Actor · Telugu cinema
Teja Sajja
Teja Sajja movies: 26 Telugu films on file, 1998–2025. Earliest on file: Choodalani Vundi (1998). Latest release: Mirai (12 September 2025).
- Films on file
- 26 (26 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1998–2025
- Born
- 23 August 1995 · August birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Hanu Man, O Baby! Yentha Sakkagunnave, Chhatrapati
- Record
- Q27837994 on Wikidata
Teja Sajja (born 23 August 1995) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He began as a child actor, returned as an adult in a supporting part in Oh! Baby (2019), and has since led films such as Zombie Reddy (2021), Hanu-Man (2024) and Mirai (2025). He has won two SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award.
Child actor
Sajja first appeared on screen at the age of two in Choodalani Vundi (1998). He went on to act in more than 20 films as a child, up to Boss (2006). These films included Kalisundam Raa, Indra, Gangotri, Tagore, Samba, Chatrapathi and Balu. He worked alongside leading stars such as Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pawan Kalyan.
Return as an adult
After a break, Sajja returned in a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). His first lead role came in Zombie Reddy (2021), which the source describes as the first zombie film in Telugu cinema. It received positive reviews from critics.
Romance and science fiction
He next starred opposite Priya Prakash Varrier in Ishq: Not a Love Story, which drew mixed reviews. The same year he completed Adbhutham, his first science-fiction romance, opposite Shivani Rajashekar. It was released on Disney+ Hotstar.
Hanu-Man
Sajja played the title role in Prasanth Varma‘s superhero film Hanu-Man, released for Sankranti on 12 January 2024. He plays Hanumanthu, a petty thief in the fictional village of Anjanadri who gains the powers of Hanuman. It is the first film in the Prasanth Varma Cinematic Universe. According to the film’s own article, it grossed between ₹298 and ₹350 crore worldwide, which made it one of the highest-grossing Indian films of 2024.
Mirai
He returned to the superhero genre with Mirai, released on 12 September 2025.
Career on file
Teja Sajja appears in 26 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1998 to 2025. The earliest of them is Choodalani Vundi (1998), and the most recent release is Mirai (2025). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Hanu Man (2024), O Baby! Yentha Sakkagunnave (2019) and Chhatrapati (2005). Other recent releases on file are Adbhutham (2021), Ishq (2021) and Zombie Reddy (2021).
Prakash Raj and Brahmanandam are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing seven films with Teja Sajja, followed by Shriya Saran (6) and Chiranjeevi (4). Among directors, V. V. Vinayak and K. Raghavendra Rao each cast Teja Sajja in three films, more than any other director; next is Prasanth Varma (2). Music on six of them is by Mani Sharma, with M. M. Keeravani (4) and S. A. Rajkumar (4) next. Vyjayanthi Movies produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 21 different directors, 13 music directors and 93 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 22 of them; they average 156 minutes, and the longest is Tagore at 175 minutes. Ten of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1990s (2), 2000s (18), 2010s (1) and 2020s (5).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.