Allu Arjun expresses gratitude for Arya

National Award-winning actor Allu Arjun marked the 20th anniversary of his blockbuster movie Arya on Tuesday. The 2004 film was a major milestone in Arjun’s career after he made his debut in Telugu cinema with 2003’s Gangotri.
“Twenty years of Arya. It’s not just a movie… It’s a moment in time that changed the course of my life. Gratitude forever,” the 42-year-old star wrote in a post on social media platform X.
Arya, in which Arjun played the role of the titular protagonist, a free-spirited guy who falls in love with a girl named Geetha, marked the directorial debut of popular filmmaker Sukumar.
The actor and the filmmaker later collaborated on Arya 2,  the 2009 follow-up that also featured Kajal Aggarwal and Navdeep.
After the Arya films, Arjun and Sukumar reunited for the 2021 blockbuster movie Pushpa 1: The Rise,  which went on to become one of the biggest money-spinners of the year, earning over Rs 350 crore. The film depicted the rise of a low-wage labourer (played by Arjun) in the smuggling syndicate of red sandalwood, a rare wood that grows only in the Seshachalam Hills of Andhra Pradesh state.
The duo is currently awaiting Pushpa 2: The Rule,  which is currently slated for release on August 15.