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Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, 22 August 1955) is an Indian film actor, dancer, producer, singer, voice artist, politician, businessman, investor and a member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Prior to politics, Chiranjeevi has attended the Madras Film Institute, and had worked primarily in Telugu cinema, in addition to Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 1978, with the film ''Punadhirallu''.〔 However, ''Pranam Khareedu'' was released earlier at the box office. Chiranjeevi is known for his break dancing skills.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=4 Reasons Why You Should Watch Chiranjeevi's Desi Thriller Again. And Again. And Again )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiranjeevi and Shahid are best dancers: Prabhu Dheva )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gang Leader Movie Songs - Gang Leader Song - Chiranjeevi, Vijaya Shanthi )〕 He was the guest of honor at the 59th Academy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiru At Cannes Vs Chiru At Oscars )〕 In the same year, he starred in ''Swayam Krushi'', which premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiranjeevi felicitation on Padma Bhushan honor - Telugu Cinema actor )〕 In 1988, he co-produced ''Rudraveena'', which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. In a film career spanning thirty five years, he won four state Nandi Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – 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. 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. He also represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Press Information Bureau )〕 In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=100 Years of Cinema: The men who changed the face of Indian films )〕 Chiranjeevi's 150th film was announced in May 2015, tentatively titled ''Auto Johnny''. The film will be helmed by Puri Jagannadh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiranjeevi's 150th film to begin in August )〕 Chiranjeevi's 1992 film Gharana Mogudu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, is the first Telugu film to gross over 10 crore at the box office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Telugu film to gross 100 million – Times Of India )〕 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. The entertainment magazines ''Filmfare'' and ''India Today'' named him "Bigger than Bachchan", a reference to Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan. News magazine ''The Week'' hailed him as "The new money machine". He was paid a remuneration of 1.25 crores for the 1992 film ''Aapad Bandhavudu''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiru; Bigger than Bachchan )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiranjeevi dismisses reports linking him with tax raids )〕 A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006 named Chiranjeevi the most popular star of the Telugu Film Industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dr.Vishnu the most popular star )〕 Chiranjeevi founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Foundation, established in 1998, which is involved in humanitarian activities. In 2008, he entered politics by forming the Praja Rajyam Party. In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh elections, Chiranjeevi contested from his native places, Palakollu and Tirupati. He was defeated by the Congress party candidate in Palakollu and was elected as a member of the State Assembly from the Tirupati constituency. He led the Praja Rajyam Party to emerge as the third largest party during the same election. Later, in February 2011, his Praja Rajyam Party merged into the Indian National Congress. ==Early life and family== Chiranjeevi was born in Mogalthur, a small village near Narsapur. His father worked as a constable and got transferred on a regular basis. He spent his childhood in his native village with his grand parents. Chiranjeevi did his schooling in Nidadavolu, Gurajala, Bapatla, Ponnuru, Mangalagiri and Mogalturu. He was an NCC cadet. Chiranjeevi had participated in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi as an NCC cadet in the early 70s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiranjeevi )〕 He was interested in acting from a very young age. He did his Intermediate at C. S. R. Sarma College in Ongole. After graduating with a degree in commerce from Sri Y N College at Narsapur, Chiranjeevi moved to Chennai and joined the Madras Film Institute in 1976 to pursue a career in acting. Since his family worshipped Anjaneya, a Hindu deity, his mother advised him to take the screen name "Chiranjeevi", meaning "live forever", a reference to belief of Hanuman living forever. He has two daughters, Sushmita and Sreeja, and a son, Ram Charan Teja, also an actor in Tollywood. One of Chiranjeevi's brothers, Nagendra Babu, is a film producer and also has acted in several films. His youngest brother, Pawan Kalyan, is an actor in Tollywood too.〔 Allu Aravind, his brother-in-law, is a film producer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chiranjeevi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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