Allu Aravind

Early life

Allu Aravind is born on 10 January 1949 in Palakollu, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. His father, Allu Ramalingaiah is a noted Telugu comic actor who acted in over 1000 films. His sons, Allu Arjun and Allu Sirish are Telugu film actors. His sister Surekha is the wife of Telugu actor Chiranjeevi. Aravind is the maternal uncle (mamaya) of Ram Charan.

Career

Allu Aravind founded Geetha Arts, a film production and distribution company in 1972. The company was named after the Hindu philosophical text Bhagavad Geeta which inspired Allu Aravind. Geetha Arts marked its beginning through the 1974 Telugu film Bantrothu Bharya.

Aravind has produced many films over the years. Jalsa, a 2008 Telugu film starring Pawan Kalyan was the second-highest grosser in Telugu cinema at the time. Their next, Ghajini, a Bollywood film starring Aamir Khan grossed over $45 million at box office, making it the highest grossing Indian film. Magadheera, a big-budget sword-and-sandal epic grossed $25 million at the box office and was the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the time of its release.

Filmography

Producer

Telugu

Hindi

Tamil

Kannada

Actor

• Maa Voollo Mahasivudu (1979) as Sub-Inspector of Police
• Hero (1984)
• Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu (1984)
• Chantabbai (1986)

Distributor

• Ghajini (2005) (Dubbed version)

Awards and honours

;Nandi Awards

• Best Home Viewing Feature Film - Pelli Sandadi
• Best Popular Feature Film - Magadheera (2009)

;Filmfare Awards South

• Best Film - Telugu - Magadheera (2009)
• Lifetime Achievement Award (2022)

;Other Awards

• Champions of Change Award in 2019, for his exceptional work in social welfare in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• Santosham Dasari Smarakam Award (producer) at 15th Santosham Film Awards.

Other works

Allu Aravind is one of the minority stake holders of the football club Kerala Blasters FC that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian Football. He is a key person and co-owner of aha, a Telugu-streaming over-the-top service.

References

References

1. (2021-04-19). "Clans in Indian Cinema: The Allu-Konidela Family of Telugu Superstars and Film Producers".
2. (2022-10-09). "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022: Allu Aravind conferred with Lifetime Achievement award". The Times of India.
3. (2022-05-25). "Allu-Konidela, Akkineni-Daggubati and Nandamuri: Most influential families in Tollywood".
4. "Tollywood veteran producer, Allu Aravind becomes the Lifetime achievement award holder".
5. (16 September 2018). "Sachin Tendulkar's Kerala Blasters shares acquired by Chiranjeevi and Allu Aravind".
6. (2023-01-10). "Allu Aravind Turns 74: The Veteran Producer Who Gave us Chiranjeevi And Pawan Kalyan".
7. (2 February 2022). "Meet Allu Arjun's family of stars: From dad Allu Aravind, brother Allu Sirish, cousin Ram Charan to uncle Chiranjeevi".
8. "Allu Arjun visits Tirupathi with family". [[The Times of India]].
9. (19 April 2021). "Clans in Indian Cinema: The Allu-Konidela Family of Telugu Superstars and Film Producers". News18.
10. "Allu Sirish Revealed the Secret Behind Geetha Arts Name".
11. (2021-01-10). "Happy Birthday Allu Aravind: On filmmaker's 72nd birthday, some lesser-known facts about the mega-producer". The Times of India.
12. Hungama, Bollywood. "Ghajini Box Office Collection {{!}} India {{!}} Day Wise {{!}} Box Office - Bollywood Hungama".
13. "Industry Hit Magadheera Total Collections{{!}} AndhraBoxOffice.com".
14. Punathambekar, Aswin. (2013-07-24). "From Bombay to Bollywood: The Making of a Global Media Industry". NYU Press.
15. "Maavoollo Mahasivudu (1979)".
16. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)". [[Andhra Pradesh (magazine).
17. "Allu Aravind Received 'Champions of Change' Award From Former President of India {{!}} Champions of Change Awards". andhrawishesh.com.
18. (20 January 2020). "Pranab Mukherjee confers 'Champions of Change 2019' award to Allu Aravind". thehansindia.com.
19. (2020-02-08). "Ramu Rao Jupally and Allu Aravind Lunches Aha OTT digital Platform- మై హోం సంస్థ, అల్లు అరవింద్‌ల 'ఆహా'".
20. "Allu Arjun: Amazon Primeకు అల్లు వారి షాక్.. కొత్త ఓటీటీ సర్వీస్ అందుబాటులోకి! - allu aravind's ott service aha launched full details".