Siddhu Jonnalagadda

Siddharth Jonnalagadda is an Indian actor and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with Josh (2009) and in Tamil with Vallinam (2014). Jonnalagadda later went on to co-write and appear in films such as Guntur Talkies (2016) and Krishna and His Leela (2020), whereas DJ Tillu (2022) and Tillu Square (2024) established him in Telugu cinema.^[1]

Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Born	Siddharth Jonnalagadda (1988-02-07) 7 February 1988 (age 37) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter
Years active	2009–present

Early life

Sidhu Jonnalagadda was born on 7 February 1988 in Hyderabad, India into a family hailing from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He did his intermediate from Sri Chaitanya college in 2005 and B.Tech from Holy Mary Institute of Engineering in 2009, before venturing into films.^[2]

Career

Jonnalagadda appeared in minor roles in Josh and Orange. He made his lead debut with Praveen Sattaru's Life Before Wedding. He then worked on the unreleased film Jagame Maya co-starring Siva Balaji,^[3] the Tamil film Vallinam (2014), Boy Meets Girl (2014) and Ice Cream 2 (2014).

He gained recognition for Sattaru's Guntur Talkies (2016).^[4] After a four year gap, he played the lead role in Krishna and His Leela (2020), a romantic drama film co-starring Shraddha Srinath, Shalini Vadnikatti and Seerat Kapoor.^[5] In a review of the film by The Times of India, the reviewer wrote that "Siddhu is an absolute delight and a revelation in this one. ... The key to his character lies in being effortless, and he plays it well".^[6] Jonnalagadda earned the name Star Boy Siddhu after the success of DJ Tillu (2022),^[7] and starred in its sequel Tillu Square (2024).^[8]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Josh	College student	credited as Siddharth	[2]
2010	Orange	Santhosh		[2]
	Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu	Dhinesh	credited as Siddhartha	[2]
	Don Seenu	Sreeja's boyfriend		[9]
2011	Life Before Wedding	Rishi		[4]
2014	Vallinam	Vamsi	Tamil film; credited as Siddharth Jonnalagadda	[4]
	Boy Meets Girl	Siddhu		[10]
	Ice Cream 2	Filmmaker		[4]
2016	Guntur Talkies	Hari		[4]
2019	Kalki	Sekhar Babu		[11]
2020	Krishna and His Leela	Krishna	Also writer and editor	[6]
	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma	Siddhu	Also writer, creative producer and editor	[12]
2022	DJ Tillu	Bala Gangadhar Tilak alias D.J. Tillu	Also writer; Nominated–SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu	[13]
2024	Tillu Square		Also writer	[14]
	Mr. Bachchan	Youth Yuvraj	Cameo appearance	[15]
2025	Jack	Jackson "Jack" alias Pablo Neruda		[16]
	Telusu Kada †	TBA	Filming	[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2018	Gangstars	Ajay	Amazon Prime Video

Discography

As playback singer

Year	Work	Song	Composer
2016	Guntur Talkies	"Guntur Talkies" Title Track	Sricharan Pakala
	Naruda Donoruda	"Kaasu Paisa"
		"Pelli Beatu" (rap portions)[18]
2020	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma	"Shayar-E-Ishq"	Joy Rayarala
2022	DJ Tillu	"Nuvvala"	Sricharan Pakala

As a lyricist

Year	Work	Song	Composer
2020	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma	"Jaana"	Ravi Sharma
		"Shayar-E-Ishq"	Joy Rayarala
2024	Tillu Square	"Oh My Lily"	Achu Rajamani