Arjun won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for his work in the film. In 2012, he appeared in the Kannada film Prasad screened at the Berlin Film Festival. He carried on with a lighter theme in his next directorial venture, the love story Vedham (2001), while he ventured into Telugu cinema again by appearing in Raja's Hanuman Junction and the Kannada devotional film Sri Manjunatha (2001). Featuring a popular soundtrack and opening to positive reviews, Rhythm also became a commercial success.

He was then featured in Vasanth's romantic drama film Rhythm, where he played a photographer, who eventually falls in love with a widow. Arjun then briefly experimented in softer roles with Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999) and as an energetic civil service officer in Vaanavil (2000).

The film subsequently won positive reviews with Arjun described as having 'acquitted himself with aplomb in the challenging role'.Īrjun received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for his role as well as numerous other nominations. Portraying an ambitious TV journalist who receives the opportunity to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for a day, Arjun offered bulk dates for filming the project to Shankar. In 1999, he starred in the political action-thriller Mudhalvan (1999). During this time, he starred in hits such as Jai Hind (1994), Karnaa (1995), and the action thriller film Kurudhipunal (1995), for which Arjun won acclaim for his role while the film became India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Shankar's blockbuster Gentleman which opened to positive reviews, while Arjun went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.

He has directed 11 films and also produced and distributed a number of films. Until his 150th film, he has mostly performed in lead roles and is one of few South Indian actors to attract fan following from multiple states of India. As of 2017, Arjun had acted in more than 150 movies. Referred to by the media and his fans as 'Action King', who works predominantly in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu language films, while also performing in a few Malayalam and Hindi films. Srinivasa Sarja (born 15 August 1962), known professionally Arjun, is an Indian actor, producer and director.

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