Allu Aravind

Allu Aravind
Born	Allu Aravind (1949-01-10) 10 January 1949 (age 72) Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film producer
Spouse(s)	Allu Nirmala
Children	Allu Venkatesh Allu Arjun Allu Sirish
Parent(s)	Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Kanakaratnam
Family	See Allu–Konidela family

Allu Aravind (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian film producer and distributor in Tollywood. He produces films under his production banner Geetha Arts. He is one of co-owners of the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC.

Aravind is the son of Telugu actor Allu Rama Lingaiah. He has three sons named Allu Venkatesh, Allu Arjun, and Allu Sirish. Arjun and Sirish are actors in Tollywood.^[1][2] He is the maternal uncle of actor Ram Charan. Some of his notable works as a producer are Vijetha (1985), Master (1997), Ninaithen Vandhai (Tamil) (1998), Mangalyam Tantunanena (Kannada) (1998), Annayya (2000 film), Pellam Oorelithe (2003), Gangotri (2003), Johnny (2003), Bunny (2005), Jalsa (2008), Ghajini (2008),Magadheera (2009), Darling (2015) (Tamil), Sarrainodu and Dhruva (both in 2016). Apart from film production Geetha Arts has been into film distribution network as well. GA2 Pictures is indie production arm of Geetha Arts which they produce small and medium budgeted movies.He won two Nandi Awards & one Filmfare Award.

Filmography[]

As actor

• Hero (1984)
• Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu (1984)
• Chantabbai (1986)

As Producer

He has made many films in the last few years. Jalsa, a Telugu film starring Pawan Kalyan grossed $10 million at the box office.^{[citation needed]} Itof 2008 and the second highest grosser amongst Telugu films. Their next – Ghajini, a Bollywood movie starring Aamir Khan grossed over $45 million at box office, making it the highest grossing Indian film.^{[citation needed]} The Magadheera, a big-budget swords and sandal epic that grossed $25 million at the box office. The movie was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2009.^[3][4]

Telugu cinema[]

Hindi cinema[]

Kannada cinema[]

Tamil cinema[]

Awards and honors[]

Nandi Awards

• Best Home Viewing Feature Film - Pelli Sandadi^[5]
• Best Popular Feature Film - Magadheera (2009)

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu - Magadheera (2009)

Other Awards

• Champions of Change Award in 2019, for his exceptional work in social welfare in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The award was conferred by Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi on 20 January 2020.^[6][7]
• Santosham Dasarii 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.

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