20 year anniversary of Arya was celebrated in Hyderabad

I went from 0 to -100: Allu

Arya is my Idiot: Allu

Allu Arjun is among the top stars in the Tollywood film industry. Despite his family being influential in the Telugu film industry, Allu Arjun recollected facing difficulties in the earlier parts of his career. “Naa Gangotri cinema hit aindi. Nen ekkado chudadaniki pedda goppa ga lenu anesi naku pedda great films raledu (Gangotri was a hit but I didn’t look great, so good films didn’t come my way). The film was a blockbuster but it’s my failure as an artiste that I couldn’t make a mark. I went from 0 to -100, I was a nobody,” he said during an event in Hyderabad that celebrated the 20 year anniversary of the film Arya that established Allu Arjun’s presence in the industry. 

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Allu Arjun thanked Sukumar for his constructive role in his career. Sukumar is a director who helmed important films in Allu Arjun’s career such as Pushpa: The Rise. “That’s where Sukumar approached me for Arya, he was a debut director but I liked what he had written. Chiranjeevi also heard the script, I also received a shield from him when the film completed 125 days in theatres against all odds. When I watched Ravi Teja’s Idiot, I wanted to star in a cool film like that. Arya is my Idiot. I knew I could dance well and I just wanted the opportunity to prove it. I got that with the song, Thakadhimithom. If there’s one person in my life who has changed it forever and had the maximum impact, from Arya to Pushpa, it’s Sukumar. Irrespective of me delivering hits or flops, he is the one who helped me get on track to becoming an actor,” Allu Arjun.