Man of the moment: Allu Arjun becomes 1st Telugu actor to bag National Award, fans get emotional
Allu Arjun has created history.
The superstar became the first Telugu artist to bag a National Award in the category of ‘Best Actor’ for the 2021 action drama ‘Pushpa: The Rise’.
A video of the actor getting emotional as he is congratulated by the ‘Pushpa’ team has gone viral on Twitter.
Mythri Movie Makers, the producer of ‘Pushpa’ shared the video on Twitter and wrote, “Maverick director @aryasukku and our producers #NaveenYerneni garu and #RaviShankar garu shower their happiness and love on Icon Star @alluarjun for becoming THE FIRST ACTOR FROM TFI to win the BEST ACTOR at the National Awards.”
In the video, the ‘Sarrainodu’ is seen being hugged by the director Sukumar, as the rest of the cast and crew cheers on.
The video went viral on the microblogging website, gaining 690K views and 21K likes.
One Twitter user wrote, “In 69 ears first actor from TFI to win national award ante Greatest achievement for BhAAi.”
Another fan wrote, “ First Actor from TFI to get the National Award in the Best Actor category… This is just the beginning… Your have seen AA's Rise… You will witness AA's Rule very soon!”
Superstar Chiranjeevi Konidela gave a shout out to the ‘Desamuduru’ actor. “
Heartiest Congratulations to All The Award Winners of 69 th National Film Awards 2021!!! Also Proud Moment for Telugu Cinema.
Heartiest Congratulations to especially my dearest Bunny. @AlluArjun for the coveted National Best Actor Award!!! Absolutely Proud of you,” he wrote.
Telugu actor-politician Nagababu Konidela also congratulated the star.
“Congratulations to my Bunny boy @alluarjun for winning the Best Actor award for «Pushpa» at the 69th National Awards. You are the first actor from Telugu cinema to achieve this proud distinction,” he tweeted.
