Chiranjeevi filmography

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.

Chiranjeevi in 2013

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	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Nandi Award for Best Actor	[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	Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Nandi Award for Best Actor	[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

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. Chiranjeevi played two characters.

References

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External links

• Chiranjeevi at IMDb
• Chiranjeevi at NF360