Megastar Chiranjeevi on Wednesday took to social media handles to announce that he has tested positive for Covid-19. He added that the symptoms were mild, and he was quarantined at home.

“Dear All, Despite all precautions, I have tested Covid 19 Positive with mild symptoms last night and am quarantining at home. I request all who came in contact with me over the last few days to get tested too. Can’t wait to see you all back soon! (sic),” he wrote on his Twitter handle.

Even last year in November, he had announced that he tested positive for Covid-19. However, again after three days of his announcement, he declared that he tested positive for Covid-19 earlier due to a faulty testing kit and even shared the test report on his social media handles then.

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On the film front, the actor is awaiting the release of Acharya on April 1. He has other projects like Bhola Shankar, Godfather, and two untitled projects with directors Bobby and Venky Kudumula.

Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad is Chiranjeevi’s real name. Fans also call him a megastar. He was born on, 22 August 1955 in Mogalthur, a village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor and former politician, who works in Telugu cinema. He starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some films in Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada. In his four decades of a film career, he won three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards, a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and nine Filmfare Awards South. He was also honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2006.

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His debut was in 1978 with Punadhirallu. He is the first Indian actor to start a personal website on the internet. Apart from his film career, he founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust (CCT), which includes Chiranjeevi Blood and Eye Banks.

He married Surekha, the daughter of Telugu comic actor Allu Ramalingaiah in 1980.