Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan | |
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Birth name | Konidala Kalyan |
Born | September 2, 1971 (1971-09-02) Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Other name(s) | Power Star |
Spouse(s) | nandini,Renu Desai |
Children | Akira Nandan |
Pawan Kalyan (born September 2, 1971 is a popular Indian (Telugu) film star. He is fondly called Power Star by his fans. His birth name is Konidala Kalyan. He is younger brother to popular Telugu actor, Chiranjeevi and producer Naga Babu.
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Personal Life
Pawan Kalyan first got married to Nandini, after some time they both got separated but never divorced due to personal reasons. Pawan Kalyan then fell in love with Renu Desai who was his co-star in the movie Badri and married her.The couple have a son named Akira Nandan, named after his favourite director Akira Kurosawa.Pawan was previously involved with Paritala Ravindra on a few real estate issues.He is significantly mellowed these days after a string of flops.
Early career
Pawan Kalyan entered Telugu movie industry with the movie Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi as Kalyan Babu. This film did not do well at the box office. However, he was noticed for the best of his Martial Arts.
After his first movie, his second movie Gokulamlo Sita was an average flick but his next movies like Suswagatham, Tholi Prema, Thammudu, Badri, and Kushi went on to become hits which earned him a great reputation in Tollywood. Kushi was a trend setter and was received well both commercially and critically. He even directed few song sequences and fight sequences in the film Kushi.He directed his next movie Johnny that came after 4 years disappointed the audience very much. His next flicks have been average and did not evoke the same response as his earlier films.
Social Work
Pawan has started an organisation called Common Man Protection Force in October 2007. He has contributed 1 crore INR towards the corpus fund, CMPF aims to solve the social problems, help the neglected sections of the society. Its area of operations is in India. He intends to do it through organised militia, and seems to have got carried away with the ideals of Gudumba Shankar. CMPF targets child prostitution, Flourosis afflicted areas initially. News is spread that CMPF is changed to Common Protection force.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi | Kalyan Kumar | |
1997 | Gokulamlo Seetha | Pavan | |
1998 | Suswagatham | Ganesh | |
Tholi Prema | Balu | ||
1999 | Thammudu | Subrahmanyam / "Subbu" Subhash | |
2000 | Badri | Badri-Badrinath | |
2001 | Khushi | Sidhartha Roy | |
2003 | Johnny | Johnny | |
2004 | Gudumba Shankar | Shankar / Kalyanji | |
Shankardada MBBS | Cameo appearance | ||
2005 | Balu ABCDEFG | Balu / Ghanni | |
2006 | Bangaram | Bangaram | |
Annavaram | Annavaram | ||
2007 | Shankardada Zindabad | Suresh | Cameo appearance |
2008 | Jalsaa | Filming |
Some Intresting Facts
- Pawan Kalyan is a Vegetarian.
- He holds a Black Belt in Martial Arts and did real stunts for his movies.
- His wife Renu Desai is the Costume designer for most of his films.
- Tamil sensational actor Vijay and Venkatesh is a good friend of Pawan Kalyan and both expressed their interest to act in a film.
- Tamil and Telugu actress Trisha in an interview said that, she had a crush on Pawan Kalyan.