Career

Chiranjeevi was called by different names at different stages in his life. At high school level, he was called 'KSSV Prasad'. During his college days, he was called 'Prasad'. At home, he was called ‘Shankara Babu’.He is also a great devotee of Lord Hanuman. One night, he had a dream in which Lord Hanuman called him "Chiranjeevi". The next day he narrated the same incident to his mother and then she advised him to change his name to Chiranjeevi and hence he became Chiranjeevi.