Konidala Chiranjeevi

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Konidala Chiranjeevi Biography

Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, popularly known by his stage name Chiranjeevi, is an Indian Film Actor and Politician. Chiranjeevi started his career as an actor. Later on, he established the Chiranjeevi Charitable Foundation in 1998, which is involved in humanitarian activities.
He entered politics in 2008 by forming his party, the Praja Rajyam Party. In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh elections, Chiranjeevi contested from his native places, Palakollu and Tirupati. Later, his Praja Rajyam Party merged into the Indian National Congress. He was the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Chiranjeevi attended the Madras Film Institute and worked primarily in Telugu and then, in addition to Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi films.

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Konidala Chiranjeevi Personal Life

Full Name	Konidala Chiranjeevi
Date of Birth	22 Aug 1955 (Age 70)
Place of Birth	Mogalthur, Andhra State, India
Party Name	Indian National Congress
Education	Graduate
Profession	Politician , Actor
Father's Name	Konidala Venkata Rao
Mother's Name	Anjana Devi
Spouse's Name	Surekha Konidela
Spouse's Profession	Business
Children	1 Son(s) 2 Daughter(s)
Religion	Hindu

Konidala Chiranjeevi Net Worth

Net Worth

₹94.3 CRORE

ASSETS

₹97.93 CRORE

Liabilities

₹3.63 CRORE

Education Qualification of Konidala Chiranjeevi

He studied for a B.Com degree at Sri. Y.N.M College, Narsapurm, West Godavari District, A.P

Interesting Facts about Konidala Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honor in India, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Andhra University in 2006. He is a ten-time winner of the Filmfare Awards South and a four-time winner of the Nandi Awards. He was the first actor from South India to be invited to the Oscars ceremony in 1987.

Political Timeline of Konidala Chiranjeevi

• 2018 : He retired from the Rajya Sabha on 2 April 2018.
• 2014 : Many politicians left the Congress party, but Chiranjeevi remained with them and the campaign for Congress as chairman of the election campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. Congress saw a huge defeat in this election.
• 2012 : Chiranjeevi was nominated to Rajya Sabha and became Congress MP in the upper house on 3 April 2012. Later, he became Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), and Minister of Tourism in the Government of India.
• 2011 : On 6 February 2011, Chiranjeevi merged the Praja Rajyam Party with the Indian National Congress.
• 2009 : He won the Assembly Elections from the Tirupati seat by defeating Karunakar Reddy Bhumana of the Congress Party. His party won 18 of the 295 seats. He contested from Palakollu also but lost from there.
• 2008 : Chiranjeevi launched his party named Praja Rajyam Party and entered state politics. Social justice was the main agenda of his party.

Konidala Chiranjeevi Achievements

As a student, he participated in the Republic Day Parade, representing the NCC (Naval Wing) as Senior Cadet Captain in January 1976. On 2 October 1998, he founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust (CCT), which includes Chiranjeevi Blood and Eye Banks. It is the state's largest recipient of blood and eye donations. The trust has made over 68,000 blood donations and 1,414 eye donations. Chiranjeevi received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honor in India, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Andhra University in 2006. He is a ten-time winner of the Filmfare Awards South and a four-time winner of the Nandi Awards. He was the first actor from South India to be invited to the Oscars ceremony in 1987.

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