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Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad (born 22 August 1955), better known by his stage nameChiranjeevi,^[5] is an Indian film actor and politician. Kannada new songs 2018 download. He was the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India from 27 October 2012 to 15 May 2014.^[6] Prior to politics, Chiranjeevi had 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.^[7] However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the box office.^[8] Known for his breakdancing skills, Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films. In 1987, he starred in Swayam Krushi which was dubbed into Russian and was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival.^[9] Chiranjeevi won the 1988 Cinema Express Best Actor Award and the state Nandi Award for Best Actor awards for his performance in the film.^[10][11][12] In the same year, Chiranjeevi was one of the Indian delegates at the 59th Academy Awards.^[13][14] In 1988, he co-produced Rudraveena which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.^[15]

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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. The film was screened at the 1993 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.^[16][17] It made Chiranjeevi the highest-paid actor in India at the time catapulting him to the cover pages of national weekly magazines in India.^[18] The entertainment magazines Filmfare and India Today named him 'Bigger than Bachchan', a reference to Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan.^[19] News magazine The Week hailed him as 'the new money machine'.^[20] He was paid a remuneration of ₹1.25 crore for the 1992 film Aapadbandhavudu.^[21] In 2002, Chiranjeevi was given the Samman Award for the Highest Income Tax Payer for the 1999–2000 assessment year by the Minister of State for Finance.^[22] A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006 named Chiranjeevi the most popular star of the Telugu film industry.^[23]

In a film career spanning thirty-nine years, he won four state Nandi Awards, including the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and ten Filmfare Awards South including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South. In 2006, Chiranjeevi was honored with the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema^[24] and was presented with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University.^[25] In 2013, he inaugurated the Incredible IndiaExhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.^[26][27] Chiranjeevi represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau.^[28] In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of 'the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema'.^[29] Chiranjeevi's 150th film was announced in May 2015.^[30]

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Early life and family[edit]

Chiranjeevi was born in Mogalthur, a village near Narsapur, West Godavari.^[31] His father worked as a constable and was transferred on a regular basis. He spent his childhood in his native village with his grandparents. 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 being an NCC cadet in the early 70s.^[32] He was interested in acting from a young age. He did his Intermediate at C. S. R. Sarma College in Ongole.^[33]

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.^[34] On 20 February 1980, Chiranjeevi married Surekha, the daughter of Telugu comedic actor Allu Ramalingaiah.^[4][35]

Since his family worshipped Anjaneya, a Hindu deity, his mother advised him to take the screen name 'Chiranjeevi', meaning 'live forever', a reference to the belief of Hanuman living forever.^[36]

He has two daughters, Sushmita and Srija, and a son, Ram Charan Teja, also an actor in Tollywood.^[37]

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 and he also the founder of the Jana Sena Party.^[37]Allu Aravind, his brother-in-law, is a film producer. Chiranjeevi is the uncle of Allu Arjun, Allu Sirish, Varun Tej and Sai Dharam Tej.^[38]

Acting[edit]

Early career: 1978–1981[edit]

Chiranjeevi started his film career with Punadhirallu.^[7] However, his first released film was Pranam Khareedu.^[39]Mana Voori Pandavulu, directed by Bapu, gave Chiranjeevi recognition from the Telugu audience.^[34] He played a small role in Tayaramma Bangarayya. He played the anti-hero in films I Love You and K. Balachander's Idi Katha Kaadu,^[34] starring Kamal Haasan.

