Teja Sajja (born 23 August 1994) is an Indian actor who mainly works in

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films. He started his career in 1998 as

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in the film ''

Choodalani Vundi ''Choodalani Vundi'' () is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Gunasekhar, and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri and Prakash Raj. The fil ...

''. Sajja made his debut as an adult in 2019 with the film '' Oh! Baby''. Teja's debut as a lead came with the 2021 film '' Zombie Reddy'', which was a commercial success. His other notable films include ''

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'' (2021) and ''

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'' (2021).

Early life and career

Sajja Teja was born on 23 August 1994 in

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of present-day

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. He did his schooling at

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. Sajja entered the film industry at a very young age and has acted in many successful films. Sajja made his debut as a child artist at the age of two in

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and acted in about fifty other films alongside leading actors from the Telugu industry. Sajja did other films such as '' Kalisundam Raa, Indra, Tagore, Yuvaraju,

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, Vasantam,

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, Chatrapathi, Balu'' with actors like

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, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pawan Kalyan. Sajja acted a supporting actor in '' Oh! Baby'' in 2019. Sajja made his debut as a lead actor in 2021 with the film '' Zombie Reddy''. The film is the first

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. The film received positive reviews from critics. He also starred in Ishq: Not a Love Story with Priya Prakash Varrier which got mixed reviews. He completed his first Sci-fi romantic film named ''

'' alongside Shivani Rajasekhar, the daughter of actors

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and

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which had a direct OTT release in

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. He will be next featured in a superhero film '' Hanu Man'', collaborating again with Prasanth Varma.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sajja, Teja Living people Male actors in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian male actors 1994 births Indian male film actors Indian male child actors Telugu male actors Male actors from Hyderabad, India 21st-century Indian male child actors