Konidela Venkat Rao
Konidela Venkat Rao, a dedicated excise inspector, made appearances in a few films before his son, Chiranjeevi, embarked on his cinematic journey.Prior toChiranjeevi‘s entry into the film industry, Konidela Venkat Rao had a minor role in the 1969 movie ‘Jagat Khiladi’. Despite receiving numerous acting opportunities, Venkat Rao remained committed to his profession, and he actively encouraged his son, Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad (Chiranjeevi), to pursue a career in the movies. Eventually, Venkat Rao’s dream of sharing the screen with his son Chiru was realized in the film ‘Mantri Gari Viyyankudu.’ Konidela Venkat Rao was married to Anjana Devi and they had four kids.
Vijaya Durga
The couple’s eldest daughter Vijaya Durga is married to Sivaprasad. They have two kids, Sai Dharam Tej and Vaishnav Tej. They have two kids, Sai Dharam Tej and Vaishnav Tej. Both have ventured into cinema.
Nagendra Babu
Nagendra Babu is married to Padmaja. He is an actor and producer in Telugu cinema and has had also briefly engaged in politics. The couple’s eldest daughter Niharika has parted ways from Chaitanya Jonnalagadda. While their son Varun Tej is an actor and is engaged to Lavanya Tripathi.
Chiranjeevi
Megastar Chiranjeevi aka Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad is one of the biggest stars of Telugu cinema with a career spanning over four decades. He made his debut as a lead actor in 1978 in the film Pranam Khareedu. Till date he has starred in over 150 films. Some of his biggest hits include Muta Mestri, Swayamkrushi, Khaidi, Indra, Gang Leader, Kaththi, Khaidi No 150, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Acharya, GodFather, Watair Veerayya among others.
Chiranjeevi also ventured into politics. In 2008, he founded the Praja Rajyam Party and contested the Andhra Pradesh election in 2009. The party was later merged into the Indian National Congress in 2011 and Chiranjeevi was appointed as the Minister of Tourism.
On the personal front, Chiranjeevi married Surekha, the daughter of Allu Ramalingaiah. They have three children – daughters Sushmita and Sreeja and son Ram Charan.
Sushmita Konidela
Sushmita is producer and costume designer in the film industry. Some of her popular works include films like Rangasthalam, Khaidi No 150, Se Raa Narasimha Reddy, Waltair Veerayya, Acharya. She has produced films like Sridevi Shoban Babu and Senapathi.
Sushmita married Chennai based businessman Vishnu Prasad who is a producer and the two have together launched Goldbox Entertainment.
Sreeja Konidela
Chiranjeevi’s younger daughter Sreeja has been assisting him in film production. She was first married to Sirish Bharadwaj in 2007, but they parted ways in 2011. Sreeja then married actor Kalyaan Dhev in 2016, but their marriage too hit choppy waters. Sreeja has two daughters, Nivruthi from her first marriage and Navishka from her second marriage.
Ram Charan
Ram Charan made his acting debut in 2007 with the film Chirutha, but his claim to fame was SS Rajamouli’s fantasy action film Magadheera which released in 2009. He went on to do several successful films include Racha, Naayak, Yevadu, Dhruva, Rangasthalam and most recently SS Rajamouli’s RRR that made waves globally.
Ram Charan also launched his own production company Konidela Production Company that has produced films like Khaidi No. 150 and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy among others.
Ram Charan married his childhood friend Upasana in 2012. Earlier this year, they welcomed their first child – a baby girl whom they named Klin Kaara.
Pawan Kalyan
Popularly known as ‘Power Star’, Pawan Kalyan made his acting debut in 1996 with the film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. His claim to fame however was Gokulamlo Seeta and Suswagatham in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Some of his most popular works in the world of cinema include Tholi Prema, Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa, Gabbar Singh, Gopala Gopala, Balu, Jalsa, Vakeel Saab, Bheemla Nayak and Attarintiki Daredi.
Besides being one of the highest paid actors of Indian cinema, Pawan Kalyan is also a director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator, philanthropist, and politician. In 2008, Pawan Kalyan entered politics as the youth wing president of Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party, but left after it merged into the Congress party. He then founded the Jana Sena Party in March 2014.
On the personal front, Pawan Kalyan first had an arranged marriage in 1997 to a 19-year-old girl Nandini. But in 2001, he moved in with actress Renu Desai. They became parents to a baby boy Akira Nandan in 2004. His divorce with first wife Nandini came through in 2008, following which he married Renu in 2009. The couple then welcomed their second child, daughter Aadhya.
Meanwhile in 2011, Pawan Kalyan had started seeing a Russian model and actress Anna Lezhneva while shooting for the film Teen Maa. He divorced second wife Renu in 2012. In 2013, Pawan married Anna and they became parents to a baby boy, Mark Shankar Pawanovich in 2013. Anna already had a daughter Polena Anjana Pawanova from her first failed marriage. Pawan accepted her as his own daughter and brought her up along with his other three kids.
Akira Nandan
Pawan Kalyan’s son Akira Nandan is said to have already made his silver screen debut as a child actor under his mother Renu Desai’s Marathi directorial Ishq Wala Love. He has also made his debut as a music director as he scored music for a short film titled Writers Block.