In a remake of the Tamil film Avargal, Chiranjeevi portrayed the character played by Rajinikanth in the original. In 1979, Chiranjeevi had eight major film releases and then 14 films in the following year.^[40][41] He played lead antagonist in works such as Mosagadu, Rani Kasula Rangamma, 47 Natkal /47 Rojulu, Nyayam Kavali and Ranuva Veeran.^[42]

Leading roles: 1982[edit]

Chiranjeevi began to appear in lead roles with films such as Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, which was a hit at the box office.^[43] Later, he starred in Shubhalekha, directed by K. Viswanath, which dealt with the social malady of the dowry system. It brought him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Viswanath's third Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu.^[44][45] He also appeared in movies such as Idi Pellantara, Sitadevi, Tingu Rangadu, Bandhalu Anubandhalu and Mondi Ghatam. He acted in multi-star movies such as Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu and Billa Ranga, and later appeared in Manchu Pallaki.^[46]

1983–2007[edit]

Khaidi was a box office success and Chiranjeevi attained stardom with this movie.^[36] In 1984, he continued doing action films. A series of box office hits at this time include; Mantri Gari Viyyankudu, Sangharshana, Goonda, Challenge, Hero, Donga, Jwala, Adavi Donga, Kondaveeti Raja, Rakshasudu, Gang Leader, Rowdy Alludu, Yamudiki Mogudu and Donga Mogudu.^[47] In 1985, he received his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for his performance in Vijetha.^[48][49]Chiranjeevi received his first Nandi Award for Best Actor for Swayam Krushi (1987), directed by K. Viswanath.

After Khaidi, Chiranjeevi had hits such as Pasivadi Pranam (1987), Yamudiki Mogudu (1988) and Manchi Donga (1988). Chiranjeevi co produced and acted in Rudraveena (1988), which not only won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration,^[15] but also the Nandi Special Jury Award. Chiranjeevi then experimented with Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari, a socio-fantasy directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and produced by Ashwini Dutt. Other experimental works at this time include works such as Kondaveeti Donga the first Telugu film to be released on a 70 mm 6-Track Stereophonic sound,^[50] the western genre Kodamasimham and the social problem action filmGang Leader (1991), which were box-office hits and led to Chiranjeevi being regarded as the 'boss of Telugu cinema'.^[51]

Chiranjeevi's Bollywood performances were appreciated in Pratibandh (1990)^[52] and Aaj Ka Goonda Raj. In 1996, he appeared in a guest role in the Kannada film Sipaayi. For his role in Aapadbandhavudu (1992), he received his second Nandi Award for Best Actor and third Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. The mid-1990s saw a career dip for Chiranjeevi with box office duds such as Mechanic Alludu, S. P. Parasuram, Big Boss and Rikshavodu. There were exceptions, such as Mutha Mestri, which fetched him a fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu, Mugguru Monagallu and Alluda Majaka were moderately successful.^[49] After a brief lull, Chiranjeevi bounced back with Hitler, Master, Bavagaru Bagunnara?, Choodalani Vundi and Sneham Kosam, for which he received his fifth Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. In 1999, Chiranjeevi was to appear in a Hollywood production directed by Dushan Garsi, and produced by Rameshkrishna Murthi. The Telugu version was directed by Suresh Krissna. The movie, which was titled The Return of the Thief of Baghdad, had its filming suspended for undisclosed reasons.^[53]

Chiranjeevi's new decade started with Annayya. After a brief gap, Chiranjeevi starred in Indra, released in 2002, which broke all his previous box office records of Tollywood and won him his third Nandi Award for Best Actor and sixth Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. After that, he appeared in films with an underlying message and a social cause, including Tagore and Shankar Dada MBBS, for which he won his seventh and latest Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu, and Stalin. He was awarded the Filmfare Special Award – South in 2006 and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South at the 58th Filmfare Awards South in 2011 for his contributions to the film industry. Aquarium deluxe game free.

2007–present[edit]

Following his last film in the lead role, 2007's Shankar Dada Zindabad, which received an average response, Chiranjeevi did not star in any film for approximately 10 years, during which he embarked on his political career. During these 10 years, he has made only two cameo appearances in films starring his son Ram Charan: Magadheera in 2009 and Bruce Lee – The Fighter in 2015. He also served as narrator to both Varudu and Rudhramadevi. From 2013 onwards, he was on the lookout for the right script to mark his comeback into cinema, in what would coincidentally happen to be his 150th film as an actor. A year following the release of the highly successful 2014 Tamil film Kaththi, Chiranjeevi chose to remake that film in Telugu as his comeback film. The remake, titled Khaidi No. 150, directed by V. V. Vinayak, was released during the Sankranti holiday in 2017, about 6 months short of a decade following Shankar Dada Zindabad, to positive reviews and record-breaking box-office revenue. Critics have singled out Chiranjeevi in particular, praising him for both his performance and appearance, especially following a decade of absence from cinema.^[54][55] His next film will be a biopic on Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy and is titled Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy which is directed by Surender Reddy.

