Did murder attempt take place on Megastar Chiranjeevi? Was he poisoned a few decades back? It seems so according to the old newspaper clippings that are going viral on social media. This is becoming a hot topic of discussion not only among mega fans but also among movie lovers.
The incident happened in 1988. Due to an over the enthusiastic fan and his blunder resulted in that murder attempt. All this was the result of few people in the industry who were jealous of his meteoric rise to stardom. With all regional and national dailies reporting it in the front pages, it became a hot topic at that time.
Chiranjeevi who was the No 1 hero was participating in the shooting of his film Marana Mrudangam in 1988. The makers were shooting scenes in Base Court in Madras. More than 200 mega fans came and everyone competed to get the autograph of Chiranjeevi.
One among them came forward saying “Today is my birthday. I have been dreaming of celebrating the occasion by cutting a cake in your presence". Chiru too invited them happily. The person cut the cake and tried to put it in Chiru's mouth who however avoided saying “You are the birthday boy today. You should have it' and tried to put it in his mouth. But the person adamantly tried to feed the cake piece to Chiranjeevi and the cake fell down.
Much to the shock of all, a whitish small packet was seen in the cake piece. The entire team of Marana Mrudangam got tensed. They got the packet checked in a lab. No one knew the result but already news spread virally that an attempt was made to poison Chiru by those who were jealous of his rise. The person pleaded many times that he was the diehard fan of Megastar and there was no conspiracy. It has to be seen whether Chiranjeevi will reveal the secret now.