Teja Sajja

Teja Sajja (born 23 August 1995) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema.^[2] He began his career as a child actor in Choodalani Vundi (1998) leading up to Boss (2006). As an adult, Sajja had a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). He has since played the lead roles in films such as Zombie Reddy (2021) and Hanu-Man (2024), latter being one of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2024 and ninth highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide.^[3]

Teja Sajja
Sajja at IIFA Utsavam
Born	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29)[1] India
Education	The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–2009 2019–present

Early life

Teja was born on 23 August 1995 in a Telugu family.^[4][5][6] He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Sajja entered the Telugu film industry at a very young age as a child artist and acted in many successful films, of which, most were produced by C. Aswini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies.

Career

Sajja made his debut at the age of two in Choodalani Vundi (1998) and acted in over 20 films alongside leading actors in Telugu cinema.^[7] These include Kalisundam Raa (2000), Yuvaraju (2000), Indra (2002), Tagore (2003), Gangotri (2003), Vasantam (2003), Samba (2004), Chatrapathi (2005), Balu (2005) with actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pawan Kalyan.^{[8][9][10][11]} Sajja then made a comeback and played a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019).^[12]

His made debut in a lead role in Zombie Reddy (2021).^[13] It is the first zombie film in Telugu cinema and received positive reviews from critics.^[14] He also starred in Ishq: Not a Love Story alongside Priya Prakash Varrier which got mixed reviews. He completed his first sci-fi romantic film named Adbhutham alongside Shivani Rajashekar, which was released on Disney+ Hotstar, the same year.^[15][16][17] He next worked in the Prasanth Varma's superhero film Hanu-Man (2024).^[18] He will be next seen in another superhero film titled Mirai, which is scheduled to release on 1 August 2025.^[19]

Filmography

Key

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Choodalani Vundi	Rama Krishna's son
1999	Rajakumarudu	Vengalla Rayudu
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Sandeep
	Yuvaraju	Teja
	Bachi	Habibi
2001	Deevinchandi	Siva's son
	Prema Sandadi	Siddu Sidhartha Roy
	Akasa Veedhilo	Ram and Lakshman
2002	Indra	Young Indrasena Reddy
2003	Gangotri	Young Simhadri
	Ottesi Cheputunna	Young Surya
	Vasantam	Young Ashok	Bilingual film; Shot in Telugu and Tamil
	Priyamaana Thozhi
	Tagore	Tagore's adopted son
2004	Adavi Ramudu	Young Ramudu
	Samba	Chinna
2005	Balu	Cherry
	Naa Alludu	Young Chandram / Young Suryam	Dual role
	Andarivaadu	Govinda "Govindu" Raju Jr.
	Chatrapathi	Young Ashok
2006	Sri Ramadasu	Raghunathudu
	Astram	Teja
	Boss	Young GK
2009	7 Days In Slow Motion	Ravi	Debut as lead actor; Bilingual film; Shot in Telugu and English
	7 Rojullo
2019	Oh! Baby	Rama Krishna “Rocky”	Debut as adult actor
2021	Zombie Reddy	Marripalem "Mario" Obul Reddy	Debut as lead adult actor
	Ishq	Siddharth "Siddhu"
	Adbhutham	Surya
2024	Hanu-Man	Hanumanthu
2025	Mirai †	TBA	Filming[20]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2024	3rd IIFA Utsavam	Host	Gemini TV	Television special[21]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Sakshi Excellence Awards	2022	Jury Special Debutant Lead Actor Of The Year	Zombie Reddy	Won	[22]
South Indian International Movie Awards	2022	Most Promising Newcomer – Male		Won	[23][24]
		Best Male Debut – Telugu		Nominated
Radio City Cine Awards Telugu	2024	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Hanu-Man	Won	[25]