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Tollywood's handsome star Ram Charan Teja turns 29 today. Born to Southern megastar Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan made his smashing film debut with 'Chirutha' that raked in a whopping Rs 30 crore in just 50 days. Whoa! On his birthday, we bring you ten most interesting and lesser known facts about our birthday boy. Read on.

1. Did you know power star turned politician Pawan Kalyan is Ram Teja's uncle?

2. Ram Charan’s screen sobriquet of Mega Power Star has been derived from the sobriquets earned by his father and uncle —Chiranjeevi is credited as Mega Star while Pawan Kalyan is called Power Star.

3. Ram Charan’s nick name is Cherry.

4. Ram Charan was a student of Kishore Namit’s acting classes.

5. Ram Charan was brand ambassador for Pepsi in A.P., while his father Chiranjeevi was brand ambassador for Thumps Up.

6. Ram Charan owns a Polo Team in Hyderabad, ‘Ram Charan Hyderabad Polo Riding Club’

7. Ram Charan is also on the Board of Directors of Telugu Channel Maa TV.

8. He is married to Upasana Kamineni, the vice-chairman of Apollo Charity and chief editor of B Positive magazine. She belongs to the family which runs the popular Apollo Hospitals.

9. An entry to playback singing has happened with ‘Mumbai Ke Hero’ song in Thoofan, composed by Chirantan Bhatt.

10. Ram Charan has undergone plastic surgery. Now you know where he gets those killer perfect looks from.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury