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Arjun Sarja (Srinivasa Sarja) was born on 15 August, 1964 in Madhugiri, Tumkur District, Karnataka, India, is an Indian actor, producer, director. Discover Arjun Sarja's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As Srinivasa Sarja
Occupation Actor · director · producer · screenwriter · distributor
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 15 August 1964
Birthday 15 August
Birthplace Madhugiri, Tumkur District, Karnataka, India
Nationality India

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Arjun Sarja Height, Weight & Measurements

At 59 years old, Arjun Sarja height is 165 cm .

Physical Status
Height 165 cm
Weight Not Available
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Who Is Arjun Sarja's Wife?

His wife is Niveditha (m. 1988)

Family
Parents Shakti Prasad (father)
Wife Niveditha (m. 1988)
Sibling Not Available
Children 2

Arjun Sarja Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Arjun Sarja worth at the age of 59 years old? Arjun Sarja’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film actor. He is from India. We have estimated Arjun Sarja's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
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Source of Income Film actor

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Srinivasa Sarja, better known by his stage name Arjun Sarja or simply Arjun, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema in addition to Telugu and Kannada films and a few Malayalam and Hindi films.

Referred to by the media and his fans as "Action King" for his roles in action films, Arjun has acted in more than 160 films, most of them being lead roles.

He is one of few South Indian actors to attract fan following from multiple states of India.

He has directed 12 films and also produced and distributed a number of films.

1973

Sarja, inspired by Bruce Lee's 1973 film Enter the Dragon, began training Karate at the age of 16 and now holds a black belt.

1980

His career as an actor began to take off in the mid-1980s and he sometimes worked for up to seven shifts in a day to keep up with the films he had committed to do.

1981

The film Simhada Mari Sainya (1981) featured him as a junior artiste and the director of the film gave him the stage name of Arjun, replacing his original name Ashok Babu.

1984

While he began to establish himself Kannada films, he received an offer from actor-producer A. V. M. Rajan and director Rama Narayanan to do a Tamil film Nandri (1984).

1985

Simultaneously he was offered a Telugu film, Kodi Ramakrishna's Maa Pallelo Gopaludu (1985) in Telugu too which went on to be a big success, running for a year in three centers.

1986

In Telugu, he established himself as a bankable actor with roles in films such as Naga Devatha (1986) and Manavadostunnadu (1987).

1987

In Tamil, his successful films during the period included Shankar Guru (1987), Thaimel Aanai (1988), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (1989) and Sonthakkaran (1989).

1988

He is married to Niveditha Arjun in 1988, a former actress who has appeared in the 1986 Kannada film Ratha Sapthami under the stage name of Asha Rani.

Kannada actor Rajesh is his father-in-law.

Sarja has two daughters, Aishwarya and Anjana.

1990

By 1990, his films lost box office value and he was out of work in Tamil and Telugu films for almost a year.

1992

In 1992, he subsequently chose to direct his feature film Sevagan.

1993

In 1993, he starred in S. Shankar's blockbuster Gentleman which opened to positive reviews, while Arjun went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.

Soon after, Shankar cast him in the lead role in his first film, Gentleman (1993), after much persuasion.

Arjun had initially rejected the film without listening to Shankar's narration but the director's persistence prompted him to feature in the film as a vigilante against corruption.

The film opened to positive reviews and went on to become a trendsetter in the Tamil film industry, as well as achieving significant box office success, while Arjun went on to win the State Award for Best Actor.

1994

During this time, he starred in hits such as Jai Hind (1994), Karnaa (1995), and the action thriller film Kurudhipunal (1995), for which Arjun won acclaim for his role while the film became India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

1999

In 1999, he starred in the political action-thriller, Mudhalvan, which earned him for his role as well as numerous other nominations.

He was then featured in Vasanth's romantic drama film Rhythm, where he played a photographer, who eventually falls in love with a widow.

Featuring a popular soundtrack and opening to positive reviews, Rhythm also became a commercial success.

2001

Arjun made appearances in the Kannada film Sri Manjunatha (2001) and the Telugu film Hanuman Junction (2001).

He won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for his work in the film.

2013

Aishwarya Arjun made her acting debut in 2013.

Arjun's father Shakti Prasad, a renowned actor of Kannada films, did not want his son to become an actor and turned down film offers that Arjun began to receive as a teenager.

In a surprise move, film producer Rajendra Singh Babu managed to convince Arjun to begin shooting for a feature film for his production house without Shakti Prasad's express permission and consequently, his father agreed to Arjun's career choice.

2014

The multilingual film Abhimanyu (2014) won the Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film.

Sarja was born to Kannada actor Shakti Prasad, and his mother was Lakshmi, an art teacher.

He had one elder brother Kishore Sarja, who directed Kannada films.

Arjun had always thought and dreamt of becoming a police officer but his fate took him into an entirely different direction.

Arjun is an ardent devotee of Hanuman.

He is building the Hanuman temple at the outskirts of Chennai.

A 35-foot statue of the Lord Anjaneya was sculpted exclusively for the temple and the statue of the Hanuman is in a sitting posture and weighs around 140 tonnes.

The sitting posture of the Hanuman statue is first of its kind in India.

The single-stone statue is in 35 feet high and 12 feet wide and 7 feet thick.

His nephews Chiranjeevi Sarja and Dhruva Sarja have acted in Kannada movies.

Another nephew of Arjun, Bharat Sarja, made his acting debut in 2014.