Allu Aravind

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{{short description|Indian film producer and distributor (born 1949)}}
{{family name hatnote|Allu|lang=Telugu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Allu Aravind
| image = Allu Aravind.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|01|10}}
| birth_place =[[Palakollu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| occupation = [[Film producer]]
| spouse = Allu Nirmala
| children = Allu Venkatesh [[Allu Arjun]] [[Allu Sirish]]
| parents = [[Allu Ramalingaiah]] Allu Kanakaratnam
| family = See [[Allu–Konidela family]]
| birthname = Allu Aravind
| yearsactive =
}}

'''Allu Aravind''' (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian [[film producer]] and distributor in [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Tollywood]]. He produces films under his production banner [[Geetha Arts]]. He is one of co-owners of the [[Indian Super League]] club ''[[Kerala Blasters FC]]''.

Aravind is the son of [[Telugu people|Telugu]] actor [[Allu Rama Lingaiah]]. He has three sons named Allu Venkatesh, [[Allu Arjun]], and [[Allu Sirish]]. Arjun and Sirish are actors in [[Telugu cinema|Tollywood]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-visits-Tirupathi-with-family/articleshow/45629793.cms|title=Allu Arjun visits Tirupathi with family |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcentro.com/profile/allu-sirish-biography|title=Allu Sirish Biography, Profile, Date of Birth, Star Sign, Height, Siblings – Movies – Tollywood, Bollywood, Hollywood, News, Profiles|website=Filmcentro.com|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917123713/https://www.filmcentro.com/profile/allu-sirish-biography|archive-date=17 September 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is the maternal uncle of actor [[Ram Charan]]. Some of his notable works as a producer are ''[[Vijetha]]'' (1985), ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]'' (1997), ''[[Ninaithen Vandhai]]'' (Tamil) (1998), ''[[Mangalyam Tantunanena]]'' (Kannada) (1998), ''[[Annayya (2000 film)|Annayya]]'' (2000 film), ''[[Pellam Oorelithe]]'' (2003), ''[[Gangotri (film)|Gangotri]]'' (2003), ''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]'' (2003), ''[[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]]'' (2005), ''[[Jalsa]]'' (2008), ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'' (2008),''[[Magadheera]]'' (2009), ''[[Darling (2015 Tamil film)|Darling]]'' (2015) (Tamil), ''[[Sarrainodu]]'' and ''[[Dhruva (2016 film)|Dhruva]]'' (both in 2016).Apart from film production [[Geetha Arts]] has been into film distribution network as well.

==Filmography==
;As actor
* ''[[Hero (1984 film)|Hero]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Chantabbai]]'' (1986)

;As Producer

He has made many films in the last few years. ''[[Jalsa]]'', a Telugu film starring Pawan Kalyan grossed $10 million at the box office.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Itof 2008 and the second highest grosser amongst Telugu films. Their next – ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'', a Bollywood movie starring Aamir Khan grossed over $45 million at box office, making it the highest grossing Indian film.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} The ''[[Magadheera]]'', a big-budget swords and sandal epic that grossed $25 million at the box office. The movie was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Industry Hit Magadheera Total Collections{{!}} AndhraBoxOffice.com|url=http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=72&cid=6&fid=197|access-date=2021-05-14|website=andhraboxoffice.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tollywood Box Office Collection 2021 Gross & Share|url=https://teluguaha.com/tollywood-box-office-collection/|access-date=2021-05-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Telugu cinema===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes

