India, June 15 -- Popular Telugu film actor Allu Arjun on Saturday received the best actor award for his role as a protagonist in the film "Pushpa: The Rise" at the glittering Telangana Gaddar Film Awards-2024 function held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

Arjun received the award from Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, amid loud applause from the audience comprising several celebrities from the Telugu film industry.

Revanth Reddy also presented the best actress award to Niveda Thomas for her role in the Telugu film: "35: Chinna Katha Kaadu" and best director award to Nag Aswin for his pan-India film "Kalki-2898 AD."

This is the first time such an award ceremony for the Telugu film industry is being held since the f...