Pawan Kalyan is a famous South Indian actor and is also well-known as a screenwriter and politician. He was born on 2 September 1971 in Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India. In 1996, Pawan Kalyan made his acting debut in Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.
Kalyan’s next four films, Gokulamlo Seeta (1997), Suswagatham (1998), Tholi Prema (1998), and Thammudu (1999) were all box-office successes. Puri Jagannadh’s Badri (2000) and S. J. Suryah’s Kushi (2001) were box office successes. He made his directorial debut with Johnny (2003), which was a box-office failure.
Pawan Kalyan followed this with a string of failures: Gudumba Shankar (2004), Balu (2005), Bangaram (2006), and Annavaram (2006). After a gap, the film Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas became a box-office success.
He collaborated with Suryah again for Puli (2010), which was a box office debacle. Teen Maar (2010) and Panjaa (2011) released mixed reviews. The film Gabbar Singh (2012) was released to positive reviews and was a blockbuster at the box office, marking his comeback after three back-to-back failures.
Kalyan’s second film with Puri Jadganaddh was Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu (2012), which was released to above-average reviews. Trivikram Srinivas’s Attarintiki Daredi (2013) was an industry hit and got him back to no. 1, yet again.
Pawan Kalyan’s film Gopala Gopala (2015) with Venkatesh was a success while Sardaar Gabbar Singh, Katamarayudu, and Trivikram Srinivas’s Agnyaathavaasi received negative reviews.
Vakeel Saab (2021), the masala-laced adaptation of the courtroom drama Pink (2016), received positive reviews. His next project is Hari Hara Veera Mallu (2023) which play the leading role of Veera mallu in the movie.
Kalyan started his political career in 2008 as the president of Yuvarajyam, the youth wing of Praja Rajyam Party which was started by his elder brother Chiranjeevi. Pawan was born to Konidela Venkat Rao and Anjana Devi and is the younger brother of actor Nagendra Babu and actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi.
His birth name was Konidala Kalyan Babu but he started to use his stage name Pawan Kalyan after a martial arts presentation that he organized to showcase his training; “Pawan” symbolizing Hanuman. Tollywood film actor Ram Charan Teja is his nephew and he is the paternal uncle of actor Allu Arjun.
Pawan first married Nandini in 1997 and their marriage lasted for just over a decade until the couple split in 2008. He then started dating his co-star Renu Desai and married her in 2009 The couple has a son, Akira, and a daughter, Aadhya.
However, Pawan`s second marriage ended in 2012. He then tied the knot to Russian national actress Anna Lezhneva in 2013. The couple has a daughter Polena Anjana Pawanova and a son Mark Shankar Pawanovich