Varun Tej

Konidela Varun Tej (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He made his debut as a lead in the film '' Mukunda'' (2014). He later starred in the critically acclaimed war film ''Kanche'' (2015), directed by Krish. He then went on to appear in commercially successful films such as ''Fidaa'' (2017), '' Tholi Prema'' (2018), '' F2: Fun and Frustration'' (2019) and ''Gaddalakonda Ganesh'' (2019) and '' F3: Fun and Frustration'' (2022).

Early life

Varun Tej is the son of Telugu actor and producer Nagendra Babu. He is a nephew of actors Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan. His younger sister Niharika is also an actress. Actors Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, Allu Sirish, Sai Tej and Panja Vaisshnav Tej are his cousins. He was educated at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, and at St. Mary's College, Hyderabad.

Career

Tej debuted as a child artist in his father Nagendra Babu's film '' Hands Up!'' when he was just ten years old. He made his adult debut with '' Mukunda'', starring opposite fellow newcomer Pooja Hegde. The film earned mixed reviews. His second venture was the 2015 war film ''Kanche'', starring opposite Pragya Jaiswal and received positive reviews from critics. Tej's performance as Dhupati Haribabu was praised with ''The Times of India'' praising his "capability to shift gears from intense to sobriety". His second release that year '' Loafer'', was a box office failure, along with his 2017 outing '' Mister.''

The later half of 2017 saw the release of ''Fidaa'', where he played an NRI falling in love with a village belle. The film was commercially successful grossing over 90 crore at the box office. His 2018 release '' Tholi Prema'' was also a box office success and Tej's performance as an impulsive young man was widely appreciated. His next film that year was space thriller ''Antariksham 9000 KMPH'', directed by Sankalp Reddy.

In 2019, Tej's first release was '' F2: Fun and Frustration'' which is a multistarrer with Venkatesh, Tamannaah and Mehreen Pirzada are also a part of this movie which is huge blockbuster. After ''F2'', he dubbed in Telugu for Aladdin's role in the film ''Aladdin.'' He later starred in ''Gaddalakonda Ganesh,'' a remake of Tamil film '' Jigarthanda'', directed by Harish Shankar which was successful at the box office.

As of January 2020, Tej has two films under production, '' Ghani'', and F2's sequel '' F3.'' Tej is playing the role of a boxer, in '' Ghani'' directed by Kiran Korrapati.

Filmography

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Living people
Indian male film actors
Male actors from Hyderabad, India
Male actors in Telugu cinema
21st-century Indian male actors
1990 births
Indian male voice actors