Vijay Deverakonda

The film became commercially successful and won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu and the Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 64th National Film Awards.

Deverakonda Vijay Sai (born 9 May 1989), professionally known as Vijay Deverakonda, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu films.

Vijay completed his schooling in Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Puttaparthi, till his 10th standard.

He then studied Intermediate at the Little Flower Junior College, Hyderabad.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, which he received from Badruka College of Commerce & Arts.

His younger brother, Anand Devarakonda, is also an actor in Telugu cinema.

Deverakonda made his debut with Nuvvila (2011) and received praise for his role in the coming-of-age drama Yevade Subramanyam (2015).

Deverakonda made his debut with Ravi Babu-directed romantic comedy Nuvvila (2011).

He later appeared in Sekhar Kammula's Life is Beautiful (2012) in a minor role.

Following Arjun Reddy he starred in Ye Mantram Vesave, which was supposed to release in 2013 but released on 2018.

He then starred in Mahanati, a biographical film revolving around the life of actress Savitri.

He was introduced to Nag Ashwin, who later cast him in a supporting role for the 2015 coming-of-age drama Yevade Subramanyam alongside actor Nani.

The film was produced by the daughters of Ashwini Dutt, a producer in the Telugu film industry; Priyanka Dutt backed him and once shooting started, Swapna Dutt signed him onto her company.

Deverakonda's first lead role was in Pelli Choopulu, a coming-of-age romance film directed by Tharun Bhascker.

He rose to prominence as a leading film actor by starring in the blockbusters Pelli Choopulu (2016) and Arjun Reddy (2017), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for his performance as a volatile surgeon in the latter.

He starred in the masala film Dwaraka in 2017.

He next starred in the romantic drama Arjun Reddy which received both praise and criticism for being bold and radical.

However, his portrayal of a self-destructive, short-tempered, and alcoholic surgeon received widespread critical acclaim, and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.

One of the highest-paid actors of Telugu cinema, he has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2018 and has received several accolades, including a Filmfare Award, a Nandi Award, and a SIIMA Award.

He further established himself with commercially successful films such as Mahanati (2018), Geetha Govindam (2018), and Taxiwaala (2018).

Deverakonda's next release in 2018 was Geetha Arts' romantic comedy Geetha Govindam, in which he starred as an innocent and nervous college professor.

The film received mixed-to-positive reviews upon release, and proved to be a major commercial success at the box office.

Deverakonda his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for his performance in the film.

His next film was the Tamil political thriller NOTA, directed by Anand Shankar, which performed poorly at the box office.

His next project was UV Creations' supernatural comedy thriller Taxiwaala.

In 2019, Deverakonda launched his own production house King of the Hill Entertainment, which produced Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019) and Pushpaka Vimanam (2021).

In 2019, Film Companion ranked Deverakonda's performance in Arjun Reddy in "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade".

In 2019, Deverakonda was seen in Bharat Kamma's Dear Comrade, a romantic action drama, alongside Rashmika Mandanna.

He later signed Hero, directed by Anand Annamalai co-starring Malavika Mohanan.

But the film was reportedly shelved after beginning production.

Beyond his film career, Deverakonda has designed his own fashion brand Rowdy Wear, which launched on Myntra in 2020, and is the co-owner of the volleyball team Hyderabad Black Hawks.

Deverakonda is also a celebrity endorser for numerous products and supports various humanitarian causes.

Deverakonda Vijay Sai was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana) to Govardhan Rao and Madhavi.

His family hails from Thummanpeta village of erstwhile Mahbubnagar district (now Nagarkurnool).

His father was a television serial director who quit doing them due to lack of success.

In 2020, he acted in Kranthi Madhav's romantic drama World Famous Lover opposite Raashi Khanna, Catherine Tresa, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Izabelle Leite which opened to negative reviews.

In 2022, he acted in the Hindi–Telugu bilingual film Liger which was directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Karan Johar which also opened to highly negative reviews.

He then starred in Kushi which was directed by Shiva Nirvana and it opened to mixed reviews.

The film was a box-office bomb.

Deverakonda is set to star in the upcoming film titled Family Star.