Happy Birthday Vijay Deverakonda: 5 best movies of the actor that will keep you hooked to the seat

Vijay Deverakonda turns 31 today. (May 9) The actor began his career as a supporting actor in the 2011 Ravi Babu's romantic comedy Nuvvila. He had a brief role in Sekhar Kammula's 2012 film Life Is Beautiful and gained recognition for his role as an energetic youth Rishi in Yevade Subramanyam. The actor won millions of hearts with his performances in films in the career spanning over 10 years. He is an extremely talented actor and has often put his heart and soul into cinema. On the occasion of his birthday, let's have a look at some of the super hit films that made him establish as one the most sought after actors of Tollywood.

In the Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam debut directorial film, Vijay Deverakonda played a carefree youngster Prasanth who is lazy and incapable of doing any work is forced to marry a girl Chitra by his father against his will. However, Chitra is an ambitious girl, and his life becomes a better one after he met with Chitra. It is a rom-com film which became a commercial hit along with immense appreciations from critics and the audiences alike.

The most famous role of Vijay Deverakonda's career is easily Arjun Reddy. His public persona bears a few uncanny resemblances with Arjun Reddy Deshmukh, and it is hard to imagine any other actor playing the role with such perfection. He has done some excellent work in the film, proving he is star material. He left his stamp on this iconic character Arjun Reddy, who is a young surgeon with functioning alcoholism and a furious temper spirals into self-destruction when he learns that his girlfriend is marrying another man. The film received praises from the viewers and Vijay got his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

Keerthy Suresh as Savitri, Dulquer Salmaan as Gemini Ganesan, Samantha Akkineni as Madhuravani and Vijay Devarakonda as Vijay Anthony are the real show-stealers, as we were already known. Based on the life of legendary yesteryear actress Savitri, Mahanati released in 2018 and gave us an insight into the tumultuous life that she has had. It is said that it was her conflicts with his husband Ramasamy Iyer Ganesan that triggered her alcohol addiction. Vijay Deverakonda essayed a reporter Vijay Antony in the movie and did full justice to the role.

Vijay Deverakonda pairs up with Rashmika Mandanna in this Parasuram-directed romantic family entertainer. His irresistible chemistry with Rashmika who plays the role of Geetha, an independent and a level-headed woman, who is not easy to convince makes the film incredibly entertaining indeed. The movie is a beautiful story of love. While the film impressed audiences and critics alike with its exciting screenplay and story, it also extracted the best out of Vijay in an out-and-out comic avatar. It was this film that made Vijay Deverakonda and his role, a good lecturer, a household name all across India.

Directed by Rahul Sankrityan, the film revolves around a job seeker Shiva who settles for the job of a cab driver faces spine-chilling turn of events while driving and tries to solve the mystery. Priyanka Jawalkar made her debut as the female lead in the film. It became a massive hit at the box office and the song Maate Vinadhuga still gives us all goosebumps. Through his remarkable acting and convincing role, Vijay Deverakona proved that he could do justice to any kind of character.