Chiranjeevi filmography

Chiranjeevi in 2013

Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor, politician, philanthropist and television host who predominantly works in Telugu cinema.[1] He has also appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada films. Chiranjeevi made his acting debut in 1978, with the film Punadhirallu. However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the box office.[2] Known for his break dancing skills, Chiranjeevi has starred in more than 150 feature films.[3][4] He rose to stardom after playing the lead in the action film Khaidi (1983).[5] His 1987 film Swayamkrushi premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival.[6] He co-produced Rudraveena (1988), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.[7] In a film career spanning forty-five years, he has won four state Nandi Awards and nine Filmfare Awards South.

In 2006, Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema, and was presented with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University.[8] In 2013, he inaugurated the Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.[9][10] He also represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau.[11] In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".[12]

Chiranjeevi's 1992 film Gharana Mogudu is the first Telugu film to gross over ₹10 crore at the box office.[13] The film made Chiranjeevi the highest-paid actor in India at the time, catapulting him to the cover pages of noted national weekly magazines in India.[14] The entertainment magazines Filmfare and India Today named him "Bigger than Bachchan", a reference to Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan.[15] News magazine The Week hailed him as "The new money machine".[16] He was paid a remuneration of ₹1.25 crores for the 1992 film Aapadbandhavudu, the highest for any Indian actor then.[5] In 2002, Chiranjeevi was given the Samman Award for the Highest Income Tax Payer for the assessment year 1999-2000 by the Minister of State for Finance, Government of India.[17] A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006 named Chiranjeevi the most popular star of the Telugu Film Industry.[18]

As an actor

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Telugu

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1978 Pranam Khareedu Narsimha [19]
Mana Voori Pandavulu Parthu [19]
1979 Tayaramma Bangarayya Juothi's Husband Cameo [19]
Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba Sekhar [19]
Kotta Alludu Jagan [19]
I Love You Ramesh [19]
Punadhirallu Un­known [19]
Idi Katha Kaadu Subanakar [19]
Sri Rama Bantu Raghu Ram [19]
Kothala Raayudu Satyam [19]
1980 Agni Samskaram Un­known [19]
Kottapeta Rowdy Prasanna Kumar Cameo [19]
Chandipriya Anil [19]
Aarani Mantalu Ravi [19]
Jathara Rambabu [19]
Mosagadu Seshu [19]
Punnami Naagu Naagulu [19]
Nakili Manishi Prasad / Shyam[a] [19]
Kaali GK [19]
Thathayya Premaleelalu Bhargav [19]
Love In Singapore Suresh [19]
Prema Tarangalu Kumar [19]
Mogudu Kaavali Chiranjeevi [19]
Rakta Bandham Tilak 25th Film
1981 Aadavaallu Meeku Joharlu Himself Guest appearance [19]
Parvathi Parameswarulu Mohan [19]
Todu Dongalu Kishore [19]
Tirugu Leni Manishi Kishore [19]
Prema Natakam Himself Guest appearance [19]
Nyayam Kavali Suresh Kumar [19]
Oorukichina Maata Ramudu [19]
Rani Kasula Rangamma Sukumar [19]
47 Rojulu Kumar [19]
Srirasthu Subhamasthu Krishna [19]
Priya Vijay [19]
Chattaniki Kallu Levu Vijay [19]
Kirayi Rowdylu Raja [19]
1982 Intlo Ramayya Veedhilo Krishnayya Rajasekharam [19]
Subhalekha Narasimha Murthi Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor [19]
Idi Pellantara Deepak [19]
Sitadevi Prabhakar [19]
Radha My Darling Mohan [19]
Tingu Rangadu Ranga [19]
Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu Gopi [19]
Billa Ranga Billa and Inspector Vishnu[a] [19]
Yamakinkarudu Vijay [19]
Mondi Ghatam Ravindra [19]
Manchu Pallaki Sekhar [19]
Bandhalu Anubandhalu Inspector Chiranjeevi 50th Film [19]
1983 Prema Pichollu Ravi [19]
Palletoori Monagadu Raju [19]
Abhilasha Chiranjeevi [19]
Aalaya Sikharam Seenu [19]
Sivudu Sivudu Sivudu Sivudu / Vijay[a] [19]
Puli Bebbuli Gopi Krishna [19]
Gudachari No.1 Vijay [19]
Maga Maharaju Raju [19]
Roshagadu Sikindar and Srikanth[a] [19]
Maa Inti Premayanam Himself Guest appearance [19]
Simhapuri Simham Raja Sekharam and Vijay[a] [19]
Khaidi Sooryam [20]
Mantri Gari Viyyankudu Babji [19]
Sangharshana Dilip [19]
1984 Allullostunnaru Gopi [19]
Goonda Kalidas / Raja / Ravi[a] [19]
Hero Krishna [19]
Devanthakudu Vijay Kumar [19]
Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu Raja [19]
Challenge Gandhi [19]
Intiguttu Vijay Kumar [19]
Naagu Naagu [19]
Agni Gundam Vijay [19]
Rustum Hari [19]
1985 Chattamtho Poratam Ravishankar 75th Film [19]
Donga Phani [19]
Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi [19]
Jwaala Raju / Yuvaraju[a] [19]
Puli Kranthi [19]
Rakta Sindhuram Gandragoddali and Gopi[a] [19]
Adavi Donga Kalidas [19]
Vijetha Chinna Babu Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor [19]
1986 Kirathakudu Charan [19]
Kondaveeti Raja Raja [19]
Magadheerudu Raju [19]
Veta Ranapratap Kumar Varma [19]
Chantabbai Panduranga Rao [19]
Rakshasudu Purusha [19]
Dhairyavanthudu Kishore [19]
Chanakya Sapatham Chanakya [19]
1987 Donga Mogudu Ravi Teja and Nagaraju[a] [20]
Aradhana Puli Raju [19]
Chakravarthy Chakravarthy and Anji[a] [19]
Pasivadi Pranam Madhu [19]
Swayamkrushi Sambayya Nandi Award for Best Actor [19]
Jebu Donga Chitti Babu [19]
1988 Manchi Donga Veerendra [19]
Rudraveena Suryanarayana Sarma Nandi Special Jury Award [19]
Yamudiki Mogudu Kali / Balu[a] [19]
Khaidi No. 786 Gopi [19]
Marana Mrudangam Janardhan / Johnny [19]
Trinetrudu Abhimanyu 100th Film [19]
Yuddha Bhoomi Vijay [19]
1989 Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu Kalyan [19]
State Rowdy Kalicharan/Pruthvi [19]
Rudranetra Nethra [19]
Lankeswarudu Siva Shankar [19]
1990 Kondaveeti Donga Raja [19]
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari Raju [19]
Kodama Simham Bharath [19]
Raja Vikramarka Raja Vikramarka [19]
1991 Stuartpuram Police Station Inspector Rana Pratap [19]
Gang Leader Rajaram [19]
Rowdy Alludu Auto Johnny / Kalyan[a] [19]
1992 Gharana Mogudu Raju [19]
Aapadbandhavudu Madhava
[19]
1993 Muta Mestri Subhash Chandra Bose Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor [19]
Mechanic Alludu Ravi [19]
1994 Mugguru Monagallu Prudhvi, Vikram, and Dattatreya[a] [19]
S. P. Parasuram SP Parasuram IPS [19]
1995 Alluda Majaka Sitaramudu / Toyota [19]
Big Boss Surendra [19]
Rikshavodu Raju and Dharma Rayudu[a] [19]
1997 Hitler Madhava Rao [19]
Master Raj Kumar Also Playback Singer [19]
1998 Bavagaru Bagunnara? Raju [19]
Choodalani Vundi Ramakrishna [19]
1999 Sneham Kosam Simhadri / Chinnayya[a] 125th Film

Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor

[19]
Iddaru Mitrulu Vijay [19]
2000 Annayya Rajaram [19]
Hands Up Saraswati's husband Guest appearance [21]
2001 Mrugaraju Raju Also Playback Singer [19]
Sri Manjunatha Manjunatha / Lord Siva Partially reshot version of Kannada film [22]
Daddy Rajkumar [23]
2002 Indra Indrasena Reddy / Shankar Narayana
[19]
2003 Tagore Ravindranath Tagore [24]
2004 Anji Anji [25]
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. Shankar Prasad "Shankar Dada" Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor [26]
2005 Andarivaadu Govindarajulu / Siddharth[a] [20]
Jai Chiranjeeva Satyanarayana Murthy [27]
2006 Stalin Major Stalin [28]
Style Himself Guest appearance [29]
2007 Shankar Dada Zindabad Shankar Prasad "Shankar Dada" [30]
2009 Magadheera Himself Guest appearance [31]
2013 Jagadguru Adi Shankara Manjunatha / Lord Siva Cameo; Archive footage [32]
2015 Bruce Lee: The Fighter Himself Guest appearance [33]
2017 Khaidi No. 150 Kaththi Seenu / Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad[a] 150th film [34]
2019 Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy [35]
2022 Acharya Acharya [36]
Godfather Brahma Teja "Godfather" / Abram Qureshi [37]
2023 Waltair Veerayya Waltair Veerayya [38]
Bhola Shankar Bhola Shankar [39]
2025 Vishwambhara † Dorababu
TBA Mega 157 † TBA Directed by Srikanth Odela
TBA Mega 158 † TBA Directed by Boyapati Srinu
TBA Mega 159 † TBA Announced
TBA SSMega - MEGA160 † TBA Directed by SS Rajamouli

Other languages

Year Title Role(s) Language Notes Ref.
1981 47 Natkal Kumar Tamil [40]
Ranuva Veeran The Thief [41]
1989 Mappillai Himself Guest appearance
1990 Pratibandh Siddhanth Hindi [19]
1992 Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj Raja [19]
1994 The Gentleman Vijay [42]
1996 Sipayi Major Chandrakanth Kannada
2001 Sri Manjunatha Manjunatha / Lord Shiva

Other roles

Year Title Position Notes Ref.
2005 Hanuman Sri Anjaneyulu (voice) Telugu version
2010 Varudu Narrator
2013 Jagadguru Adi Shankara Narrator
2015 Rudhramadevi Narrator
2017 Gunturodu Narrator
Ghazi Narrator Telugu version
2022 Son of India Narrator
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Narrator Telugu version [43]
Ponniyin Selvan: I Narrator Telugu version
2023 Ranga Maarthaanda Narrator [44]
Ponniyin Selvan: II Narrator Telugu version

Television

Year Title Language Role Channel Notes
2017 Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu Telugu Host Star Maa Season 4

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Chiranjeevi played two characters.

References

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