The development came to light on Wednesday when Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law and close advisor, Allu Arvind, flew in to Tirupati and went around the city to select a suitable venue for the star's maiden public meeting. Lakhs of fans and supporters from all over the state and abroad are likely to attend the inaugural meeting.
Union Minister K Chiranjeevi's youngest brother K Kalyan Kumar, alias Pavan Kalyan, is all set to launch his own political party IN Hyderabad on Friday.
Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi on Wednesday requested the Maharashtra government to extend an invitation to Andhra Pradesh for a dialogue on the controversial Babhli irrigation project and allow an all-party delegation from the state to inspect the site.
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The actor and his wife Upasana Kamineni are expecting their first child; his film RRR has bagged two Golden Globe nominations.
Even as the film star turned politician Chiranjeevi was worried over getting an electoral symbol allotted by the Election Commission, his Praja Rajyam party got a shot in the arm on Thursday with two legislators of Telugu Desam party including the party general secretary joining the PRP.
'I started as an actor when I was only two-and-a-half years old, so I am not new to attention and the perks of being an actor.'
Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi and former Union minister Renuka Choudary on Monday filed their nominations on behalf of the ruling Congress for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. Former state minister Palvai Govardhan Reddy and former journalist Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar too filed their papers as Congress nominees on the last day of the nomination process.
In a major political development, Praja Rajyam Party chief and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi resigned from the state assembly on Thursday, in a bid to throw his weight for a united Andhra Pradesh.
On June 19 evening, Upasana was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
Ram Charan and Upasana Konidela shared pictures of the naming ceremony of their baby girl on Instagram.
Please promise, especially those millions who trust you with their hard-earned money, never to let your voting preferences determine your actions on the markets. The most appalling and scary phenomenon was fund houses and brokerages going out on election yatras and writing copious reports promising more than 300 for the BJP. That was your wish as voters. Your investors are paying for it now, points out Shekhar Gupta.
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The groom's maternal grandad is T Subbirami Reddy, producer and politician.
Putting months of speculations to an end, Telugu super star Chiranjeevi finally took the first step towards launching his own political party by inaugurating his party's office in the posh Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. But both the timing and the manner of inauguration were unusual. In accordance with the mahurtam set by the pundits and astrologers, the star formally inaugurated the new office at 12.20 am. The media was kept away from the ceremony.
Salman Khan and Chiranjeevi were a delight to watch at the trailer launch of their film Godfather in Mumbai.
Praja Rajyam Party President K Chiranjeevi will campaign on Thursday for the Congress party in the by-election to Bangarupalem assembly constituency in Karnataka.
Political pundits say Chiranjeevi's entry into Andhra Pradesh politics will sure alter the political equation in the state. Major parties like the ruling Congress and the Telegu Desam Party have already started working overtime to wade away the Chiranjeevi threat.
The wedding took which took place today morning was attended by a lot of people from the Telugu film industry.
Chiranjeevi has unveiled an attractive package for the poor to insulate them from the impact of rising prices. PRP has promised that if it comes to power it will provide each poor family a package of 25 kg rice, 1 kg edible oil, 1 kg pulses, 2 kg onion, 1 kg salt and half kg tamarind -- all for mere Rs 100. Addressing a meeting in Nellore district, Chiranjeevi pointed out that an earning of Rs 100 after a day of hard work was insufficient to feed a poor family.
The film stars in Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu's family have rallied together to counter the growing political threat from actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi. At a closed door meeting between Naidu and the four film stars in his family on Sunday, a strategy was chalked out to take on Chiranjeevi in the next elections. The meeting was attended by popular actor Balakrishna, his brother TDP MP and actor Harikrishna and film star sons NTR Junior and Kalyan Ram.
As the political atmosphere in Andhra Pradesh is hotting up ahead of assembly elections, one and a half year away, there is fresh speculation over Telugu matinee idol Chiranjeevi's entry into politics.
Praja Rajyam Party chief K Chiranjeevi on Tuesday night claimed that people of Andhra Pradesh were longing to see him as state chief minister in real life rather than in reel life.
The popular Telugu film actor Chiranjeevi, who is going to launch his political party within the next two weeks, will perform a two-day yagya at Kamakshi temple at the holy city of Kanchi in Tamil Nadu on August 21 and 22 before taking a formal plunge.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features just a few hundred people, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, bureaucrats and diplomats.
Film folk like Akshay Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Jr NTR and Sunny Deol congratulated the country and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the historic achievement of Chandrayaan-3's landing on the Moon.
Varun Tej Konidela and Lavanya Tripathi's grand wedding celebration.
Union Minister and Congress leader K Chiranjeevi on Saturday disapproved of his actor-brother Pawan Kalyan, who has launched a new political party, meeting Bharatiya Janata Partu's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Telugu star Rajasekhar had passed some comments over the Superstar, and fans demanded an apology.
The film attracted lot of attention even before its release mainly because it was expected that Dasari would use Mesthri as a platform to attack Telugu film industry's leading star Chiranjeevi who is testing his strength in the political waters of Andhra Pradesh. Mesthri is directed by Suresh Krishna who had earlier directed Chiranjeevi's film Daddy.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament K Chiranjeevi expressed grief over the death of Bollywood star Rajesh Khanna on Wednesday.
In Andhra Pradesh, Magadheera has been banned in the Vijayanagaram district because it saw death of five film enthusiasts due to a short circuit in the Lakshmi Srilakshmi theatre in Sulur.
Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi on Monday virtually ruled out having any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state elections, asserting that his newly floated Praja Rajyam is a secular party."We will not align with them because ours is a secular party," he told reporters. Observing that options are open for talking to all secular parties, he said that a decision would be taken only after the elections are announced.
official spokesperson of Praja Rayam party P Mitra announced that Chiranjeevi's Ya1tra will come to an end on Thursday and his tour and meetings scheduled for Friday have been cancelled.
Putting months of speculations and wait to an end, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi will finally make his political debut on Sunday afternoon. At 02:30 pm, the popular actor of Telugu movies, surrounded by his security guards, will appear before the media to unveil his much-awaited political plans.
Telugu Desam party is facing a storm in Andhra Pradesh. Within days of party's most influential leader in Telangana region, T Devender Goud, quitting its ranks to form his own party, the TDP has loss yet another strong leader -- this time in the Rayala Seema region.
As a precursor to his political entry, Balakrishna on Friday inaugurated an 'Annadanam' (mass feeding) programme at the charitable trust named after his mother late Basava Tarakam, on Thursday. Replying to a query, he vowed to work for regaining the glory of TDP. He would participate in TDP's youth convention at Guntur later this month.
Addressing the gathering of actors, directors, producers and other members of tinsel town in Hyderabad on Saturday evening, Chirnjeevi said quitting the film industry to enter public life was not an easy decision. "The thought that I will not be donning the greasepaint again has saddened, even scared me," said Chiranjeevi.
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