There are many stars from South to Bollywood, who may not have been lucky in the beginning of their career, but when their films started running, they never looked back. There is one such big superstar, who did not achieve much success in Bollywood, but today films are made in his name in the South Industry. That actor is none other than South’s mega superstar Chiranjeevi.
Chiranjeevi has worked in only 3 Bollywood films and almost all his films have proved to be flops. The veteran actor never worked in Hindi cinema again after the flop of his films. Disappointed with Bollywood, when Chiranjeevi stepped into South, he established himself firmly. People started liking his films and within no time he became a superstar.
Worked in more than 150 films
Not only this, Chiranjeevi also became the highest paid actor in the 90s. Although during that time Amitabh Bachchan used to charge the highest fees. But due to Chiranjeevi’s back-to-back hit films, his stardom reached sky high. Chiranjeevi even became the highest paid actor of South Industry. The veteran actor has worked in more than 150 films so far. He has won 0 Filmfare Awards and four Nandi Awards in his career so far.
Gave hits to 14 consecutive films
Apart from these, Chiranjeevi has many big titles. Actak started his career in the year 1970. Within just 10 years, he had become the top actor of the industry. There was a time in the 90s when Chiranjeevi released 14 hit films simultaneously in theatres. These films of his had created a stir from South to Bollywood. During this time, Chiranjeevi started charging more fees than Amitabh Bachchan and he was also given the tag of new money machine at that time.