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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).

Varun Tej
Tej in 2018
Born	(1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 32)[1]
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mega Prince
Alma mater	St. Mary's College, Hyderabad
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Parent	Nagendra Babu (father)
Family	See Allu–Konidela family

Early life

Varun Tej is the son of Telugu actor and producer Nagendra Babu.[1] 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.[2] He was educated at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, and at St. Mary's College, Hyderabad.[3]

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.[4] Tej's performance as Dhupati Haribabu was praised with The Times of India praising his "capability to shift gears from intense to sobriety".[5] 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.[6] His 2018 release Tholi Prema was also a box office success and Tej's performance as an impulsive young man was widely appreciated.[7][8] His next film that year was space thriller Antariksham 9000 KMPH, directed by Sankalp Reddy.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11]

As of January 2020, Tej has two films under production, Ghani, and F2's sequel F3.[12][13] Tej is playing the role of a boxer, in Ghani directed by Kiran Korrapati.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Hands Up!	Varun	Child actor
2014	Mukunda	Mukunda	Debut in a lead role
2015	Kanche	Dhupati Hari Babu
	Loafer	Raja Murali
2017	Mister	Pichchaiah Naidu / Chai
	Fidaa	Varun
2018	Tholi Prema	Aditya Sekhar
	Antariksham 9000 KMPH	Dev
	Nanna Koochi	—	Narrator; web series on ZEE5
2019	F2: Fun and Frustration	Varun Yadav
	Aladdin	Aladdin (voice)	Telugu dubbed version	[14]
	Gaddalakonda Ganesh	Gaddalakonda "Gani" Ganesh
2022	Ghani	Ghani		[12]
	F3: Fun and Frustration	Varun Yadav		[13]
2023	VT 12	TBA	Announced
	VT13	TBA	Announced	[15]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2015	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor – Telugu	Kanche	Nominated	[16]
2017	Zee Telugu Golden Awards	Entertainer Of The Year (Male)	Fidaa	Nominated	[17]
2018	Zee Cine Awards Telugu	Best Film Actor	Tholi Prema	Nominated	[18]
2019	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor – Telugu	Gaddalakonda Ganesh	Nominated	[19]

References

External links

• Varun Tej at IMDb
• Varun Tej on Instagram

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