Deverakonda Vijay Sai was born on 9 May 1989 has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list due to his income and popularity. Deverakonda Vijay Sai was born in Hyderabad, to parents, Govardhan Rao and Madhavi. His family hails from Mahbubnagar district. His father was a small television serial director who quit doing them due to lack of success. Vijay completed his Schooling in Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary boarding school till 10th grade in Puttaparthi. He then studied Intermediate at the Little Flower Junior College, Hyderabad. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He has a younger brother, Anand, who is also an actor.
Vijay made his debut with the Telugu film Nuvvila (2011) and appeared in Sekhar Kammula's Life is Beautiful in a minor role. He received praise for his supporting role in Yevade Subramanyam that released in 2015. This film was produced by the daughters of famous Telugu movie producer Ashwini Dutt.
Vijay's first lead role was in Pelli Choopulu, a romantic coming-of-age film directed by Tharun Bhascker. The film became commercially successful and won the Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu at the 64th National Film Awards. He starred in an average film, Dwaraka in 2017. His next film Arjun Reddy received praise and criticism alike for being very bold and radical. Vijay's portrayal as a self-destructive, short-tempered, and alcoholic surgeon received critical acclaim, and won him awards like the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.
His next film, Ye Mantram Vesave, was supposed to release in 2013 but released in 2018 failed at the box office. He then starred in Mahanati, a biographical film about the life of actress Savitri. Deverakonda's next release in 2018 was Geetha Arts' romantic comedy Geetha Govindam, which was another hit movie. He then debuted in Tamil with political thriller NOTA, which performed poorly at the box office. His next Telugu project was UV Creations' supernatural comedy thriller Taxiwaala. He was then seen in Bharat Kamma's Dear Comrade, Kranthi Madhav's romantic drama World Famous Lover and Hindi–Telugu bilingual film Liger directed by Puri Jagannadh. All the three films opened to negative reviews.
Vijay ventured into production under the banner King of the Hill Entertainment, which notably backed Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019) and Pushpaka Vimanam (2021). Deverakonda endorses many products and designed his own fashion brand Rowdy Wear, which premiered on Myntra in 2020. He is currently acting in Kushi with actress Samantha. He was the brand ambassador of food delivery app Zomato. Vijay conceptualised and founded The Devarakonda Foundation, a nonprofit organisation in April 2019 to battle COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Vijay Deverakonda is known to express his real, unfiltered opinions on stage or at interviews and has gathered a lot of popularity and some criticism for his brutal honesty,he was placed 72nd in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2018. He was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 4 in 2018, at No. 3 in 2019, at No. 2 in 2020. He was additionally featured by Forbes India in their 30 Under 30 list, and became the most searched South Indian actor according to Google's annual report.
