He made his Tollywood debut in Ashta Chamma, which was critically and commercially successful. So, he adopted his nickname when he entered the Telugu film industry. He was fondly called by this name by his friends. His contribution to the cinema industry has been immense and in a career spanning over two decades, the actor has given several hits movies like Tholi Prema, Suswagatham, Khushi, Badri, Gabbar Singh, and Vakeel Saab. The actor's original name is Konidela Kalyan Babu but he has changed his name to Pawan Kalyan.
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He made his debut in 1996 with the Telugu movie Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. Power star Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi. Mohan was last seen in Gopichand's Oxygen, which was released in 2017. He has been a part of over 100 films in Tollywood and has been acting for the past four decades. But, the actor changed his name to Chandra Mohan before entering the film industry. The actor's real name is Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao. His real name is Veeramachaneni Jagapati Rao Chowdary. In his film career, the actor also received seven state Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards.Ĭhandra Mohan was introduced to the Telugu cinema industry through the film Rangula Ratnam in 1966. The talented actor Jagapathi Babu has been predominantly worked in Telugu and Tamil films. In his long and successful career, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan Award from the Government of India in 2006. He has starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu cinema. His family was a passionate devotee of Lord Hanuman, so his mother advised the actor to change his name to Chiranjeevi. Telugu megastar and former politician Chiranjeevi's real name is Konidela Sivasankara Vara Prasad. There are several such Tollywood celebrities who have changed their real names for the silver screen and we have listed out a few of them here!
Nani is a well-known actor in the Telugu cinema and is known for his works such as Ride, Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha, Gentlemen, Jersey and many more. Lucky is an absent-minded plant scientist in the film. Some wanted to do get a more trendy name, while others wanted to have a shorter and easier name that will remain in people's hearts. Nani played the lead role of Lucky in the film. Several Tollywood actors chose to change their real names after entering showbiz for several reasons.