2021 has been a year of celebration for Tollywood. Despite the torrid Corona and preceding Lockdown times, Tollywood did something that most other industries couldn’t do. Tollywood delivered blockbusters and superhits in abundance and emerged as one of the most successful industries. A number of Tollywood actors delivered landmark films of their career and marked 2021 as a memorable year indeed.
While this is one side of the coin, it can’t be denied that lockdown and AP governments ticket policies also made a dent in the collections of hugely anticipated movies.
Icon Star Allu Arjun and Superstar Mahesh Babu continued their popularity on Google Trends from 2021 and emerged as the top two in terms of Google searches. Prabhas also continued at the third position just like last year while Chiranjeevi sat steady at no.4. The only new entrant at the top 5 was Jr NTR who replaced Vijay Deverakonda at no.5
Google gives a score to a search term/actor on a scale of 100 based on how many people searched that term/actor over the year. Let’s get into the details.
5. Jr NTR
Jr. NTR entered into the top 5 replacing Vijay Deverakonda from 2020 on the back of RRR hype and promotions. The actor was constantly in news for his spectacular RRR teasers and promotions towards the year-end. The Young Tiger’s well-wishers and fans were also blessed with a number of candid behind the scenes visuals on social media and also along with his family. The Tollywood actor also created a sensation on the small screen and was the talk of the town for his work on Evaru Meelo Koteeswarulu. The sho created many small screen TRP records and was the most successful season of the show. With a number of celebrity guests and multiple endorsements, Jr NTR entered the Google popularity charts with an average search score of 16. This happened despite not having a single release this year. Below is the interest by state chart of Jr NTR.
4. Chiranjeevi
Megastar Chiranjeevi continued from his no.4 position with an average search score of 17. Chiranjeevi’s also didn’t have any releases this year. Megastar continued being on popularity charts through multiple charity works such as setting up Oxygen banks and Covid Crisis Charity during the peak Corona period. Chiranjeevi also maintained his popular Tollywood actor tag through Acharya promotional content such as ‘Laahe Laahe’ lyrical and Acharya teaser that was released towards the year-end. Chiranjeevi also had a series of movie announcements this year keeping his popularity up. Below is the interest by state chart of Megastar Chiranjeevi.
3. Prabhas
Young Rebel Star Prabhas maintained his pan-India popularity through a series of movie announcements and shoots. Prabhas’ is currently busy with multiple pan-India projects. His Radhe Shyam is slated for a release next month while Salaar and Aadipurush will also hit the screens in 2022. Project K and Spirit are two other much-anticipated films that will continue to keep Prabhas in the Tollywood actor popularity charts for the next year as well. Prabhas maintained his third spot for the second continuous year with an average search score of 19. Below is the interest by state chart of Prabhas.
2. Mahesh Babu
Superstar Mahesh Babu, as always continued being one of the most Googled Tollywood actors with ever-increasing popularity. He scored an average search score of 21 this year. Mahesh also didn’t have any release this year but continued on his second spot with constant buzz about Sarkaru Vaari Paata. Mahesh also made appearances on Jr NTR’s Evaru Melo Koteeswarulu and has also shot for Balakrishna’s Unstoppable that kept him in news. His charitable activities during Covid times and treatment of children suffering from chronic ailments kept him in the spotlight throughout the year. Mahesh’s movie announcement with Trivikram and his upcoming project with SS Rajamouli kept him on top of Google popularity charts. Below is the state-wise interest of Mahesh Babu.
1. Allu Arjun
Icon Star Allu Arjun is the only star on the list with a release this year. Pushpa and the buzz around it kept Allu Arjun in constant headlines. Along with that, Allu Arjun was also the special guest at a number of pre-release events. This helped him continue to rule the popularity charts. With Pushpa:2 also set to release soon, Allu Arjun is all set to continue his popularity next year as well. With an average search score of 39, Allu Arjun continued his reign as the most searched Tollywood actor. Below is the interest by state chart of Allu Arjun.
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