Allu Arjun, star of the 2022 movie blockbuster Pushpa, was the Grand Marshal at the Federation of Indian Association's Indian Independence Day parade in Manhattan on Sunday, August 22, 2022.
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IMAGE: Allu Arjun takes the stage. All photographs: Kind courtesy Paresh Gandhi
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IMAGE: Bunny, as Allu Arjun is affectionately known in the Telugu film fraternity, waves the Tricolour with his wife Sneha Reddy alongside him.
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IMAGE: Allu Arjun greets the desis who had gathered to celebrate the Motherland.
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IMAGE: Singer Kailash Kher joins Allu Arjun on stage.
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IMAGE: Kailash Kher strikes a Nataraja pose with a damaru.
Photographs curated by Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com