Allu Arjun

**Allu Arjun** (born 8 April 1983) is an Indian movie actor. He mainly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for dancing skills. He has won five Filmfare Awards South and three Nandi Awards.

He made his debut in _Gangotri_ (2003). Allu appeared in _Arya_ (2004). It was directed by Sukumar. He won the Nandi Special Jury Award for his role. In next years, he acted in movies like _Bunny_ (2005), _Happy_ (2006) and _Desamuduru_ (2007).

Allu won his first Filmfare Awards South as Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. He won the award for _Parugu_ (2008). His later movies, _Arya 2_ (2009), _Vedam_ (2010), _Varudu_ (2010) and _Badrinath_ (2011), were a flop at the box office. He acted as Gona Ganna Reddy in _Rudhramadevi_ (2015). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor  and Nandi Award for Best Character Actor for his role.

He achieved success with movies like _Race Gurram_ (2014), _Sarrainodu_ (2016) and _Duvvada Jagannadham_ (2017). Each movie earned more than 100 crore at the box office. He worked with director Trivikram Srinivas three times. Allu worked with him in _Julayi_ (2012), _S/O Satyamurthy_ (2015) and _Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo_ (2020). All three are successful. The last movie earned more than 262 crore at the box office.

The trailer launch of _Pushpa 2_ in Patna has bridged the North-South divide in Indian cinema. By choosing a non-South Indian city for the event, the film's team has highlighted the growing pan-India appeal of Telugu cinema, challenging regional boundaries and further unifying India's diverse film industries.

## Personal life

Allu Arjun was born on 8 April 1983 in Madras (present-day Chennai). His father Allu Aravind is a movie producer. His mother is Nirmala. His paternal grandfather was the movie comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. His paternal aunt is married to Chiranjeevi.

On 6 March 2011, He married Sneha Reddy in Hyderabad. They have a son named Allu Ayaan and a daughter named Allu Arha. In 2016, Allu started a nightclub named 800 Jubilee. He started a night club in partnership with M Kitchens and Buffalo Wild Wings.

## Career

He acted as a child artist in _Vijetha_ and as a dancer in _Daddy_. Allu made his adult debut in _Gangotri_. Allu then appeared in Sukumar's comedy _Arya_. His role in Arya was his success. The movie was a critical and commercial success.

## Filmography

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985||||||||||
|Saratha's son|Child artist|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|1986||||||||||
|Sivayya's grandson|Child artist|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2001||||||||||
|Gopi|Cameo appearance|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2003||||||||||
|Simhadri|Debut movie|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2004||||||||||
|Arya||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2005||||||||||
|Raja (Bunny)||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2006||||||||||
|Bunny||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|||||||||
|Bala Govind||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Himself|Cameo appearance|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2008||||||||||
|Krishna||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2009||||||||||
|Arya||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|||||||||
|Sandeep "Sandy" Mohan Ram||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Anand "Cable Raju" Raj||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2011||||||||||
|Badrinath||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2012||||||||||
|Ravindra Narayan||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2013||||||||||
|Sanjay "Sanju" Reddy||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2014|||||||||
|Himself|Short movie; also producer|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Satya|Cameo appearance|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Lakshman "Lucky" Prasad||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2015|||||||||
|Viraj Anand||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Gona Ganna Reddy||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2016||||||||||
|Gana||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2017||||||||||
|Duvvada Jagannadham Sasthri / DJ||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2018||||||||||
|Surya||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2020|||||||||
|Bantu||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|Pushpa Raj|Filming|style="text-align:center;"||||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Allu Arjun
- **image**: Allu Arjun at 62nd Filmfare awards south.jpg
- **caption**: Allu in June 2015
- **birth place**: Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
- **occupation**: Actor
- **yearsactive**: 2001–present
- **children**: 2
- **works**: Allu Arjun, roles and awards, Full list
- **awards**: Allu Arjun, roles and awards, Full list
- **father**: Allu Aravind
- **family**: See Allu–Konidela family
- **other names**: Bunny, Mallu Arjun