Allu Arjun is the son of producer Allu Aravind and grandson of legendary Telugu comedian Padmasri awardee late Allu Ramalingaiah
Allu Arjun entered into Tollywood as hero with the film ‘Gangotri’ under the direction of K. Raghavendra Rao, which was released in year 2003. But Allu Arjun got the name and fame with the film Arya, which was a huge hit film and released in 2004. Later he acted in many films like Bunny, Happy, Desamuduru, Parugu, Arya2, Varudu and Vedam.
Now his current project "Badrinath" is gearing up for its release in next month. It is being directed by VV Vinayak and produced by Allu Aravind on Geetha Arts Banner.
Apart from Tollywood, many of his films were dubbed into Malayalam and there also he got the good name. He is popular in Mollywood as Mallu Arjun.