Television career[edit]

Chiranjeevi made his debut as Television host with the fourth season of Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu. The first episode of fourth season was aired on 13 February 2017. The game show, a Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati, will be telecasted Monday to Thursday at 9.30 pm.^[56]

Political career[edit]

In 2008, Chiranjeevi started Praja Rajyam, a political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh.^[57] At the launch, he stated that social justice was the main agenda of his party.^[58] In the 2009 general elections, the party won 18 of the 295 seats in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly.^[59] He was elected a Member of the State Assembly from Tirupati.^[60]

He contested from both Tirupati and Palakollu Constituencies for MLA in the 2009 general elections, winning in Tirupati but losing out in Palakollu, in West-Godavari district.^[61][62]

On 6 February 2011, Chiranjeevi merged the 30-month-old Praja Rajyam Party with the Indian National Congress,^[59][63] after two weeks of talks with Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress, which feared the no-confidence motion in the state assembly in the wake of the emergence of Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party and the stronghold of Telangana agitation. After more than one year of merging his party into Congress, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 29 March 2012. He got elected and took the oath as a Rajya Sabha member on 3 April 2012. On 28 October 2012, he was sworn in as the Union Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.^[64]

After the Indian National Congress split the state of Andhra Pradesh leaving the residuary state with huge debt and little revenue in June 2014, most members of the Andhra Pradesh wing of Indian National Congress party left in protest. Chiranjeevi, however, remained with Indian National Congress and did a campaign for Indian National Congress as chairman of election campaign committee for 2014 parliamentary and assembly elections in the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh, however, he refrained from contesting in elections. There was also criticism that he did not campaign wholeheartedly due to the one-sided decision was taken to split Andhra Pradesh.^[65][66] His youngest brother Pawan Kalyan, a former Praja Rajyam Party youth wing leader, launched his own political party Jana Sena and campaigned vigorously against Indian National Congress and in favor of Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.^[67] Due to the strong anti-Indian National Congress sentiment prevailing in Andhra Pradesh, its candidates were defeated in all parliamentary and state assembly seats Andhra Pradesh with 165 out of 175 candidates losing deposit [obtaining less than 10% of vote share].^[68][69]Since the 2014 elections, he has maintained distance from active politics and will also end his tenure as Rajya Sabha member in April 2018. He has not attended any sessions of Indian National Congress either.^[70]

Humanitarian work[edit]

On 2 October 1998, he founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust (CCT), which includes Chiranjeevi Blood and Eye Banks. It is the state's largest recipient of blood and eye donations. The trust has made over 68,000 blood donations and 1,414 eye donations.^[7][71][72] The Blood Bank of the CCT has helped over 80,000 people and the Eye Bank has helped about 1,000 people in the state of Andhra Pradesh since its opening. Around 350,000 people have pledged their eyes to CCT so far, giving 1600 people eyesight through CCT. CCT has also won the 'Best Voluntary Blood Bank Award' by the AP State Government for the past 4 years.^[73][74] On 10 June 2006, the then President of India, Abdul Kalam, inaugurated the Chiranjeevi Charitable Foundation (CCF) at the Jubilee Hills Check Post in Hyderabad.^[75]

CCT crossed the one lakh mark in collecting blood and more than 96,000 people have been helped with blood by this blood bank.^[76]