|-
|| 1974 || ''[[Bantrotu Bharya]]'' || [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] ||
|-
|| 1975 || ''Devude Digivaste'' || Dasari Narayana Rao ||
|-
|| 1979 || ''Maavullo Mahasivudu'' ||Raja Chandra ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1982 || ''[[Subhalekha]]'' || [[Kaashinathuni Vishwanath|K. Vishwanath]] || co-produced with V. V Sasthry under "Prashanthi Creations"
|-
| ''[[Yamakinkarudu]]'' || Raj Bharat ||
|-
|| 1984 || ''[[Hero (1984 film)|Hero]]'' || [[Vijaya Bapineedu]] ||
|-
|| 1985 || ''[[Vijetha]]'' || [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1987 || ''[[Aradhana (1987 film)|Aradhana]]'' || [[Bharathiraja]] ||
|-
| ''[[Pasivadi Pranam]]'' || [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] ||
|-
|| 1989 || ''[[Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu]]'' || [[A. Kodandarami Reddy]] ||
|-
|| 1991 || ''[[Rowdy Alludu]]'' || [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao|K. Raghavendra Rao]] || co-produced with K. Venkateswara Rao and Panja Prasad under "Sri Sai Ram Arts"
|-
|| 1993 || ''[[Mechanic Alludu]]'' || [[B. Gopal]] ||
|-
|| 1994 || ''[[S. P. Parasuram]]'' || Ravi Raja Pinishetty || co-produced with G. K Reddy and Mukesh Udeshi under "Sai Charan Combines"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996 || ''[[Pelli Sandadi]]'' || [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwini Dutt]] & [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] under "Shri Raghavendra Movie Corporation"
|-
| ''[[Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi]]'' || [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]] ||
|-
|| 1997 || ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]'' || [[Suresh Krissna]] ||
|-
|| 1998 || ''[[Paradesi (1998 film)|Paradesi]]'' || [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwini Dutt]] & [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] under "Shri Raghavendra Movie Corporation"
|-
|| 2000 || ''[[Annayya (2000 film)|Annayya]]'' || [[Mutyala Subbaiah]] || co-produced with K. Venkateswara Rao under "Sri Sai Ram Arts"
|-
|| 2001 || ''[[Daddy (2001 film)|Daddy]]'' || [[Suresh Krissna]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003 || ''[[Pellam Oorelithe]]'' || [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwini Dutt]] under "Siri Media Arts"
|-
| ''[[Gangotri (film)|Gangotri]]'' || [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwini Dutt]] & [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] under "United Producers" Marking as KRR's 100th Film
|-
| ''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]'' || [[Pawan Kalyan]] ||
|-
|| 2004 || ''[[Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari]]'' || K. Vasu || co-produced with [[C. Ashwani Dutt]] under "Siri Media Arts"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]]'' || V. V Vinayak || co-produced with M. Satya Narayana under "Siri Venkateswara Productions Pvt. Limited"
|-
| ''[[Andarivaadu]]'' || [[Srinu Vaitla]] ||
|-
|| 2006 || ''[[Happy (2006 film)|Happy]]'' || [[A. Karunakaran]] ||
|-
|| 2008 || ''[[Jalsa]]'' || [[Trivikram Srinivas]] || [[Santosham Best Film Award]]
|-
|| 2009 || ''[[Magadheera]]'' || [[S.S. Rajamouli]] || [[National Film Award for Best Special Effects]] [[Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu]] [[CineMAA Awards#Best Film|CineMAA Award for Best Film]] Santosham Best Film Award
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''[[100% Love (2011 film)|100% Love]]'' || [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Badrinath (film)|Badrinaath]]'' || [[V. V. Vinayak]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2014 || ''[[Kotha Janta]]'' || [[Maruthi Dasari]] ||
|-
|''[[Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham]]''
|A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary
|
|-
|| 2015 ||''[[Bale Bale Magadivoy]]''
|[[Maruthi Dasari]]||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016 || ''[[Sarrainodu]]'' || [[Boyapati Srinu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Srirastu Subhamastu]]'' || [[Parasuram (director)|Parasuram]] ||
|-
| ''[[Dhruva (2016 film)|Dhruva]]'' || [[Surender Reddy]] ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018 || ''[[Geetha Govindam|Geetha Govindham]]'' || [[Parasuram (director)|Parasuram]] ||
|-
| ''[[Taxiwaala]]'' || Rahul Sankrityan ||
|-
|| 2019 || ''[[Prati Roju Pandage]]'' || [[Maruthi Dasari]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2020 || ''[[Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo]]'' || [[Trivikram Srinivas]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2021 || ''[[Chaavu Kaburu Challaga]]'' || Kaushik Pegellapati ||
|-
| ''[[Most Eligible Bachelor (film)|Most Eligible Bachelor]]'' || [[Bhaskar (director)|Bhaskar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ghani (2021 film)|Ghani]] || Kiran Korrapati || co-produced with Allu Bobby under "Allu Bobby Company"
|-
| ''18 Pages'' || [[Palnati Surya Pratap]] ||
|-
|}

