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Chiranjeevi (Telugu: చిరంజీవి), born as Konidela Siva Shankara Vara Prasad on August 22, 1955, also known as Mega Star is a three-time Nandi Award winning and seven-time filmfare Award winning actor in the Telugu cinema industry. He is also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award bestowed by the Government of India for his contribution to arts and
for his social service. He announced his formal entry into politics on 26th August 2008 and founded a political party named ప్రజా రాజ్యమ

Early life

వర ప్రసాద్ is the eldest son of Late శ్రీ వెంకట్ రావు and శ్రీమతి అంజన దేవి . He was born on 22 August 1955 in Narsapur,a town on the Banks of River గోదావరి in the West గోదావరి District of ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ in India. He spent his childhood in his\native village with his grand parents.

He has two sisters and two brothers.His younger brother, Nagendra Babu is a film producer and a actor.His youngest brother, Pawan Kalyan is also a actor. Chiranjeevi did his schooling in Nidadavolu, Gurajala, Ponnuru, Mangalagiri and Mogalturu. He won many prizes for his acting skills in school, especially for the performance as Parandamayya Panthulu. After high school he studied in C.S.R.Sharma Junior College at Ongole. He then graduated from Y.N. College in Narasapur with a B.Com degree.He is an NCC cadet.Chiranjeevi had participated in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi as an NCC cadet in the early 70s. After his graduation at Y.N. College in Narsapuram, Chiranjeevi moved to Chennai to seek a career in
acting. This was in 1977.
Career
Chiranjeevi was called by different names at different stages in his life. At high school level, he was called 'క్స్స్వ్ Prasad'. During his college days, he was called 'Prasad'. At home, he was called ‘Shankara Babu’.He is also a great devotee of Lord Hanuman. One night, he had a dream in which Lord Hanuman called him "చిరంజీవి ". The next day he narrated the same incident to his mother and then she advised him to change his name to చిరంజీవి and hence he became చిరంజీవి .