Chiranjeevi Birthday Special: Lesser Known Facts About The Legendary Star

Here are some of the lesser known facts about the actor which not many of them would have an idea about it:

1. Apart from acting, he is active in politics too, he started his political party called Praja Rajyam in the year 2008 and the party won 18 seats in the general elections conducted in 2009. He served as the MP of Rajya Sabha in Andhra Pradesh in the period of 6 years. He was also the tourism minister for a period of two years from 2012 to 2014.

2. He happens to be the first actor to have his own personal website on the internet.

3. His name was actually Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad during his birth and his stage name was given Chiranjeevi by T Nata Kishore because of his immense talent and hard work.

4. He is the amalgamation of two superstars namely Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan. It means that he can make the crowd enthrall with action sequences like Rajinikanth and connect the audience with his powerful acting like Kamal Hassan.

5. He was the guest of honor at the Oscars in the year 1987 and came as the tourism minister at the Cannes film festival in the year 2013.

6. Despite being a big star, he is also a Samaritan who had offered his hit films to the producers who have lost money in their previous films to cover up their losses.

7. He is well known for his breakdancing skills, that is the real reason behind the maximum amount of views gathered for his music videos which are uploaded on YouTube.

8. Despite being 64, he has taken the risk of taking up a period film called Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy which is produced by his son Ram Charan Teja and has the hype much more than the Baahubali duology.

After Amitabh Bachchan, you have another actor showing his swagger and style at this tender age.