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Chiranjeevi, The Human being: Chiranjeevi
is the only actor in the world to celebrate his birthday
coinciding with the hundred-day run of one of his films (Gang
Leader). In 1991, such an extravaganza, starting in the
morning and ending in the evening at Vizag, Hyderabad, Vijayawada
and Tirupathi (he flew by a chartered
chopper) took his fans into delirium. He has a perfect rapport
with his fans and he feels that he should do anything within his
capacity for them.
And
naturally, his fans are actively participating in the Blood Bank
and Eye Bank that Chiranjeevi has launched recently under
Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust. The Trust has adopted Nizamabad
district as a model district and also spread its activities to
other areas as well.
He
explains his success as a kind of journey that will have its
breaks meaning failures intermittently but will still have to be
continued just the same. His best critics are his wife Surekha,
his brother and brother-in-law who are always around him and air
their views on his performance. In spite of the enormous fan
following that he has, Chiranjeevi has maintained the
self-discipline that he cultivated when he was still a struggling
artiste and finding it difficult to make both ends meet. He feels
very happy because he has had no godfather in the industry and has
risen to this position of fame only through sheer grit and hard
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