After allegations made against the Blood Bank and Eye Bank,^[77][78] the state government of AP constituted a high-level committee to look into the allegations. The committee worked under the guidance of the project director of AP State AIDA Control Society, comprising experts from finance and technical fields, verified records pertaining to the collection and disposal of blood samples, blood grouping, screening, sterilisation, medical waste disposal, camps conducted, blood expiry, quality control, store room, record room and purchase of equipment.^[79][80]

Awards, honours and recognitions[edit]

Director K. Balachander said 'Chiranjeevi has both Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth in him. Not only can he do action, he can also act.'^[81][13][14]Chiranjeevi received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in India in the year 2006. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Andhra University in the same year.^[15] He is a ten-time winner of Filmfare Awards South^[7][15] and a four-time winner of Nandi Awards. In 2014, he was awarded International Face of Indian Cinema at the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards from Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.^[82] He was the first actor from South India to be invited to the Oscars ceremony in 1987.^[83]

Awards[edit]

Civilian honor

• 2006 – Padma Bhushan from the Government of India

Filmfare Awards South

• Best Actor – Telugu – Shubhalekha (1982)^[84][85]
• Best Actor – Telugu – Vijetha (1985)^[86]
• Best Actor – Telugu – Aapadbandhavudu (1992)^[87]
• Best Actor – Telugu – Muta Mesthri (1993)^[88]
• Best Actor – Telugu – Sneham Kosam (1999)^[89]
• Best Actor – Telugu – Indra (2002)^[90]
• Best Actor – Telugu – Shankar Dada MBBS (2004)^[91]
• Special Award – South for Honorary Legendary acting career (2006)^[92]
• Lifetime Achievement Award – South (2010)^[93]

Nandi Awards

• Best Actor – Swayam Krushi (1987)
• Best Actor – Aapathbandhavudu (1992)
• Best Actor – Indra (2002)
• Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for contribution to Telugu cinema (2016)

Cinema Express Awards

• Best Actor – Swayam Krushi (1988)^[10][11][12]

SIIMA Awards

• International Face of Indian Cinema – (2014)^[82]

Other honors

• 2006 – Honorary doctorate from the Andhra University^[94]

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Filmography[edit]

A selected filmography of Chiranjeevi's major films:-

• 1978: Pranam Khareedu
• 1979: Punadhirallu
• 1980: Punnami Naagu as Nagulu
• 1982: Subhalekha as Narasimha Murthi
• 1983: Abhilasha as Chiranjeevi
• 1983: Khaidi as Sooryam
• 1984: Challenge as Gandhi
• 1985: Vijetha as Chinnababu
• 1986: Chantabbai as Pandu
• 1987: Donga Mogudu as Ravi Teja
• 1987: Pasivadi Pranam as Madhu
• 1987: Swayamkrushi as Sambayya
• 1988: Rudraveena as Suryanarayana Sastry
• 1988: Yamudiki Mogudu as Kali/Balu
• 1989: Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu as Kalyan
• 1990: Kondaveeti Donga as Raja
• 1990: Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari as Raju
• 1991: Rowdy Alludu as Johnny/kalyan
• 1991: Gang Leader as Rajaram
• 1992: Gharana Mogudu as Raju
• 1992: Aapadbandhavudu as Madhava
• 1993: Mutha Mestri as Bose
• 1997: Hitler as Madhava Rao
• 1998: Choodalani Vundi as Rama Krishna
• 1999: Sneham Kosam as Simhadri/Chinnayya
• 2000: Annayya as Rajaram
• 2001: Daddy as raj
• 2001: Mrugaraju as Raju Adavipalli
• 2001: Sri Manjunatha as Lord Shiva
• 2002: Indra as Indrasena Reddy/Shankar Narayana
• 2003: Tagore as Tagore
• 2004: Anji as Anji
• 2004: Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. as Shankar Prasad/Shankar Dada
• 2006: Stalin as Stalin
• 2005: Andarivadu as Govindarajulu/siddartha
• 2005: Jai Chiranjeeva as Sathyanarayana Murthy
• 2007: Shankar Dada Zindabad as Shankar Prasad/Shankar Dada
• 2017: Khaidi No. 150 as Shankar/Kaththi Seenu
• 2019: Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy as Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy (Upcoming film)

