‘Arya’, which is one of the major hits of Allu Arjun’s career has completed 18 years since its release in 2004. The blockbuster romantic comedy that made Allu Arjun the star that he is today is still said to be one of the greatest miracles of his life.

Not only Allu Arjun, but Sukumar too benefited from the major break that ‘Arya’ gave to his career. Sukumar, who is also a director of Allu Arjun’s other big hit film ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ shares a very close bond with the Indian superstar. Working together, the Allu Arjun- Sukumar team hit the bullseye at the box office.

After working on ‘Arya’ in 2004, the hit jodi went on to make its sequel in 2009 starring Kajal Aggarwal and Shraddha Das along with Allu Arjun in the key roles. Adding more to their legacy, Sukumar and Allu went on to give ‘Pushpa Part 1’ in 2021 and are all set to take ‘Pushpa 2’ on floors in 2022.

‘Pushpa’ which rocked the box office during the pandemic is considered to be India’s biggest film in 2021.

Meanwhile, fans are waiting eagerly for the sequel to Pushpa which is slated to go on floors in 2022.

Allu Arjun’s superhit “Arya” completed 17 years of release on Friday, and the Telugu superstar recalled in an Instagram note how the film had changed the course of his career.

“This movie changed the lives of so many people. It changed my course as an actor, Sukumar Garu’s life as a director, DIL Raju garu’s life as a producer. DSP’s life as a musician, Rathnavelu garu as a DOP, bUNNY vaSU as distributor then and many many more lives. We all the soo thankful to this one magic that came into our lives called ARYA,” he wrote

The film released in 2004 was Arjun’s second film as a solo hero after “Gangotri” in 2003. “Arya” is a romantic action film directed by Sukumar, and co-starring Anu Mehta. The film is about Aarya, an outgoing and free-spirited boy. It was dubbed and released in Malayalam with the same name.