Happy Birthday to Mega Star Chiranjeevi.
Growing up as the god of Telugu children after NTR, Chiranjeevi was the highest paid film star in India in the early 90's. The Telugu film world known as Tollywood was known by the name of Chiranjeevi before Bahubali.
Chiranjeevi, also known as Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, was born on August 22, 1955, into a simple family in the village of Mogaltur in the West Godavari region of undivided Andhra Pradesh. A Commerce graduate, Chiranjeevi joined the Adyar Film Institute after completing his studies to pursue his acting career. He then turned to film acting.
It started with small roles. In the early days, he was mostly sought after for negative roles, perhaps because of his anti-heroism. NTR, ANR, Krishna, Shobhan Babu and Krishnam Raju were the stars of the day. All of them, except ANR, were tall and were generally white. Among them is the arrival of a dark-colored, normal-height chiranjeevi. For Chiranjeevi to give a new twist to the acting style of the previous cast. His unique and distinctive acting style in villain roles promoted him to the rank of vice-hero.
Chiranjeevi has been shining in the roles of protagonist / sub-hero since the early 80s. In 1982, as part of his political entry, NTR quit and was promoted to superstar Krishna. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi's career graph has been steadily rising through his lead roles in low budget films. Released in 1983, Kodanda was a turning point in Rami Reddy's career in 'Prisoner'. The prisoner was inspired by "First Blood" in Sylvester Stallone's Rambo series. Victims of racial and ethnic exploitation in rural areas; The prisoner who told the story of the revenge and struggle of an educated peasant youth was a great success.
Since then, Chiranjeevi has continued to make strides, both small and large. Released in 1987; Krishna's throne was shaken by the huge success of Fazil's Mammootty film Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal's Telugu version of the "Pasivadi Pranam" and the generation including Sobhan Babu and Krishnam Raju faded away. Then every year till 1992, Chiranjeevi had every industry hit. At the same time, Balakrishna was rushing to the front with blockbusters. Venkatesh and Nagarjuna take the field almost at the same time. The quartet conquered the world of Telugu cinema in the 90's. Chiranjeevi was the driving force behind that generational change.
The unprecedented success of films like Kondaveeti Donga, Jagatk Veeradu Ati Loka Sundari and Gang Leader, released in the early 90's, brought Chiranjeevi to the forefront of Tollywood. The historic release of K. Raghavendra Rao's Kharana Mogadu in 1992 made Chiranjeevi one of the leading actors in India. It was the first film in the history of Telugu cinema to gross over Rs 10 crore. Chiranjeevi's next film Apath Bandhavadu received Rs 1.25 crore. Chiranjeevi's record was set when Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was paid Rs 1 crore. Subsequently, national media outlets, including India Today and The Week, headlined Chiranjeevi's achievement, with the headline "Bigger than Bachan".
After gaining national attention and starring in more than one Bollywood film, Chirajeevi's graph is slowly declining. Some films failed and others were moderately successful. Chiranjeevi's lack of success left him confused and left the industry for a year. In the meantime, he looked for a remake of several other language films, but he was not satisfied with any of them. That is how he sees Siddique's Mammootty movie 'Hitler.' He adapted the film, adapting it to suit the tastes of the Telugu audience and remaking it under the same name. The Telugu version of the blockbuster was as successful as the original. But his subsequent success in 1986-92 was alien to him.
One or two average wins, which later became a huge hit and the subsequent career graph of Chiranjeevi. After 2000, he strengthened his fan associations to realize his political ambitions and under his leadership carried out various charitable activities. B. Gopal's 2002 film 'Indra' became the biggest hit of Chiranjeevi's career. Fans also took over some of the politically charged dialogues in the film. Subsequent Chiranjeevi films turned out to be a futile exercise to become another NTR. Finally, Chiranjeevi's political entry was made possible by the declaration of a republic in 2008.
Chiranjeevi's ambitions to become another NTR are then seen to fail miserably. The political environment conducive to NTR was inaccessible to Chiranjeevi. Moreover, NTR was a brilliant speaker who stirred up the people. For Chiranjeevi, the art of politics was not at all flexible. Recognizing the change of time, Chiranjeevi returned to the silver screen after a gap of 10 years. The mega star made his second appearance with the Telugu version of AR Murugadoss's hit film "Prisoner No: 150". The huge success of the film was that the Telugu children underlined that their superhero should rule the theaters and not the assembly.
Chiranjeevi was a self-made star who had no cinematic tradition compared to his contemporaries. But today, the Telugu film world is dominated by the Chiranjeevi family. Following the suicide of Bollywood star Sushant, Nepotism became a hot topic in the news media. Discussions that the victim's evolved into a hunter are not an adornment at all.
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