Bhubaneswar: Deep set eyes, curved eyebrows, rectangular face with well set nose, nimble footed and dynamic 5feet 9 inch tall Pushparaj has a charismatic screen presence. Pushparaj aka Allu Arjun looks charming, daring and diabolic in his myriad expressions. The stylist star of tollywood has traversed the tinsel town journey from Vijetha to Pushpa – the ‘wwwiiilldd Fire’.
This ‘international khiladi’ had animator as his first love. In an interview to Filmfare in 2020, when asked if he always wanted to become an actor, Allu Arjun revealed, “Initially, I wanted to be an animator. But soon my interest fizzled out.. When you’re born in a film family, you’re influenced by the environment. Wherever you go, you’re bound to return to films. This place has some kind of gravity.”
Though the family environmental gravitational pull tucked him to live under the glare of archlights, Allu Arjun outshone the arclights, only to radiate as a bright shiny star. He is now the highest paid film star in India. Allu Arjun’s star fee in Pushpa 2The Rule is a whopping Rs 300 crore.
The remuneration of Bunny for the Pushpa 2 project has been, if reports are to be believed, via profit sharing and securing rights totaling to an eye-popping Rs. 300 crores, unheard amount in the annals of Indian cinema.
ALLU ARJUN STAR PEAK
The star power of Allu Arjun seems to have hit the pinnacle with the trailer launch of Pushpa 2The Rule. The trailer has garnered 1.06million likes in measly 24 hours. And this is an all-time record in Indian Cinema. As per the records, this movie became the most Hindi dubbed trailer of Telugu movies
- PUSHPA 2THE RULE – 1.06mn likes
- Salaar: Ceasefire – 847K
- RRR – 804k
- Radhe Shyam – 728K
- Liger – 598K
- Hanuman – 531k
‘INTERNATIONAL KHILADI’ ALLU ARJUN CRAZE
Reports show the action thriller Pushpa 2 – The Rule crazy has crossed the national borders. Allu Arjun's action drama has topped $1 million in pre-sales at the North American box office with 16 days still left for the premiere which is scheduled on December 4.
As per the release of Prathyangira Cinemas, which is releasing the movie in North America, it will be the fastest Indian movie to hit $1 million in pre-sales for the premiere. The movie has sold over 35K tickets from over 3200 shows across around 850 locations so far.
The hunches of the trade pundits sniff from the initial trend have been that Pushpa 2 may score the biggest premiere for an Indian movie in North America.
- A day after trailer release the booking for the movie opened in Canada, and if reports are to be believed, within 24 hrs, 25k tickets sold
PUSHPA 2 THE RULE RECORD
As per reports, Pushpa 2The Rule becomes the most viewed Indian trailer across all languages in 24 hours. The data released shows the following.
- PUSHPA 2THE RULE – 120M
- SALAAR – 116M
- KGF CHAPTER 2 – 109M
ALLU ARJUN FILMOGRAPHY
Allu Arjun nicknamed Bunny was born on April 1980 in a family with deep film lineage. His father, Allu Aravind, is a famous producer. Uncle, Chiranjeevi, is one of the top actors and the mega star in the Telugu industry. Also, he is the grandson of late comedian Padmashree Allu Ramalingaiah.
Bunny is acclaimed as the stylish star for his unique way of acting and dancing. He is also known for changing his hair and body for each movie that he does. The star has a charming personality, too. This illustrious actor believes in the philosophy of giving back to his community. Every year on his birthday, April 8th, he donates blood and attends functions for physically and mentally challenged kids.
Gangotri (2003): Gangotri is Allu Arjun’s debut movie in the lead role. He acted as a child artist in the movie (Vijetha). Cinephiles loved his acting in the very first movie. He won several awards – Gemini TV award, Nandi best debut hero award, CineMAA awards, etc. Hindi dubbed version available on YouTube.
He had 20 films to his credit. And two are upcoming – Pushpa 2 The rule will be hitting the screens on Dec 5, ICON, which is still on the floor and likely to be released in 2025. His Hit parade is below.
- Arya(2004)
- Bunny(2005.
- Happy(2006)
- Desamuduru(2007)
- Parugu(2008)
- Arya 2(2009)
- Badrinath(2011)
- Iddarammayilatho(2013)
- Race Gurram(2014)
- S/O Satyamurthy(2015)
- DJ Duvvada Jagannatham(2017)
- Ala Vaikunthapurramloo(2020)
- Pushpa: The Rise(2021)
