CHIRU AS A HUMAN BEING

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 work.