Allu Arjun says he had decided to never do a Bollywood movie: ‘It was extremely hard to do a Hindi film’

“He (Sukumar) promised me that he would do his best to see that happen. He said, ‘We will make the film where everybody feels that it deserves the National Award for your performance.’ It is most special because in the last 69 years, no Telugu actor has won the National Award. That was in my heart. It is going to be a remarkable achievement in my life. It happened only because of one man, Sukumar Garu,” Arjun said, expressing his gratitude towards Sukumar.

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Allu Arjun also spoke about his long-standing friendship with music director Devi Sri Prasad, who also won a National Award for his work on Pushpa: The Rise. “We both come from Chennai. I used to tell him it is very difficult for me to do a Hindi film, but as a music director, it is easy for him to do a Hindi film. I would ask him why he doesn’t do it. He would respond, ‘No, and why don’t you do a Hindi film and along with you, I will also do a Hindi film.’ I said I will never do a Hindi film because at that time it was extremely hard to do a Hindi film.”

Explaining his stance, Arjun added, “Doing a Hindi film was such a huge thing. Maybe in our lifetime, we will do one or two Hindi films. It was that far away for us to do Hindi films. From that mindset to coming to this stage and standing here is a very big thing for me. We both won National Awards and gave a national superhit album for the same film. It is the most precious thing ever to happen for us,” the Pushpa star said, reminiscing about their journey and the significance of their shared achievement.

Allu Arjun’s Pushpa: The Rule also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahad Faasil. The film is scheduled to be released in cinemas on December 5.