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Vijayashanti Srinivas is an Indian film actress, producer and a politician.^[3] In a film career spanning thirty years, she has acted in over one hundred and eighty feature films in a variety of roles in various Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She has been called 'The Lady Superstar' and 'Lady Amitabh' of South Indian cinema.^[4][5][6][7] She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress^[8] for her work as a 'super cop' in Karthavyam (1990), for depicting both aggression and feminity with balance and restraint. She has also garnered seven Filmfare Awards South, six for best acting & one for Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (South) in the year 2003, and four state Nandi Awards for best acting.^[9]

In 1985, Vijayashanti has garnered the state Nandi Award with her role in Pratighatana. In 1987, she has appeared in works such as Swayam Krushi alongside Chiranjeevi, screened at the Moscow International Film Festival and Padamati Sandhya Ragam, alongside Hollywood actor Thomas Jane, screened at the Louisville's International Film Festival.^[10] She then appeared in successful films like Agni Parvatam (1984), Challenge (1984), Pratighatana (1985), Repati Pourulu (1986), Pasivadi Pranam (1987), Muvva Gopaludu (1987), Yamudiki Mogudu (1988), Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (1989), Janaki Ramudu (1988), Muddula Mavayya (1989), Kondaveeti Donga (1990), Indrudu Chandrudu ( 1989), Lorry Driver (1990), Sathruvu (1990), Gang Leader (1991), Mannan (1992), Rowdy Inspector (1992), Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam (1992) Chinarayudu 1993)and police lockup (1993) establishing herself as one of the leading actress of Telugu cinema, and being cited in the media as one of the nation's most popular and attractive personalities of the 1980s.^[4][5] She was the only actress who demanded high remuneration equal to her male counterparts during the 1990s. Her remuneration for the Telugu movie Karthavyam was ₹ 1 crore, which was the highest ever remuneration paid for a female actor during that period. She joined state politics in the year 1998.^[11][12]

• 2Career
  • 2.1Film career (1979-2006)

Childhood[edit]

Vijayashanti was born in Madras,Madras State on 24 June 1966^[13] to Varalaxmi and Srinivas Prasad, who migrated to Madras from Ramannagudem in Warangal District, Telangana. She has said that she prefers to think of herself as being from Telangana rather than Madras, although as of 2004 she had never visited her parents' village.^[14] She completed her 10th class at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai, before starting her film career.^[15]

Career[edit]

Film career (1979-2006)[edit]

Early career[edit]

Vijayashanti began her acting career at the age of 14 in 1980, playing the leading lady in the Tamil filmKallukkul Eeram (The moisture inside stone / rock), directed by Bharathiraja. In the same year, she debuted in Telugu cinema with the movie Kilaadi Krishnudu, opposite Krishna, directed by Vijaya Nirmala. She was given the screen name 'Vijaya Shanthi', which was based on that of her aunt and veteran actress Vijaya Lalitha. She got a role in the Telugu film Satyam-Sivam (1981), the cast of which included N. T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

Balance of Glamour and Women-centric roles (1983-1993)[edit]

After a couple of inconsequential movies, came Pellichoopulu (1983), directed by P. Sambasivarao, which brought recognition to her as a star. This was a remake of K. Bhagyaraj's Tamil Film Thooral Ninnu Pochchu. If Pellichoopulu got her the much-needed recognition, her breakthrough movie was Neti Bharatam (1983), from there she started acting in women-centric roles, teaming up with T. Krishna. T. Krishna spotted her on the sets of his friend Madala Rangarao's Navodayam. He saw her perform and predicted that she would turn out to be a good actress. In 1985, Pratighatana, a biggest blockbuster of the year from the same director won her accolades and a state Nandi Award for the first time. She delivered a powerful performance in the song 'Ee Dhuryodhana Dusshasana', penned by legendary lyricist Veturi Sundararama Murthy and powerfully sung by S. Janaki. It was her association with T. Krishna that catapulted Vijayashanthi to stardom- Neti Bharatam, Desamlo Dongalu Paddaru, Pratighatana, Devaalayam, Vande Mataram and Repati Pourulu. This film was released after death of the movie director T. Krishna.