===Hindi cinema===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
|-
|| 1990 || ''[[Pratibandh]]'' || Ravi Raja Pinisetty ||
|-
|| 1994 || ''[[The Gentleman (1994 film)|The Gentleman]]'' || [[Mahesh Bhatt]] ||
|-
|| 1997 || ''[[Mere Sapno Ki Rani (film)|Mere Sapno Ki Rani]]'' || [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao|K. Raghavendra Rao]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwani Dutt]] and [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] under "Shri Raghavendra Movie Corporation"
|-
|| 1999 || ''[[Kaun?]]'' || [[Ram Gopal Varma]] || co-produced with Mukesh Udeshi under "Kshitij Production Combines"
|-
|| 2000 || ''[[Kunwara]]'' || [[David Dhawan]] ||
|-
|| 2002 || ''[[Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai]]'' || K. Murali Mohan Rao ||
|-
|| 2003 || ''[[Calcutta Mail]]'' || [[Sudhir Mishra]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwani Dutt]] and Mukesh Udeshi under "Siri Media Arts"
|-
|| 2008 || ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'' || [[A.R. Murugadoss]] || [[Stardust Hottest New Film Award]]
|-
|| 2021 || ''[[Jersey (Hindi film)|Jersey]]'' || Goutham Tinnanuri||
|}

===Kannada cinema===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
|-
|| 1998 || ''[[Mangalyam Tantunanena]]'' || V. S. Reddy ||
|-
|| 2016 || ''[[Sundaranga Jaana]]'' ||[[Ramesh Aravind]] ||
|-
|}

===Tamil cinema===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
|-
|| 1989 || ''[[Mappillai (1989 film)|Mappillai]]'' || [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]] ||
|-
|| 1998 || ''[[Ninaithen Vandhai]]'' || [[K. Selva Bharathy]] || co-produced with [[C. Ashwani Dutt]] and [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] under "Shri Raghavendra Movie Corporation"
|-
|| 2015 || ''[[Darling (2015 Tamil film)|Darling]]'' || Sam Anton ||
|-
|}

== Awards and honors ==
*[[Champions of Change (award)|Champions of Change Award]] in 2019, for his exceptional work in social welfare in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The award was conferred by Shri [[Pranab Mukherjee]] at [[Vigyan Bhavan|Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi]] on 20 January 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Allu Aravind Received 'Champions of Change' Award From Former President of India {{!}} Champions of Change Awards |url=https://andhrawishesh.com/378-telugu-headlines-top-stories/65167-allu-aravind-received-champions-of-change-award-from-former-president-of-india.html |work=andhrawishesh.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pranab Mukherjee confers 'Champions of Change 2019' award to Allu Aravind |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/pranab-mukherjee-confers-champions-of-change-2019-award-to-allu-aravind-598524 |work=thehansindia.com |date=20 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*Santosham Dasarii Smarakam Award (Producer) at [[15th Santosham Film Awards]].

== Other works ==
Allu Aravind is one of the minority stake holders of the football club ''[[Kerala Blasters FC]]'' that competes in the [[Indian Super League]], the top tier of [[Football in India|Indian Football]]. He is a key person and co-owner of [[Aha (streaming service)|aha]], a Telugu-streaming over-the-top service.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
7. [https://www.myfilmtime.com/ala-vaikuntapuram-lo-full-movie-download/" Allu Arjun Upcoming Telugu Movies 2021]

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0033242|name=Allu Aravind}}
* [http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/allu-aravind-loses-pr-posts-752 Deccanchronicle.com]

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[[Category:Santosham Film Awards winners]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]

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