Emotional Allu Arjun gives Sukumar a tight hug after National Film Best Actor Award win - Watch

Allu Arjun is on cloud nine after he bagged his first National Award for his blockbuster hit film Pushpa: The Rise, Part 1. The 69th National Film Awards were announced on Thursday (Aug 24), and the Telugu star won the Best Actor award for his brilliant performance in the film. With thebig win, Allu Arjun made history by becoming the first Telugu actor to win a National Award for Best Acting.

Soon after the winners were announced, a video of Allu celebrating his historicwin took the internet by storm. The clip shows Arjun with the entire team of Pushpa, director Sukumar, and his family.

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Overjoyed Arjun can be seen tightly hugging Sukumar, while everybody present in the room can be seen clapping and congratulating each other.

Mythri Movie Makers shared the video on X, previously known as Twitter. The post read: "Maverick director @aryasukku and our producers #NaveenYerneni garu and #RaviShankar garu shower their happiness and love on Icon Star @alluarjun for becoming THE FIRST ACTOR FROM TFI to win the BEST ACTOR at the National Awards. #Pushpa #ThaggedheLe (sic)."

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Allu Arjun's emotional moment as he bags the National Film Award for the Best Actor for 'Pushpa'#AlluArjun #NationalAwards #NationalFilmAwards2023 #NationalFilmAwards #PushpaTheRise

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Rashmika Mandanna, who played Srivalli, the love interest of Allu's character in the film, congratulated the actor. Reposting the video of Allu celebrating the big win, Rashmika wrote, ''Pushpa Rajjjjjjj.. 🔥 asal #ThaggedheLe.. 💃🏻💃🏻🥳 congratulationsssssss
@alluarjun.. party timeeeeee.. 💃🏻😁.''

Written and directed by Pushpa, the film also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil.

Pushpa Rajjjjjjj.. 🔥 asal #ThaggedheLe.. 💃🏻💃🏻🥳 congratulationsssssss @alluarjun .. party timeeeeee.. 💃🏻😁 https://t.co/2nODMSYuYb — Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) August 24, 2023

Allu Arjun's film Pushpa: The Risewas released in theatres in December 2021. The action drama garnered a lot of attention and praise from fans as well as critics, and the movie's action, songs like ''Saami Saami'',''Oo Antava Mawa'', and dialogues quickly became internet obsessions.

The first part of the film went on to become the highest-grossing Telugu film.

Pushpa Part 2

After the mega-success of the first part, the makers are currently working on the second part of the film Pushpa: The Rule. The second instalment of the franchise will have a face-off between Allu Arjun and Fahadh Faasil.

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