In 1992 Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam was a huge success. In that, she played a bold lady speaking Telangana slang and delivered the career-defining song 'Laloo Darwaja Laskar'. In 1994 it was remade into Hindi as Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin, starring Sridevi in her role. In the 1990s, she was the only actress demanding highest remuneration in India, equal to her co-stars Rajnikanth and Chiranjeevi.^[16] Most of her films with Telugu superstars Chiranjeevi (19 films) and Balakrishna (17 films) were huge hits and her on-screen chemistry with both the actors worked very well at the box office. Be it in K. Viswanath's Swayam Krushi, where she acts as an illiterate woman who falls in love with a cobbler played by Chiranjeevi. Her dialogue Atta Soodamakayya is highly applauded along with her performance in Swayam Krushi. She starred in Sathruvu, Surya IPS and Chinarayudu, along with Daggubati Venkatesh.Starred with Akkineni Nagarjuna in vijay , Janaki Ramudu and Jaitra Yatra.She starred alongside Tamil superstars Rajinikanth, as the antagonist in the film Mannan, and with Kamal Hassan as an investigative reporter in Indrudu Chandrudu. She acted in two movies with Malayalam superstar Suresh Gopi, being Yuvathurki and Kallu Kondoru Pennu.

Hindi cinema[edit]

In 1989, she was introduced to Hindi cinema by K. Viswanath alongside Anil Kapoor in the film Eeshwar, a re-make of his Telugu film Swathi Muthyam. It proved a success and offers poured in, but she did not accept any of them because she felt that the Bollywood industry was dead slow and she wanted to do a lot of films in a year. Her second Hindi film was Muqaddar Ka Badshaah, a remake of the Telugu film Aswaddama. In the Hindi version, she acted with another National award-winning actress - Shabana Azmi. Her other starrers are Apradhi, in which she is paired with Anil Kapoor and Tejaswini, a remake of Karthavyam, directed by N. Chandra. Another Bollywood movie of her is Gundagardi (1997), starring Dharmendra in an action role. In 1996, she is paired opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Zamaanat, directed by S. Ramanathan.^[17]

National Award and Lady-oriented roles (1990-2003)[edit]

In a carefully nurtured career, Vijayashanthi since then has reached the status of a 'Hero' in box office parlance. In the blockbuster movie Karthavyam (1990), her performance as a tough cop (modelled after the real-life supercop Kiran Bedi) under the direction of Mohan Gandhi won her the National Film Award from the Government of India and an Andhra Pradesh State award for best actress. Actor Ravi Teja was introduced in the film as a side artist. The film, made with a budget of about 90 lakhs and grossed over 7 crores in southern territories alone.^[18] The film is screened at 14th International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.^[19] She was the third woman from Telugu cinema to win the award after Sharada and Archana. The success of this movie saw her moving away from glamorous roles and limiting herself to lady oriented roles. According to Sify, In a hero-worshipping world of Indian Cinema, to be precise, South Indian cinema, there is one heroine who calls her shots is Vijayashanti.^[20] 'There were people who questioned how can a Heroine attain the image of Hero & charge highest remuneration. But, I had overcome all of the hurdles and answered the critics with successful films'. Vijayashanti didn't rely on dupes for performing risky stunts in many films. There were times when the Dynamic Actress used to jump for a height of 30 feet and she hardly cared about the injuries.^[21]

Telugu Chiranjeevi Songs Playing

In 1990, Karthavyam was dubbed into Tamil as Vyjayanthi IPS and its success brought her actress in Tamil cinema as well. (It was also remade in Hindi as Tejaswini, with herself playing the lead role. This, too, did very well at the Hindi box-office). The film influenced the then 10-year old C. Indhumathi.^[22]Vyjayanthi IPS ran for 50 days in Vetri theater in Chennai and this record was broken by a dubbed version of Baahubali in August 2015.^[23]

