Varun Tej
Biography
Konidela Varun Tej (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Born in the Allu–Konidela family, Tej is the son of actor Nagendra Babu. Tej made his acting debut in 2014 with Mukunda.
Tej received praise for featuring in Krish's critically acclaimed war film Kanche (2015). He established himself as a leading actor with the romantic drama Fidaa (2017), a major critical and commercial success. Tej has since starred in films including Tholi Prema (2018), Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019), F2 (2019) and F3 (2022). Tej is married to his co-actor Lavanya Tripathi.
In 2019, Tej's first release was F2: Fun and Frustration which is a multistarrer with Venkatesh, Tamannaah, and Mehreen Pirzada also a part of this movie which is a huge blockbuster. After F2, he was dubbed in Telugu for Aladdin's role in the film Aladdin. He later starred in Gaddalakonda Ganesh, a remake of the 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.
Varun Tej's upcoming film, "Operation Valentine," is set to hit theaters on 16 February 2024.
As of March 2024, Tej's upcoming film, "Matka," is directed by karuna kumar.