Allu Arjun is an Indian film actor who primarily works in Tollywood. He has won four Filmfare Awards South, three Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards for Parugu, Vedam and Race Gurram, one Filmfare Best Telugu Supporting Actor Awards for Rudhramadevi three Nandi Awards, one Nandi Award for Best Male Debut for Gangotri and two Nandi Special Jury Award for Arya and Parugu, five Santosham Best Young Performers Award for Gangotri, Arya, Bunny, Desamuduru and Parugu', two SIIMA Awards one South Indian International Movie Award for Best Stylish Icon of the year for Race Gurram and one South Indian International Movie Award for Best Actor Critics for Rudhramadevi and CineMAA Award for Best Actor Male Debut for Gangotri, Best Actor Male for Arya, Parugu, Race Gurram and Best Actor Male Jury for Arya, Desamuduru Arya 2, Parugu, Rudhramadevi. Forbes India placed Allu Arjun in the Top 50 of Forbes India 2015 Celeb 100 list. Allu Arjun was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu to producer Allu Aravind and Nirmala. His paternal grandfather was comedian Allu Rama Lingaiah while his paternal aunt is married to Chiranjeevi. On 6 March 2011 Arjun married Sneha Reddy in Hyderabad.[2] In 2016, Allu Arjun started a nightclub named 800 Jubilee in collaboration with M Kitchens and Buffalo Wild Wings. In 2014, he appeared in a cameo in Vamsi Paidipally's Yevadu.[21] The Hindu wrote "Allu Arjun shows what an actor can do even in a short role, in the few minutes he packs his experience, internalises the character and makes an impressive exit even as he loses his identity."[22] His next film was Surender Reddy's Race Gurram in which he played the role of a carefree guy.[23] The Deccan Chronicle wrote "Allu Arjun definitely steals the show with his energetic performance. He is good with his comedy timing and has also improved a lot as an actor. He actually carries the film on his shoulders. His dancing skills are utilised well too"[24] He won third time Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award.[25] Arjun produced and acted in a short film I Am That Change (2014) to spread awareness on individual social responsibility. The movie was directed by Sukumar which was screened in theatres across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on 15 August 2014. He acted in Trivikram Srinivas's S/O Satyamurthy which was released on 9 April 2015.[26] Later he acted in Guna Sekhar's Rudhramadevi which is the first Indian 3D historical film.[27][28] For Rudhramadevi, he won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu and became the only actor to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Telugu. Later, he acted in Sarainodu directed by Boyapati Srinu.[29] In 2016, he collaborated with producer Dil Raju for 3rd time for Duvvada Jagannadham. Allu Arjun is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. In 1985, at the age of two, he made his Telugu debut in the film Vijetha, directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Sixteen years later, Arjun made a cameo appearance as Gopi, a dancer, in the 2001 film Daddy directed by Suresh Krissna.[1] He had his first leading role in the 2003 film Gangotri, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao which was the latter's 100th film as a director.[2] In the film, Arjun played an adolescent named Simhadri living in Rayalaseema, who falls in love with a factionist's daughter. He received positive reviews citing his looks and performance, with Sify adding that he had a "long, long way" to go in terms of acting. He won Filmfare Awards South, CineMAA Awards and Nandi Awards for Best Male Debut in terms of his acting.[3] Arjun played the role of a college student in two films — Sukumar's directorial debut Arya, and V. V. Vinayak's Bunny. His role in the former was his breakthrough, earning a first Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award nomination a Special Jury award at the Nandi Awards ceremony, two CineMAA Awards for Best Actor and Best Actor Jury.[4] while the film was a critical and commercial success;[5] The latter film was also commercially successful.[6] In 2006, Arjun collaborated with A. Karunakaran on the film Happy, in which he played a villager completing his graduation in Hyderabad while working part-time as a pizza delivery boy.[7] The film was a commercial success.[8] Arjun later collaborated with Puri Jagannadh on the film Desamuduru, in which he played the role of a crime reporter working for MAA TV.[9] For the role, Arjun sported a long hairdo and worked out to develop sculpted abdominal muscles.[10] Desamuduru received positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success, establishing him as an action hero.[11] He received his second Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award nomination for the same, he won CineMAA Awards for Best Actor Jury.[12] In the same year he also made a cameo appearance in the film Shankar Dada Zindabad, directed by Prabhu Deva.

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