Biography
Allu
Arjun (Telugu: అల్లు అర్జున్) (This is a Telugu name, where the family
name is Allu), (born 8 April 1983) is an Indian film actor who has
worked in Telugu cinema. Coming from a family long associated with
Telugu cinema, Allu Arjun is the son of producer Allu Aravind and
grandson of legendary Telugu comedian Padmasri awardee late Allu
Ramalingaiah whilst other notable relatives include unclesChiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan, and cousin Ram Charan Teja.Known for his films which target the family audience, Allu Arjun has won major credits including Filmfare and Nandi Awards for his acting. Allu Arjun's debuted in K. Raghavendra Rao's Gangotri (2003) and then played the lead role in the 2004 romance film Arya, portraying a student pursuing a "one-sided love" on the female lead. Whilst his initial films established his fanbase, more recent roles including that in Arya 2, a sequel to his 2004 hit, focussed on Allu Arjun's stylish avatar whilst in the recent success Vedam, Allu Arjun appeared in a character role as one of the five leads. All his films have been dubbed in Malayalam making him very popular there and some also have been dubbed in Tamil.
Awards:
FilmFare2008: Best Actor for Parugu
Nandi Awards2005: Special Jury for Aarya
2008: Special Jury for Parugu
Santosham Film Awards2005: Best Young Performer for Aarya
2006: Best Young Performer for Bunny
Personal InterestsBlood Donation camps
Arjun was born on 8 April, 1983 to Allu Aravind and Nirmala.[1]He is the grandson of Telugu comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. He has two brothers Allu Venkatesh and Allu Sirish. He is the nephew of Actor Chiranjeevi and Actor Pawan Kalyan, and cousin of actor Ram Charan Teja. He married Sneha Reddy on March 6, 2011.
Arjun worked as a child artist in the film Vijetha and made a guest appearance in Daddy. Arjun made his debut as actor in K. Raghavendra Rao's Gangotri (2003) .
His first lead role was in Gangotri, directed by K.Raghavendra Rao which did moderate business despite well received music, composed by MM Keeravani.[3] His second movie Arya, released in 2004, became his first success at the box office. This film was produced by Dil Raju and directed by Sukumar.[4] It was the role that first made Allu Arjun a common name among the youth, which till date is his major audience. Music composed by Devisri Prasad became highly successful and contributed to the success of the film.
In 2005, his third film Bunny was released. His fourth film Happy, was released in 2006 and was directed by Karunakaran.
Desamuduru (2007), directed by Puri Jagannadh, proved to be a box office success[5] and the first hit[6] of the year in Tollywood. The movie grossed 12.58 crores in the first week of its release. In the same year, he also made a guest appearance in his uncle Chiranjeevi's film, Shankar Dada Zindabad.
Parugu (2008), his sixth film directed by Bhaskar, won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu[7] In 2009, Arjun had one release, Arya 2. The film was directed by Sukumar who directed the first film. In 2010, Arjun appeared in Varudu directed by Gunasekhar which was released in 2010. He next acted in Vedam, directed by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, for which his portrayal of Cable Raju won him the 2nd Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu.
In 2011, Arjun appeared in Badhrinaadh directed by V. V. Vinayak. Produced by his father in his home banner Geetha Arts with budget of 40 crores, the film grossed 7.25 crore on the first day, becoming the biggest opener in Allu Arjun's career.
