Pushpa: The Rise is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Sukumar, and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Muttamsetty Media. The film stars Allu Arjun as Pushpa Raj, a coolie who rises in a syndicate that smuggles red sandalwood, a rare wood that grows only in the Seshachalam Hills of Andhra Pradesh. It also stars Fahadh Faasil (in his Telugu debut in extended cameo ) and Rashmika Mandanna while Dhananjaya, Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari, Sunil, and Ajay Ghosh.
