Did you know Vijay Deverakonda auctioned his award for Arjun Reddy for a cause?

Vijay Deverakonda’s popular film Arjun Reddy recently completed three years of its release on August 26, 2020. film featured him opposite Shalini Pandey, with Rahul Ramakrishna, Jia Sharma, Sanjay Swaroop, Gopinath Bhat, Kamal Kamaraju and Kanchana in supporting roles.

film was also remade in Hindi as Kabir Singh which had Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in lead role. Vijay Deverakonda won several awards for this film. But do you kw that he auctioned one of his award for a particular cause? Keep reading to kw more: 

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When Vijay Deverakonda auctioned his award for 'Arjun Reddy'

It was in year 2018 when Vijay won an award at 2018 (South) edition at cinema award function. Vijay bagged Best Actor award for his performance for film Arjun Reddy. On this occasion, actor shared a picture of him with award on Twitter.

However, in a series of tweets shared, actor anunced that he would auction award and use money for state. In his tweet, he even tagged Telangana minister KT Rama Rao and expressed his wish to auction award. After his tweet, minister also replied to him and appreciated his good intention. 

After a few days, Deverakonda posted two photos on Twitter and mentioned, “ 1st Rowdy Club Sundowner Party. Filmfare given away.25 lakhs raised for CMRF Divi labs you are w a part of my journey. This blacklady is special to all of us. I shall show my appreciation by visiting you all :) Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao - KTR Anna we’ve seen this through successfully and in style - 25lakhs I can’t wait to see you and hand it over.” (sic).

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Vijay Deverakonda’s movies

Telugu actor Vijay Deverakonda made his debut as a lead actor in 2016 released film Pelli Choopulu. coming-of- film was applauded by fans and critics and even garnered commercial success at box-office. However, his breakthrough came very next year when he played role of Arjun Reddy. Arjun Reddy’s bold romantic me and Vijay Deverakonda’s stellar performance was appreciated by his fans.

On work front

Meanwhile, on professional front, Vijay Deverakonda will soon be seen in filmmaker Puri Jagannadh’s upcoming action film named Fighter. Reportedly, actor has undergone strenuous martial arts training for his role as a fighter in forthcoming Telugu movie. film will be released in both Telugu and Hindi langus. 

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