And the next CM of Andhra is…

Yes, if all goes according to plan, South India will see another CM from the film fraternity and this time too like in the last 50yrs, reel life is a bigger stage than the real life.

For the last 6months, the buzz around Coastal Andhra, the traditional seat of money and power of Andhra politics, is steaming from one name. CHIRANJEEVI. The only actor to have the Mega Star tag, something that Rajnikanth doesn’t boast of, and certainly Hindi cinema does not even recognize, has been speculating time and again whether to jump into the fray or wait it out for a while.

Moving from cinema for a while to spin scenarios, Andhra, like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has always loved its most popular actors. NTR, MGR and Raj Kumar have left indelible marks on the state’s policies so much that after the 1984 elections and the subsequent void in the center, …


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