In 1990’s Chiranjeevi is the highest paid actor in India and he is the first actor in India to take 1 crore remuneration
He was paid the highest remuneration of Rs.1.25 crores per movie. No other actor in India received that much remuneration then. This news was published by noted national English magazine 'The Week' in its 13 September edition, 1992, with the heading 'Bigger Than Bachchan'.
He enjoyed this demigod image in Telugu states until he floated a Political party . His image is par with Rajinikanth in South .
After turning into a politician , he made a joke out of him in politics and lost all his fame in politics . Remember , there was same pressure on Rajinikanth also to enter politics . But Rajinikanth continued in films by acting in massive subjects like Robo/Enthiran . If Chiru didn’t step into politics , there is no exaggeration in saying that he had that calibre , stamina and same capacity of what Rajinikanth delivers at Box office
He may be a failure in politics . But he is the No.1 hero in Tollywood after NTR and his following in mass is Never before and Never after
He laid a base for his family members to enter into film industry .
Now , what his brother Pawan Kalyan enjoys is 1/4 part of what Vintage Chiranjeevi used to enjoy during his career peak
He is coming back into movies after a long gap of 9 years as a lead hero and I hope he can repeat the same magic once he created a long back