Siddu Jonnalagadda

Siddharth Jonnalagadda is an Indian actor and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with Josh 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.

Early life Siddhu Jonnalagadda was born on 7 February 1988 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India into a family hailing from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his intermediate from Sri Chaitanya College (Tarnaka) in 2005 and B.Tech from the Holy Mary Institute of Engineering in 2009, before venturing into films. His elder brother Chaitu Jonnalagadda is also an actor.

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, 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).

Filmography

Films

All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Other crew positions