Hyderabad: Famous Telugu politician and actor K Chiranjeevi, who said on Monday that he had tested Coronavirus positive, had met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao just two days back.
Chiranjeevi alongside fellow actor Akkineni Nagarjuna met Rao on Saturday and each of the three was seen without face masks in TV news reports.
Chiranjeevi included, “Took a test for Coronavirus before resuming period drama ‘Acharya’ movie’s shoot as a protocol and unfortunately tested positive.”
The Praja Rajyam party originator and the former central minister stated he was however asymptomatic at present.
The 65-year-old actor was in quarantine at his house in Hyderabad.
He stated, “Request all those who met me in the last few days to also undergo COVID tests. I Will update on my recovery soon.”
Actor Nagendra Babu, Chiranjeevi’s younger sibling, and comedy shows’ judge had additionally tested COVID-19 positive as of late however recouped. Babu had additionally donated his blood plasma.
When his fans found out about his COVID-19 positive report, they went to Twitter to send ‘get well soon’ wishes for the actor. Twitter was overwhelmed with wishes to such an extent that hashtag #Chiranjeevi got one of the top trends on the social media platform.
Up until now, several members of the Indian film fraternity have tested positive for COVID-19. Amitabh Bachchan alongside son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya, and his 8-year-old granddaughter additionally had tested COVID-19. Different celebrities, who tested COVID-19 positive, include Genelia D’Souza, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Tamannaah. Different stars like Indira Varma, Kristofer Hivju, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel Matthews and Daniel Dae Kim tested positive for COVID-19 not long ago.
Chiranjeevi is one of the most loved actors in Telugu film industry. He has additionally worked in Tamil, Hindi and Kannada films. Chiranjeevi, who debuted on the big screen in 1978, has acted in more than 150 movies. He has featured in a few Telugu movies some of which are Rudraveena, Swayam Krushi, Aapathbandavudu and Indra.
He was most recently seen in the 2019 film Raa Narasimha Reddy, which moreover starred Amitabh Bachchan in a big role. He will next be seen in Telugu movie Acharya, directed by Koratala Siva. It will be the 152nd film of his career.
