Allu Arjun

After appearing as a child artist in films like *Vijetha* (1985) and making a dancer cameo in *Daddy* (2001), he made his debut as a lead actor in K. Raghavendra Rao's romantic drama *Gangotri* (2003). He subsequently appeared in films including *Aarya* (2004), *Bunny* (2005), *Desamuduru* (2007), and *Parugu* (2008), *Aarya 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 *Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* (2020).

He attained pan-Indian stardom portraying Pushpa Raj in Sukumar's action drama franchise *Pushpa: The Rise* (2021) and its sequel *Pushpa 2: The Rule* (2024). For his performance in *Pushpa: The Rise*, he became the first Telugu actor to receive 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). Outside of acting, he is involved in the theatre business through AAA Cinemas and Allu Cinemas.