Chiranjeevi: 1st Successful Hero in Bollywood

Of late, several Tollywood heroes are daydreaming about the entry of Bollywood and are wishing to become superstars. Among the current generation heroes, Mega Power Star Ram Charan tried his luck with Janzeer but was failed due to poor making of the film. Right now, he is aspiring to prove his mettle in Bollywood with RRR. 

Young Rebel Star Prabhas attained nation wide fame with Baahubali series films. However, as the lion share of the success has gone to Rajamouli's credit, it turned inevitable for Prabhas to prove himself the star in Bollywood. However, his latest offing Saaho is facing hardships with poor word of mouth and below par ratings. 

Who is actually the first successful Telugu top star in Bollywood? It was none other than Megastar Chiranjeevi. 

Chiranjeevi starrer Pratibandh, which is the remake of Ankusham, was released on September 28, 1990. The film stood as one of the blockbusters in Bollywood in 1990. Thereafter, Megastar once again worked for a Hindi film Aaj Kaa Gundaraj (1992), the remake of Telugu industry hit Gang Leader. The film stood as an above average venture with no loss and no profits at the ticket windows. 

Riding high on the results of Pratibandh and Aaj Kaa Gundaraj, Megastar worked for one more Hindi film The Gentleman, the remake of Arjun's Gentleman. However, this film stood as a huge debacle at the box office. 

To sum up, Chiranjeevi maintained good success rate in Bollywood with 2 successful ventures among a total of 3. Chiranjeevi could have done more Hindi films then. But then, he was facing a series of failures in Tollywood in that season and which changed his perspective on doing Bollywood ventures. Eventually, he firmly decided not to enact anymore Hindi films. Whatsoever, Chiranjeevi attained the status of being the first successful hero in Bollywood. 

King Nagarjuna with Shiva and Victory Venkatesh with Anari also scored super hits in Bollywood. However, most of their other Bollywood ventures became duds.