Allu Arjun (
Telugu:
అల్లు అర్జున్, born 8 April 1983) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Telugu language films. Coming from a family long associated with Telugu cinema, Allu Arjun is the son of producer,
Allu Aravind, whilst other notable relatives include uncles
Chiranjeevi and
Pawan Kalyan, whilst cousin
Ram Charan Teja also stars in films. 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'sGangotri and then played the lead role in 2004 campus-
love film,
Arya, portraying a student pursuing "one-side 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.
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Allu Arjun was born in
Chennai, India. His first lead role was in
Gangotri, directed by
K.Raghavendra Rao.
[1] His second role was in
Arya, released in 2004, which became a Huge success at the box office.
[2] It was the role that first made
Allu Arjun a household name.
In 2005, his third film
Bunny was released.It was a decent hit for. He had a hatrick of hits. His fourth film
Happy which was released in 2006, had a bad run at Box Office.
[3] The film did, however, manage to make a decent profit in the Indian movie screens in U.S.
[4]
[edit] Success: 2007 - present
In 2007, his fifth film,
Desamuduru, directed by
Puri Jagannadh, proved to be a box office hit
[5] and the first hit
[6] of the year in
Tollywood. The movie grossed 6.58
crores in the first week of its release. This box-office take remains the highest so far in his career. In the same year, he also made a guest appearance in his uncle Chiranjeevi's film,
Shankar Dada Zindabad.
In May 2008, his sixth film
Parugu, directed by
Bhaskar, was released.
[7] All of Allu Arjun's movies have been translated and dubbed into
Malayalam. Desamudrudu was renamed
Hero and Parugu was renamed
Krishna and Gangotri was renamed
Simhakutty(lioncub). This made him accessible to audiences in the state of Kerala, where he has been well-received.
For 2009, Arjun had only one release,
Arya 2, which had the same story line of the 2004 hit film
Arya, which also starred Arjun in the lead role. The film was directed by
Sukumar who directed the first film.
Kajal Agarwal,
Navdeep, and
Shraddha Das co-star with Arjun in
Arya 2. The movie was not able to make it at the box-office. The movie got mixed responses and was eventually a average grosser at the box office. He did a mega budget movie named Varudu directed by gunasekhar and it was released in 2010 and it was his third disappointment in his career. Varudu was one of the biggest disappointments in tollywood till date. It had a budget of 18 crores. After Varudu, he did an all-star feature,
Vedam with
Manoj Kumar and the actress
Anushka Shetty, directed by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (known for his famous film,
Gamyam). It has received positive reviews. It was rated 3.5/5 in many sites. He delivered his career best action in Vedam. Vedam was critically praised the movie and also well received by the general audience.
Geetha Arts, the production banner owned by his father Allu Aravind, is producing a mega budget movie titled
Badhrinaadh. It is directed by V V Vinayak and will be acting along with Tamanna . The estimated budget of the movie is Rs 35 crores. The shooting of the movie begun in July 2010.
[8]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
37 Crores.
Allu Arjun, known also as Bunny in reference to his movie by the same name, is a winning face in Telugu cinema.
