Siddhu Jonnalagadda

Siddharth Jonnalagadda, credited and popularly known as Siddhu Jonnalagadda and Star Boy 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 as one of the popular new-age actors of Telugu cinema.

Early life
Jonnalagadda was born on 7 February 1988 in Hyderabad, India to a Brahmin family hailing from Guntur district. He pursued B.Tech from Holy Mary Institute of Engineering, before venturing into films.

Career
Jonnalagadda made his lead debut with Praveen Sattaru's Life Before Wedding, then in between, he worked on the unreleased film Jagamemaaya costarring Siva Balaji, the Tamil film Vallinam (2014), Boy Meets Girl (2014) and Ice Cream 2 (2014).

He gained recognition for Sattaru's Guntur Talkies (2016). 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. 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". Jonnalagadda earned the name Star Boy Siddhu after the success of DJ Tillu (2022), and starred in its sequel Tillu Square (2024).

Films

 * All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.