A. M. Ratnam, who was Shanti's personal make-up man, turned out to be a money-making producer.^[24] Being an Executive Producer for Vijayashanti, he has made the award-winning Karthavyam on the banner of Sri Surya Movies and on the same banner, she produced and acted in Aashayam released in 1993 had a decent run as well. Police Lockup, she played a dual role, which was directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, another success, she gained one more Filmfare Award for Best Actress.^[25] After she started concentrating on action roles, something special is her nativity showing. Osey Ramulamma (1997), where she played a downtrodden woman who rose against her oppressors, directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. was the biggest blockbuster of the year, winning her fourth Nandi Award and fifth Filmfare Award for Best Actress,^[26] this film gave her another name, called as 'Ramulamma/Ramulakka' by the people. The music of this film, composed by Vandemataram Srinivas, also won the Nandi Award. Later, she appeared in critically acclaimed women oriented movies like Adavi Chukka and Rowdy Durbar, directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.Vijayashanthi has also worked for many commercials like Chandana Bros., and Power Detergent soap. She was the first ever actress to be first featured in a Saree commercial and later many actress followed her in many saree and dress commercials.

Political Career (1998-2014)[edit]

In 1998, Vijayashanti joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was soon made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha).^[27] In 1998, her first public meeting was held at Nellore, a big hit in support of BJP.^[28] During the 1999 general election she was named BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress(I) (however, she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary). In 1996, Vijayashanti, who is Pro-BJP, vowed her support to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), and is a star campaigner for then Chief Jayalalitha^[29] Vijayashanti is the star campaigner for BJP Lok Sabha Polls in Tamil Nadu along with Cricketer Srikkanth.^[30] She started her own political party, Talli Telangana, in January 2009, which she merged into Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) due to lack of strength and support. From 1999, her movie appearances decreased as she focused on her political career. By 2004, she had stopped signing up for new films. In the 2009 general election, she won as a Member of Parliament from the Medak constituency from TRS.^[31] In June 2009, she resigned from the post of secretary general of TRS, expressing solidarity with the resignation of Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.^[32] In 2011, she submitted her resignation as an MP along with Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao in agitation of Telangana movement. The resignation was later rejected by the speaker of the house, as they were not in the proper format. Later, she was actively participating in politics for separate Telangana State (region), in which she played a key role in the process. Vijayashanti joined Indian National Congress party in February 2014 after split with TRS chief KCR.^[33] She contested in the Assembly Elections from Medak (Assembly constituency) in 2014 General Elections from Indian National Congress party and lost as MLA. After a inactive bunch of years in 2018 AICC president Rahul Gandhi appointed Vijayashanti as star campaigner and adviser to the election campaign committee of Telangana PCC^[34]

Personal life[edit]

She is married to a real-estate businessman M. V. Srinivas Prasad.^[15] He produced a movie Nippu Ravva 1993, starring Balakrishna and Vijayashanti under the banner Yuvarathna arts.

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards

• National Film Award for Best Actress - Karthavyam (1990).

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (South) (2003).
• Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Osey Ramulamma (1997).
• Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Police Lockup (1993).
• Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Karthavyam (1990).
• Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Bharathanaari (1989).
• Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Swayamkrushi (1987).
• Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Pratighatana (1985).

Nandi Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Actress - Osey Ramulamma (1997).
• Nandi Award for Best Actress - Karthavyam(1990).
• Nandi Award for Best Actress - Bharathanaari (1989).
• Nandi Award for Best Actress - Pratighatana (1985).

T. S. R. Awards

• Silver Screen Empress Award 2011

Filmography[edit]

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External links[edit]

• Vijayshanti on IMDb
• Vijayashanti Official website
• Vijayashanti on Facebook
• Vijayashanti on Twitter
• Vijayashanti on Instagram