
Acting
Allu Arjun
Born 1982-04-08 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Allu Arjun is an Indian actor and entrepreneur who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, celebrated for his versatile screen presence and dancing prowess. Born on April 8, 1982, in Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu, he is the son of prominent film producer Allu Aravind and the grandson of legendary comedic actor Allu Ramalingaiah. After appearing as a child artist in films like *Vijetha* (1985) and making a dancer cameo in *Daddy* (2001), he made his full-fledged debut as a lead actor in K. Raghavendra Rao's romantic drama *Gangotri* (2003). He rose to massive stardom with a string of early commercial successes, including Sukumar's cult hit *Arya* (2004), *Bunny* (2005), *Desamuduru* (2007), and *Parugu* (2008). Over the following decades, he cemented his status as a leading powerhouse of Indian cinema, delivering major critical and box-office blockbusters across diverse genres such as *Arya 2* (2009), the ensemble drama *Vedam* (2010), *Julayi* (2012), *Race Gurram* (2014), *S/O Satyamurthy* (2015), the historical epic *Rudhramadevi* (2015), *Sarrainodu* (2016), *Duvvada Jagannadham* (2017), and the industry record-breaker *Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* (2020). He attained unprecedented global and pan-Indian stardom portraying Pushpa Raj in Sukumar's action drama franchise *Pushpa: The Rise* (2021) and its mega-blockbuster sequel *Pushpa 2: The Rule* (2024). For *Pushpa: The Rise*, he made history by becoming the first Telugu actor to win the National Film Award for Best Actor. He is also the recipient of six Filmfare Awards South, three Nandi Awards, and multiple South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA). Beyond cinema, he is an active entrepreneur, owning the theater chains AAA Cinemas and Allu Cinemas, which houses India's largest Dolby Cinema.
Acting credits
6.8As Pushpa, a labourer, rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling, he ends up making many enemies. However, violence ensues when the police try to topple his illegal business.
Pushpa: The Rise
2021
6.2As his smuggling empire grows, a brazen Pushpa longs for power and respect on his vengeful journey, while facing old rivals and new.
Pushpa 2 - The Rule
2024
No synopsis available yet.
AA24
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3.8Trained by a religious martial arts guru, Badri becomes the protector of Badrinath temple and tries to revive Alakananda's faith in God, unaware of the fact that she has fallen for him.
Badrinath
2011
6.6After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
2020
6.0Satya is given a different face after he suffers burn-related injuries. After being released from the hospital, he deals with the murderer of his lover Deepti. But his new face has given him new foes.
Yevadu
2014
6.1Ghana, a jobless young man who left military to bring justice to the society, whiling away timing beating up goons. Life takes a turn when he brushes the shady Vairam Dhanush the wrong way.
Sarrainodu
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Raaka
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8.3Chinnababu realizes that despite having well-earning sons his father is struggling to fund his younger sister's wedding. In order to help him, Chinnababu takes a drastic step.
Vijetha
1985
6.3A politician refrains his daughter from finishing college as it would affect his politics. He decides to get her married to a police officer of the same caste, but things don't go as planned.
Happy
2006
5.8Despite having serious anger management issues, Surya, an Indian Army officer is a brilliant officer but when anger takes control of him he is impossible to subdue. In spite of this issue, he achieves his goal of serving the country by overcoming the hurdles.
Naa Peru Surya - Naa Illu India
2018
6.8An audio company and dance school owner is a very rich man but also gullible. He gets married to the girl he loves; but loses all his money to his scheming friends. They lose their daughter to a heart disease following which his wife leaves him.
Daddy
2001
5.7A group of friends are forcibly transported to a village and kept imprisoned, as the village head, who believes that they have helped in his daughter's elopement with her lover.
Parugu
2008
5.1After Bala, who works for a TV channel, gets into trouble with a goon, he is sent away for an out-of-town assignment. There he meets and falls in love with a girl who gets kidnapped by a gangster.
Desamuduru
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
AA23
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7.3Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator, a runaway prostitute, a desperate woman drowning in debt, a rising musician, and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the same hospital, at a time when it is attacked by terrorists.
Vedam
2010
6.4An intelligent young man and a timid cop team up to catch a criminal who wants revenge after a foiled bank robbery.
Julayi
2012
6.8Ram and Lakshman, aka Lucky, are brothers who are polar opposites in nature. Their mother wishes to see them united.
Race Gurram
2014
5.8A righteous young man who helps everyone gain their rightful justice, gets recruited as an undercover agent to work on a high profile case that involves a crime lord working for a corrupt minister who also happens to be the father of his romantic interest.
DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham
2017
6.9The son of a rich businessman struggles to save his father's wealth after his demise. However, he faces many challenges when he becomes the sole breadwinner of his family.
Son of Satyamurthy
2015
5.1A millionaire's daughter is all set to marry her boyfriend against her father's wish. When her father finally approves the marriage, her boyfriend believes that her father should sign over his wealth to him.
Bunny
2005
5.5A young woman becomes embroiled in a financial and political conspiracy while studying in Spain, as she meets a young musician with a somewhat dark past unfolded through the pages of his lover's diary.
Iddarammayilatho
2013
6.6Aarya is a happy-go-lucky young man who goes to college. When he falls in love with Geetha at first sight, he proposes to her - in front of her boyfriend Ajay, who recently also proposed to her. She bluntly refuses, but ...
Aarya
2004
6.9After an autistic man impulsively marries a young widow, she must move to the city and ensure the welfare of her new family, against the glare of societal judgement and financial struggle.
Swati Muthyam
1986
