards South.

In 2006, Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema, and was presented with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University.[7] In 2013, he inaugurated the Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.[8] [9] He also represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau.[10] In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".[11]

Chiranjeevi's 1992 film Gharana Mogudu is the first Telugu film to gross over 10 crore at the box office.[12] The film made Chiranjeevi the highest-paid actor in India at the time, catapulting him to the cover pages of noted national weekly magazines in India.[13] The entertainment magazines Filmfare and India Today named him "Bigger than Bachchan", a reference to Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan.[14] News magazine The Week hailed him as "The new money machine".[15] He was paid a remuneration of 1.25 crores for the 1992 film Aapadbandhavudu, the highest for any Indian actor then.[16] In 2002, Chiranjeevi was given the Samman Award for the Highest Income Tax Payer for the assessment year 1999-2000 by the Minister of State for Finance, Government of India.[17] A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006 named Chiranjeevi the most popular star of the Telugu Film Industry.[18] In 2023, he starred in Waltair Veerayya alongside Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan and Prakash Raj.

As an actor

Telugu

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978Pranam KhareeduNarsimha[19]
Mana Voori PandavuluParthu
1979Tayaramma BangarayyaJothi's HusbandCameo
Kukka Katuku Cheppu DebbaShekar
Kotta AlluduJagan
I Love YouRamesh
Punadhirallu
Idi Katha KaaduSubanakar
Sri Rama BantuRaghu Ram
Kothala RaayuduSatyam
1980Agni Samskaram
Kottapeta RowdyPrasanna KumarCameo
ChandipriyaAnil
Aarani MantaluRavi
JatharaRambabu
MosagaduSeshu
Punnami NaaguNaagulu
Nakili ManishiPrasad / Shyam
KaaliGK
Thathayya PremaleelaluBhargav
Love In SingaporeSuresh
Prema TarangaluKumar
Mogudu KaavaliChiranjeevi
Rakta BandhamTilak25th Film
1981Aadavaallu Meeku JoharluHimselfGuest appearance
Parvathi ParameswaruluMohan
Todu DongaluKishore
Tirugu Leni ManishiKishore
Prema NatakamHimselfGuest appearance
Nyayam KavaliSuresh Kumar
Oorukichina MaataRamudu
Rani Kasula RangammaSukumar
47 RojuluKumar
Srirasthu SubhamasthuKrishna
PriyaVijay
Chattaniki Kallu LevuVijay
Kirayi RowdyluRaja
1982Intlo Ramayya Veedhilo KrishnayyaRajasekharam
SubhalekhaNarasimha MurthiFilmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
Idi PellantaraDeepak
SitadeviPrabhakar
Radha My DarlingMohan
Tingu RangaduRanga
Patnam Vachina PativrathaluGopi
Billa RangaBilla and Inspector Vishnu
YamakinkaruduVijay
Mondi GhatamRavindra
Manchu PallakiSekhar
Bandhalu AnubandhaluInspector Chiranjeevi50th Film
1983Prema PicholluRavi
Palletoori MonagaduRaju
AbhilashaChiranjeevi
Aalaya SikharamSeenu
Sivudu Sivudu SivuduSivudu / Vijay
Puli BebbuliGopi Krishna
Gudachari No.1Vijay
Maga MaharajuRaju
RoshagaduSikkindar and Srikanth
Maa Inti PremayanamHimselfGuest appearance
Simhapuri SimhamRaja Shekharam and Vijay
KhaidiSooryam[20]
Mantri Gari ViyyankuduBabji
SangharshanaDilip
1984AllullostunnaruGopi
GoondaKalidas / Raja / Ravi
HeroKrishna
DevanthakuduVijay Kumar
Mahanagaramlo MayagaduRaja
ChallengeGandhi
IntiguttuVijay Kumar
NaaguNaagu
Agni GundamVijay
RustumHari
1985Chattamtho PoratamRavishankar75th Film
DongaPhani
ChiranjeeviChiranjeevi
JwaalaRaju / Yuvaraju
PuliKranthi
Rakta SindhuramGandragoddali and Gopi
Adavi DongaKalidas
VijethaChinna BabuFilmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
1986KirathakuduCharan
Kondaveeti RajaRaja
MagadheeruduRaju
VetaRanapratap Kumar Varma
ChantabbaiPanduranga Rao
RakshasuduPursha
DhairyavanthuduKishore
Chanakya SapathamChanakya
1987Donga MoguduRavi Teja and Nagaraju
AradhanaPuli Raju
ChakravarthyChakravarthy and Anji
Pasivadi PranamMadhu
SwayamkrushiSambaiahNandi Award for Best Actor
Jebu DongaChitti Babu
1988Manchi DongaVeerendra
RudraveenaSuryanarayana SharmaNandi Special Jury Award
Yamudiki MoguduKali / Balu
Khaidi No. 786Gopi
Marana MrudangamJanardhan / Johnny
TrinetruduAbhimanyu100th Film
Yuddha BhoomiVijay
1989Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki MoguduKalyan
State RowdyKalicharan/Prithvi
RudranetraNethra
LankeswaruduSiva Shankar
1990Kondaveeti DongaRaja
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka SundariRaju
Kodama SimhamBharath
Raja VikramarkaRaja Vikramarka
1991Stuartpuram Police StationInspector Rana Pratap
Gang LeaderRajaram
Rowdy AlluduAuto Johnny / Kalyan
1992Gharana MoguduRaju
AapadbandhavuduMadhava
1993Muta MestriSubhash Chandra BoseFilmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
Mechanic AlluduRavi
1994Mugguru MonagalluPrudhvi, Vikram, and Dattatreya
S. P. ParasuramSP Parasuram IPS
1995Alluda MajakaSitaramudu / Toyota
Big BossSurendra
RikshavoduRaju and Dharma Raidu
1997HitlerMadhava Rao
MasterRaj KumarAlso Playback Singer
1998Bavagaru Bagunnara?Raju
Choodalani VundiRamakrishna
1999Sneham KosamSimhadri / Chinnayya125th FilmFilmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
Iddaru MitruluVijay
2000AnnayyaRajaram
Hands UpSaraswati's husbandGuest appearance[21]
2001MrugarajuRajuAlso Playback Singer
Sri ManjunathaManjunatha / Lord SivaPartially reshot version of Kannada film[22]
DaddyRajkumar[23]
2002IndraIndrasena Reddy / Shankar Narayana
2003TagoreRavindranath Tagore[24]
2004AnjiAnji[25]
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.Shankar Prasad "Shankar Dada"Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor[26]
2005AndarivaaduGovindarajulu / Siddharth
Jai ChiranjeevaSatyanarayana Murthy[27]
2006StalinMajor Stalin[28]
StyleHimselfGuest appearance[29]
2007Shankar Dada ZindabadShankar Prasad "Shankar Dada"[30]
2009MagadheeraHimselfGuest appearance[31]
2013Jagadguru Adi ShankaraManjunatha / Lord SivaCameo; Archive footage[32]
2015HimselfGuest appearance[33]
2017Khaidi No. 150Kaththi Seenu / Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad150th film[34]
2019Sye Raa Narasimha ReddyUyyalawada Narasimha Reddy[35]
2022AcharyaAcharya[36]
GodfatherBrahma Teja "Godfather" / Abram Qureshi[37]
2023Waltair VeerayyaWaltair Veerayya[38]
Bhola ShankarBhola Shankar[39]
2025Dorababu[40] [41]

Other languages

Year! scope="col"
TitleRole(s)LanguageNotes
198147 NatkalKumarTamil[42]
Ranuva VeeranThe Thief [43]
1989MappillaiHimselfGuest appearance
1990PratibandhSiddhanthHindi
1992Aaj Ka Goonda RaajRajaHindi
1994The GentlemanVijay[44]
1996SipayiMajor ChandrakanthKannada
2001Sri ManjunathaManjunatha / Lord Shiva

