Sai Dharam Tej

Panja Sai Dharam Tej (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian film actor who works in Telugu films. He made his debut as a lead in the film Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham (2014) for which he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu).

Early life
Sai Dharam Tej is born to Vijaya Durga, sister of notable Telugu film actor-politician Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan and Nagendra Babu. Tej did his schooling at Nalanda School, Hyderabad and completed his graduation from St. Mary's College, Hyderabad. Actors Ram Charan, Varun Tej and Niharika Konidela are Tej's cousins.

Career
Tej made his debut with the film Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham, though the first film he actually acted in was YVS Chowdary's Rey, which was completed in 2013 which was delayed until 2015. In the same year, he was featured in Subramanyam for Sale, which was a commercial success. Tej's Supreme which released the following year, was also financially successful.

Following Supreme, Tej went onto star in six other films which were a string of failures, including Thikka (2016), Winner, Nakshatram, Jawaan (in 2017), Inttelligent and Tej I Love You (in 2018). His 2019 film Chitralahari was a box office success. One critic from The Times of India had called the character Vijay in the film the best in Tej's career so far. His next film in the same year, Prati Roju Pandage was also successful.