The matinee idol lived in his filmy-cum-political role to the 'T' from the time he arrived at the Renigunta airport on Tuesday to the time he went on to address the public meeting at Avilala Tank area.

The suspense over the mega star's entry to the temple town came to an end when Chiranjeevi landed in the airport at around 8.15 am accompanied by his wife Surekha and son Ram Charan Teja. Though rumours made rounds that Chiru would be arriving in a special aircraft or helicopter , he came to the town by a regular commercial Air Deccan flight.

The organisers succeeded in diverting the attention of the fans by saying that Chiru had already reached Tirumala late on Monday night, while some said he was staying in a star hotel in Tirupati .

However, Chiru accompanied by his family and advisor Dr P Mitra left for Tirumala at around 8.30 am in a white Toyota (bearing number AP 9 DT T/R 7936) car and reached TSR Guest House at around 9.15 am. Though it was planned that he would go for darshan of Lord Venkateswara during the kalyana utsavam break and perform special pujas, he cancelled the programmes since he was keen on rehearsals for his maiden public address.

Once Surekha and Ram Charan made their way out to Tirupati at around 10 am, Chiru was all alone in the guest house, trying hard to brush up his oratorical skills. It is learnt that the script for the public address was written by dialogue writer Bharavi and guided by former TDP MP Yelamanchili Shivaji. "As the time was short the star had to make some amendments in his speech. Annaiah's attention was totally centrifuged on the public. So, he discussed the nitty-gritty of the speech with Shivaji," an insider said.

Some TTD staff and the police outside the guest house said that they overheard the loud dialogue delivery of Bharavi, trying to train the star to deliver his speech on the lines of NTR, who was famous for his dramatics.

In the afternoon, Chiru confabulated with some farmers' leaders to discuss the problems of ryots in the state.

Though very little is known as to what transpired in the guest house, sources said the star was keen to highlight the farmers' issues.

Insiders said the star's focus was more on fine-tuning his oratorical skills and how to impress the large gathering at the meeting.

At around 5 pm, the star's convoy set out for the Avilala Tank area where Chiru began addressing the public at around 5.40 pm. But as an aside to the star's day out in Tirumala, a TTD functionary hit the nail when he said, "It seems that he (Chiru) has landed here only to avoid the fan frenzy and prepare his political copy in this politicalfree zone."