Other roles

YearTitlePositionNotes
2005HanumanSri Anjaneyulu (voice)Telugu version
2010VaruduNarrator
2013Jagadguru Adi ShankaraNarrator
2015RudhramadeviNarrator
2017GunturoduNarrator
GhaziNarrator Telugu version
2022Son of IndiaNarrator
NarratorTelugu version[45]
NarratorTelugu version
2023Ranga MaarthaandaNarrator[46]
NarratorTelugu version

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Chiranjeevi's debut . Rediff.com . 2011-04-21.
  3. Web site: 4 Reasons Why You Should Watch Chiranjeevi's Desi Thriller Again. And Again. And Again. NDTV.com.
  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Chiranjeevi-and-Shahid-are-best-dancers-Prabhu-Dheva/articleshow/28635308.cms Chiranjeevi and Shahid are best dancers: Prabhu Dheva - The Times of India
  5. http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/chiranjeevi-felicitation.html Chiranjeevi felicitation on Padma Bhushan honor - Telugu Cinema actor
  6. News: Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : From reel to real life . https://web.archive.org/web/20080916222222/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/18/stories/2008081859490400.htm . dead . 16 September 2008 . 18 August 2008 . 2011-06-10 . . Chennai, India.
  7. News: AU confers honorary degrees on Chiru, others . https://web.archive.org/web/20080205140414/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/07/stories/2006110708900100.htm . dead . 5 February 2008 . 7 November 2006 . 2011-04-21 . . Chennai, India.
  8. News: Chiranjeevi to inaugurate Incredible India exhibition at Cannes . https://web.archive.org/web/20130620151939/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-20/news-interviews/39391930_1_incredible-india-film-industry-films-and-documentaries . dead . 20 June 2013 . . 20 May 2013.
  9. http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/chiranjeevi-offers-wide-opportunities-to-foreign-film-producers-in-india-113052100253_1.html Chiranjeevi offers wide opportunities to foreign film producers in India | Business Standard
  10. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=97064 Press Information Bureau English Releases
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20130217023206/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/12600-28.html 100 Years of Cinema: The men who changed the face of Indian films|Movies News Photos-IBNLive
  12. Web site: First Telugu film to gross 100 million. https://web.archive.org/web/20130518083938/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/did-you-know-/33248018_1_film-box-office-caption. dead. 2013-05-18. The Times of India.
  13. News: First Telugu film to gross Rs. 1 million . https://web.archive.org/web/20130518083938/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/did-you-know-/33248018_1_film-box-office-caption . dead . 18 May 2013 . . 17 August 2012.
  14. News: Babu. Venkatesha. The 'megastar' hopes to score a smash hit on debut. 7 October 2013. Livemint. 23 April 2009.
  15. News: Deshpande . Rajeev . 18 April 2009 . Chiru charisma shines on, may end up hurting Cong . . dead . 2010-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105202919/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-18/india/28043382_1_chiru-chiranjeevi-praja-rajyam . 5 November 2012.
  16. Web site: Chiranjeevi, the megastar who beat Big B as India's highest paid actor. 29 April 2016. 17 May 2018.
  17. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chiranjeevi-dismisses-reports-linking-him-with-tax-raids/949169/ Chiranjeevi dismisses reports linking him with tax raids - Indian Express
  18. Web site: Dr. Vishnu the most popular star - Oneindia Entertainment . 5 January 2015 . 3 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014352/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2008/vishnuvardhan-most-popular-star-240608.html . dead .
  19. Web site: Filmography . Idlebrain . 2 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004414/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/starhomes/chiranjeevi/filmography.html . 29 January 2018 . dead .
  20. Web site: SV Srinivas . 16 January 2017 . Megastar Chiranjeevi is back with Khaidi No 150; has he ended his political career for good? . 12 November 2022 . Firstpost . en.
  21. Web site: G. V. Ramana. Idle Brain Movie review. www.idlebrain.com. 20 December 2017.
  22. Web site: Kumar . K. Naresh . 22 July 2022 . Masala mix of melodrama and action . 12 November 2022 . . en.
  23. Web site: 18 May 2021 . Remember THIS on-screen daughter of Chiranjeevi from 'Daddy'? The child actor is all grown up now . 12 November 2022 . . en.
  24. News: 6 July 2022 . Telugu film industry mourns the passing of film editor Gowtham Raju, who has worked in more than 400 films in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada . en-IN . . 12 November 2022 . 0971-751X.
  25. News: 1 January 2005 . When Tollywood tunes didn't mesmerise box-office . . live . subscription . 12 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130312105938/http://www.business-standard.com:80/article/Companies/When-Tollywood-tunes-didn-t-mesmerise-box-office-105010101062_1.html . 12 March 2013.
  26. News: S. R. Ashok Kumar . 10 July 2005 . "Autograph" bags 3 Filmfare awards . en-IN . . 12 November 2022 . 0971-751X.
  27. Web site: 28 April 2022 . Remember Chiranjeevi's Niece in Jai Chiranjeeva? This is How She Looks Now . 11 November 2022 . . en.
  28. Web site: S S Kamal . 6 November 2013 . Stalin strikes gold . 11 November 2022 . . en.
  29. Web site: Jeevi . Style - Telugu cinema Review - Lawrence, Prabhu Deva, Raja, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Charmme . 11 November 2022 . Idlebrain.com.
  30. Web site: G P Aditya Vardhan . 27 July 2007 . Chiranjeevi rocks in Shankardada . 11 November 2022 . Rediff.com.
  31. Web site: Manoj Kumar R . 10 November 2022 . SS Rajamouli retrospective: Magadheera – beginning of a new era . 11 November 2022 . . en.
  32. Web site: Sri Jagadguru Adi Shankara Review. Full Hyderabad.
  33. News: Dundoo . Sangeetha Devi . 16 October 2015 . Bruce Lee: All that gloss . en-IN . . 11 November 2022 . 0971-751X.
  34. Web site: Vamsi . Krishna . 11 January 2017 . Khaidi No 150 review: After Tagore and Stalin, Chiranjeevi is Shankar now . 11 November 2022 . . en.
  35. News: Dundoo . Sangeetha Devi . 2 October 2019 . 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy' review: Chiranjeevi leads from the front in this story of valour . en-IN . . 11 November 2022 . 0971-751X.
  36. News: Dundoo . Sangeetha Devi . 29 April 2022 . 'Acharya' movie review: Despite Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan, the film is utterly boring . en-IN . . 11 November 2022 . 0971-751X.
  37. News: Dundoo . Sangeetha Devi . 6 October 2022 . 'Godfather' movie review: An unabashed fanboy tribute to Chiranjeevi that works in parts . en-IN . . 11 November 2022 . 0971-751X.
  38. Web site: Acharya actor Chiranjeevi accidentally reveals the title of his next film with director Bobby . . 29 April 2022.
  39. Web site: Chiranjeevi's look from 'Bhola Sankar' unveiled on Mahaasivaraatri . Deccan Chronicle . 1 March 2022.
  40. Web site: 11 September 2023. mega-157-pre-production-commences-for-chiranjeevis-upcoming-film-with-director-mallidi-vashishta. The Times of India.
  41. Web site: Bureau . NewsTAP . 2024-01-30 . Megastar Chiranjeevi's Vishwambhara: Character & Backdrop Revealed . 2024-01-31 . www.newstap.in . en.
  42. சிந்து . ஜீவா . 16 August 1981 . 47 நாட்கள் . dead . . ta . 56 . https://archive.today/20220912092452/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1981/aug/16-08-1981/p56.jpg . 12 September 2022 . 21 February 2022.
  43. Web site: பிளாஷ் ஃபேக்: எம்.ஜி.ஆருக்கு பதில் நடித்த ரஜினி | flask back rajini replaced instreated of MGR in Ranuva veeran. 3 July 2016.
  44. Web site: Wish Chiranjeevi on his birthday! (August 22) . . 9 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031129193930/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/profile.php?id=16006555&cid=2411 . 29 November 2003 . dead.
  45. Web site: Jha . Lata . 2022-06-16 . Chiranjeevi lends voice to Telugu version of 'Brahmastra' . 2022-11-12 . . en.
  46. Web site: Chiranjeevi lends his voice for Krishna Vamsi's 'Rangamarthanda' . . 2021-10-26.