Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, popularly known by his stage name Chiranjeevi, is an iconic Indian film actor, dancer, producer, singer, voice artist, businessman, investor and a politician. In the early 1980`s, he gained popularity among masses for introducing break dance and performing stunts that were never seen before in Telugu movies at that time.

He made his acting debut in 1978 with Punadhirallu. However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the box office. Known for his breakdancing skills, Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films. In a film career spanning thirty-nine years, he won four state Nandi Awards, including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and ten Filmfare Awards South including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South. In 2006, Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Padma Bhushan.

Here are some interesting facts about Chiranjeevi:

1. Chiranjeevi was one of the highest paid actors in India. He beat all those yesteryear actors and competed with Bollywood stars at his peak.

2. People know this megastar as Chiranjeevi, but his real name is Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad. However, due to such big name he made it short and catchy, Chiranjeevi.

3. Chiranjeevi is a true achiever. He has won Seven Filmfare Awards for Best Actor in Southern Filmfare Awards. He is the actor who has most awards in the same category in Telugu cinema.

4. Interestingly, Chiranjeevi’s old hit films are given to the distributors and exhibitors for free whenever they lose money on his new film.

5. Chiranjeevi is the only actor in the history of Indian Cinema who has done single, double and triple role film records for 100 days.

6. Chiranjeevi is the first South Indian actor who was invited to attend Oscar Awards presentation in 1987.

7. Many don’t know that Chiranjeevi Megastar was given the nickname of T Nata Kishor by a former chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh because of his work and talent.

8. He is the first Indian actor to start a personal website on the internet.