Chiru, One and Only Hero with 8 Industry Hits!

Mega Star Chiranjeevi has achieved a rare feat in his film career that no other hero has done it so far. As per this, Chiranjeevi is the only hero in tollywood to have given eight industry hits. No other hero in tollywood achieved this feat including his multi-starrer films. Details of Chiranjeevi's industry hits are as follows.

1. KHAIDI: Starred by Chiranjeevi,Madhavi and Sumalatha, this movie was released in 1983. This movie stood as the trendsetter in tollywood then. This film collected Rs.4 crores share by crossing the previous industry hit share of Rs.3.5 crores of 'Premabhishekam'. 

2.PASIVADI PRANAM: This movie was released in 1987. Vijayashanthi did opposite to Chiranjeevi. The movie collected Rs.4.5 crores share by crossing the previous industry hit 'Khaidi's share of Rs.4 crores. 

3. YAMUDIKI MOGUDU: Starred by Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanthi, Radha, the movie was released in 1988. The movie collected Rs.5 crores all time record share by surpassing previous industry record 'Pasivadi Pranam'. 

4. ATHAKU YAMUDU AMMAYIKI MOGUDU: Released in 1989, the movie collected Rs.5.25 crores all time record share by crossing the previous industry records of 'Yamudiki Mogudu'.

5. JAGADEKA VEERUDU ATHILOKA SUNDARI: Starred by Chiranjeevi and Sridevi, the movie was released in 1990. This movie collected an all time record share of Rs.6 crores. Earlier, Balakrishna's industry hit, 'Muddula Mavayya' collected Rs.5.5 crores.

6. GANG LEADER: Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanthi did the lead roles in this 1991's film. The movie collected Rs.7 crores by surpassing previous industry hit share of 'JVAS'.

7. GHARANA MOGUDU: Chiranjeevi, Nagma and Vani Viswanadh played the lead star cast of this film. Having been released in 1992, the movie collected Rs.10 crores share. Earlier,Venkatesh's industry hit, 'Chanti' collected Rs.9 crores share.

8. INDRA: Sonali Bendre and Aarthi Aggarwal teamed up with Chiranjeevi in this film. The movie was released in 2002. The movie collected Rs.33 crores share including its audio and satellite rights. This movie surpassed the previous industry hit share of Rs.24 crores, collected by Pawan Kalyan's 'Khushi'.

* Industry Hit Definition: An industry hit is a movie, which crosses the all time share and gross records of previous industry hit movie.

* Chiranjeevi's 'Master', 'Choodalani Vundi' and 'Tagore' have narrowly missed the statuses of becoming industry hits.