1. Chiranjeevi's original name was Konidela Shiva Shankar Vara Prasad. Following a dream where he witnessed Lord Anjaneya Swamy, Vara prasad turned into Chiranjeevi
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2. Back in the year 1999, Chiranjeevi was supposed to do a Hollywood flick 'The Return of the Thief of Baghdad'. However, this project has to be stalled after a few days of production.
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3. Chiranjeevi was honored with Padma Bhushan in the year 2006 for his services to the Indian Cinema. He has also won three Nandi Awards in his career for the films Swayam Krushi, Apadbandhavudu, and Indra.
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4. Chiranjeevi's 1980 movie Kodama Simham was the first South Indian movie to be dubbed into English. The title for the English version is Hunters of the Indian Treasure.
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5. Chiru's 1992 film Gharana Mogudu was the first Telugu movie to cross the share of Rs. 10 Crs.
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6. In 2008, Chiranjeevi started his political party Prajarajyam and won as MLA from the Tirupathi constituency.
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7. Chiranjeevi took a huge remuneration of Rs. 1.25 Crores for the movie Apadbandhavudu surpassing Amitabh Bachchan in terms of remuneration.
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8. In the year 1987, Chiranjeevi was invited to attend the Oscars Awards Presentation thus becoming the first South Indian Actor to receive the honor.
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9. Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, T Anjaiah gave the nickname Nata Kishore for his wonderful performances
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10. Chiranjeevi is the only actor in the history of Indian Cinema who has done single, double, and triple role film records for 100 days.
Chiranjeevi is a true achiever.