Teja Sajja


Teja Sajja is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He began his career as a child actor in Choodalani Vundi leading up to Boss . As an adult, Sajja had a supporting role in Oh! Baby. He has since played the lead roles in films such as Zombie Reddy, Hanu-Man and Mirai, latter being one of the highest-grossing Indian films of 2024 and ninth highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide.

Early life

Teja was born on 23 August 1995 in a Telugu family. He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet and completed his BBA from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology. Sajja entered the Telugu film industry at a very young age as a child artist and acted in many successful films, of which, most were produced by C. Aswini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies.

Career

Sajja made his debut at the age of two in Choodalani Vundi and acted in over 20 films alongside leading actors in Telugu cinema. These include Kalisundam Raa, Yuvaraju, Indra, Tagore, Gangotri, Vasantam, Samba, Chatrapathi, Balu with actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pawan Kalyan. Sajja then made a comeback and played a supporting role in Oh! Baby.
His made debut in a lead role in Zombie Reddy. It is the first zombie film in Telugu cinema and received positive reviews from critics. He also starred in Ishq: Not a Love Story alongside Priya Prakash Varrier which got mixed reviews. He completed his first sci-fi romantic film named Adbhutham alongside Shivani Rajashekar, which was released on Disney+ Hotstar, the same year. He next worked in the Prasanth Varma's superhero film Hanu-Man.
He recently starred in another superhero film titled Mirai, which was released on 12 September 2025.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Choodalani VundiRama Krishna's son
1999RajakumaruduVengalla Rayudu
2000Kalisundam RaaSandeep
2000Yuvaraju Teja
2000BachiHabibi
2001DeevinchandiSiva's son
2001Prema SandadiSiddu Sidhartha Roy
2001Akasa VeedhiloRam and Lakshman
2002IndraYoung Indrasena Reddy
2003GangotriYoung Simhadri
2003Ottesi CheputunnaYoung Surya
2003Vasantam Young AshokBilingual film; Shot in Telugu and Tamil
2003Priyamaana ThozhiYoung AshokBilingual film; Shot in Telugu and Tamil
2003TagoreTagore's adopted son
2004Adavi RamuduYoung Ramudu
2004SambaChinna
2004Leela Mahal CentreYoung Prabhu
2005BaluCherry
2005Naa AlluduYoung Chandram / Young SuryamDual role
2005Andarivaadu Govinda "Govindu" Raju Jr.
2005ChatrapathiYoung Ashok
2006LakshmiYoung Lakshmi
2006Sri RamadasuRaghunathudu
2006Astram Teja
2006Boss Young GK
20097 Days In Slow MotionRaviDebut as lead actor; English film
2019Oh! BabyRama Krishna “Rocky”Debut as adult actor
2021Zombie ReddyMarripalem "Mario" Obul ReddyDebut as lead adult actor
2021IshqSiddharth "Siddhu"
2021AdbhuthamSurya
2024Hanu-ManHanumanthu
2025MiraiVedha Prajapati

Television

Awards and nominations