Chiru to return with 150th film

Two years after taking the plunge into politics, Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi is all set to act in films again. This was disclosed by his actor-son Ram Charan Teja during Chiranjeevi’s 55th birthday celebrations on Sunday.

“He will certainly act in a film this year. It will be ready by his next birthday,” said Teja. The film would be Chiranjeevi’s 150th and his fans have high expectations from it. Teja made the announcement after cutting a cake at the Chiranjeevi Blood Bank here.

In a film career spanning over three decades, Chiranjeevi has acted in 149 films and his popularity is often compared with matinee idol N.T. Rama Rao who founded the Telugu Desam.

Though Chiranjeevi had persistently turned down requests from his fans till now, he recently confessed that the artiste in him had a desire to act again after watching the promo of Robot directed by Sankar with Tamil superstar Rajnikanth and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles.

During the audio release of the film, Chiranjeevi had hinted that he might consider acting again and his speech had been received with overwhelming appl-ause. Rajnikanth, who was present at the promo had also urged Chiranjeevi to do a film to which the latter had responded positively.

Scriptwriters Paruchuri Brothers have apparently readied a story based on the life of freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy and are pressurising Chiranjeevi to take up the assignment as his 150th film.