Acting Career:  Chiranjeevi is not entirely a part of the Tollywood cult of second-generation heroes who were helped in any small measure by their successful god-fathers. He was a self-made man who crafted a career entirely on his own merits. After struggling for some time, Chiranjeevi landed in an acting role in films like Pranam Khareedu and Punadhi Rallu. Since those modest beginnings to this date he has acted in more than 143 films. Through out his career he has been through a lot of up and downs. But, every time he came back with double vengeance and won his way through peoples hearts with his wonderful performances in his films.

With Khaidi the angry young man had arrived on the Telugu screen. The film established his position firmly. By then the

.slab system of taxation had come into vogue and Khaidi proved to what extent a hit films collections can soar in such a system. And his blockbuster,  Gharana Mogudu was the first film to collect a share of over ten crore rupees in the history of Telugu cinema. This success story spread to Hindi films too. Chiranjeevi did three films in Hindi-Pratibandh, Aaj Ka Goondaraaj and The Gentleman. The first two films directed by Ravi Raja were big hits. He has more than 10 industry hits to his credit and Indra a faction based movie is the first movie to cross 30 crore share mark in South Indian films.