Allu Arjun says he was sad when he received National Award for Pushpa: ‘It didn’t happen for so long…’

In a caller quality connected the amusement Unstoppable with NBK, Allu Arjun, who is gearing up for the merchandise of the sequel of Pushpa discussed the infinitesimal erstwhile helium won the award. Bringing up the subject, NBK said, “Since Telugu movie manufacture made films, this is the archetypal clip successful 67 years erstwhile a Telugu histrion bagged a National Award for Best Actor. You promised you would gain respect astatine the nationalist level for commercialized cinema and you kept your promise. How did you consciousness then?

He said, “Once I was checking the database of nationalist grant winners and I couldn’t find adjacent a azygous Telugu name. I conscionable saw Nagarjuna sir’s name, but helium excessively had received it for immoderate peculiar role. There was nary 1 arsenic Best Actor. It stayed successful my mind.”

He added, “I thought to myself, ‘There were truthful galore large actors. How did they miss it? How did your procreation miss it? What astir erstwhile generations? With truthful galore stalwarts successful acting successful Tollywood, however did we not get the award?”

Allu Arjun confessed, “I was much bittersweet than blessed erstwhile I received that award. I was feeling it took truthful agelong for a Telugu prima to person this.” He said, it was astatine this infinitesimal erstwhile helium decided this won’t beryllium his last. “I volition clinch it.”

‘I did Pushpa for National Award’

The histrion further revealed that helium had been manifesting National Award ever since helium began conversations astir Pushpa. He said, “I americium sharing this for the archetypal time. I haven’t told this to anybody before. When Sukumar and I were readying Pushpa… arsenic soon arsenic helium narrated maine the story, I requested him conscionable 1 thing, ‘I don’t caput adjacent if the movie is not a hit. But I indispensable triumph the National Award for this movie and that volition beryllium imaginable lone if you volition marque it happen.”

“He said, ‘I volition effort my champion to marque definite you get the National Award. And past you won’t judge this… for each azygous shot… helium would say, ‘Darling, for a National Award this scope is not bully enough.” This happened implicit each instrumentality and shot. Every speech betwixt some of america utilized to beryllium astir that.”

NBK quipped, “So, you already had National Award successful your mind?” Allu Arjun admitted, “I had it successful my mind. Now that I person won it, I deliberation I tin accidental this. I was manifesting it. I knew my people since the opening and my absorption remained connected the same.”

‘Love Pawan Kalyan’s courage, Ranbir Kapoor is my idiosyncratic favourite’

In the aforesaid episode, the histrion besides shared his views connected his uncle Pawan Kalyan and chap histrion Ranbir Kapoor.

When shown a representation of Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun said, “Respect, Kalyan Gowda. I similar his courage. All the leaders and concern radical successful nine travel me. But erstwhile I spot him live, I truly emotion however brave helium is. He is precise daring idiosyncratic among each of them.”

When the histrion was shown a representation of Ranbir Kapoor, Allu Arjun shared the Animal histrion is his idiosyncratic favourite. He said, “Across Bollywood, Ranbir Kapoor is 1 of the finest actors. In this generation, helium is simply a wow actor. He is besides my idiosyncratic favourite actor. I similar him a lot.”

Hearing him talk astir Ranbir Kapoor, NBK said, “You 2 should prima unneurotic successful a multi-starrer film. I springiness you some six months. Work connected a publication and if cipher volition constitute a publication for you two, I volition instrumentality it successful my ain hands. I don’t caput directing it too.”

Allu Arjun added, “My begetter volition nutrient it.”