Allu Arjun Reveals He Was 'Sad' When He Received National Award For Pushpa: Took So Long...

winners of 69th National Film Awards were announced in Delhi at National Media Centre today (August 24). National Film Development Corporation of India (NDFC) honoured best films of Indian cinema that were released in 2021. Allu Arjun created history to become first Telugu actor to receive National Award for Best Actor in 2023. In an interaction, he shared how he really wanted to win prestigious award for so long.

Allu Arjun: I was more s than happy when I received that award

In a recent interaction on show Unstoppable With NBK, Allu Arjun revealed how did he feel when he won National Award for Pushpa. He said to NBK, “Once I was checking list of national award winners and I couldn’t find even a single Telugu name. I just saw Nagarjuna sir’s name, but he too h received it for some special role. re was no one as Best Actor. It stayed in my mind.”

He furr said, “I thought to myself, ‘re were so many great actors. How did y miss it? How did your generation miss it? What about previous generations? With so many stalwarts in acting in Tollywood, how did we not get award? I was more s than happy when I received that award. I was feeling it took so long for a Telugu star to receive this.” He said, it was at this moment when he decided this won’t be his last. “I will clinch it.”

Allu Arjun said, “I am sharing this for first time. I haven’t told this to anybody before. When Sukumar and I were planning Pushpa… as soon as he narrated me story, I requested him just one thing, ‘I don’t mind even if film is not a hit. But I must win National Award for this film and that will be possible only if you will make it happen.”

All about Allu Arjun’s upcoming film Pushpa 2

Before 2024 concludes, one of major release, ie, Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa 2. film serves as sequel to Pushpa: Rise, which left a huge impact at box office and in minds of audience.

upcoming Telugu action drama film is directed and written by Sukumar under his banner Sukumar Writings and produced by Naveen Yerneni and Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar under ir Mythri Movie Makers banner. film features Allu Arjun in titular role, alongside Rashmika Mandanna , Fahh Faasil, Dhananjaya, Jageesh Prathap Bandari, Rao Ramesh, Ajay, Sunil, Anasuya Bharwaj, Shanmukh and Ajay Ghosh. film is set to hit atres on December 5.