Megastar Chiranjeevi started his career in Telugu film Industry with the film Punadhirallu in 1978. However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the theaters. For these two movies, Chiranjeevi did not get remuneration. It is known news that now days, the actors are getting huge money for acting in a movie. But in those days actors are not desperate for the money, but they strive for the chances in the movie. For his two movies, Chiranjeevi did not get his salary. His 3rd movie was Mana Voori Pandavulu and for this film, he got Rs 1116 remuneration. The movie Mana Voori Pandavulu was directed by Bapu and it was all about the struggle against the feudal system in their own way. It was the remake of Kannada movie Paduvaaralli Pandavaru. And later in 1980, he also remade it in Hindi as Hum Paanch in which Mithun Chakraborty, played the lead role.
Krishnam Raju played the lead role in Mana Voori Pandavulu, and Chiranjeevi was one among the five friends batch in this film. When Chiranjeevi received Rs 1116 salary, he was very excited, he gave the money to his parents and got their blessings. Now Chiranjeevi is one of the talented actors of Tollywood.
On the work front, Chiranjeevi is currently working for his social message oriented movie Acharya.