Pawan Kalyan Full Profile

Name: Pawan Kalyan

Birth Name: Kalyan Babu Konidela

Title: Power Star

Profession: Actor, Writer, Stunt master, Director, Producer, Playback singer, Screenplay writer, Choreographer

Date of Birth: 2 September 1971

Birth Place: Mogultur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Height: 5' 11"

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Telugu

Religion: Hindu

Family

Father – Konidela Venkata Rao
Mother – Anjana Devi
Elder brothers – Chiranjeevi (Telugu Actor), Nagendra Babu (actor & producer)
Sisters -Vijaya Durga, Madhavi
Brother-in law - Allu Aravind
Nephews – Ram Charan Teja
Son-in-law - Allu Arjun
Nieces - Srija, Sushmita
Sisters-in law -Surekha, Padmaja
Spouse – Nandini (1997- 2007), Renu Desai (2009-2012), Anna Lezhneva
Child– Akira Nandan, Aadhya


Debuts:

Film Actor: Akkada Ammayi - Ikkada Abbayi

Writer: Johny (2003) (screenplay) (story)

Stunts: Khushi (2001) (stunts)

Director: Johnny (2003)

Choreography: Gudumba Shankar

His Favorites :

Martial Art: Well versed in Akido martial art
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Food: Vegetarian
Hobbies: Reading books and planting saplings
Music: Carnatic
Rose to fame: Toli Prema
Admires: A.M. Rathnam, P.C. Sreeram.


Personal life :

Kalyan was born to Konidela Venkat Rao and Anjana Devi. He is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu. He started using the name "Pawan" after a martial arts presentation he organized to demonstrate his training. He holds a black belt in karate.

Pawan Kalyan has been married three times: to Nandini from 1997 to 2007, to Renu Desai from 2009 to 2012 and to Anna Lezhneva since 2013. He has a son, Akira, and a daughter, Aadhya, with Renu Desai.

Film career:

Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with the 1996 film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi as Kalyan Kumar, Presently Acting in Sardar Gabbar singh which is in sets now.

1996 Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi  as Kalyan

1997 Suswagatham as Ganesh

 1997 Gokulamlo Seetha  as Pavan

1998 Tholi Prema as Balu

1999 Thammudu as Subrahmanyam / Subhash

2000 Badri as Badrinath

2008 Jalsa as Sanjay Sahu

2001 Khushi as Sidhartha Roy

2003 Johnny as Johny

2004 Shankar Dada MBBS (Cameo appearance)

2004 Gudumba Shankar as Shankar

2005 Balu as Balu / Ghani

2006 Annavaram as Annavaram

2006 Bangaram as Bangaram / Balram

2007 Shankardada Zindabad (Special Appearance)

2010 Komaram Puli as Komaram Puli

2011 Panjaa as Jai

2011 Teen Maar as Michael Velayudham & Arjun Palwai

2012 Gabbar Singh as Gabbar Singh / Venkatrathnam Naidu

2012 Cameraman Ganga tho Rambabu as Ram Babu

2013 Atharintiki Daaredi as Goutham Nanda

2015 Gopala Gopala as Lord krishna

2016 Sardaar Gabbar Singh as Sardaar Gabbar Singh

Awards

He won Filmfare Award  - Best Actor For Gabbar Singh (2012)

He wonHyderabad Times Film Award - Best Actor For Gabbar Singh (2012)

He won CineMAA Award  - Best Actor For Gabbar Singh (2012)

He won Santosham Film Award - Best Actor For Attarintiki Daredi (2013)

He won Margadarsi Big Telugu Entertainment Award - Best Actor For Attarintiki Daredi (2013)

Charitable works

In 2012, he donated Rs 500,000 to support Olympic sports shooter Rekha Chalichemala. In 2013 he reportedly donated Rs 2 million to the Natural Calamity Management Fund for those impacted by the floods at Uttarakhand.

On 14 October 2014 he announced Rs. 5 million to the Chief Minister's relief fund for taking up relief operations in the aftermath of cyclone Hudhud in Andhra Pradesh, he donated 2crs For recent chennai Floods that shows his helping nature.

Political career

Kalyan with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014

Pawan Kalyan founded a political party called Jana Sena on 14 March 2014. He met with then BJP Prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to discuss about the issues related to both the Telugu states and extended his support.Pawan Kalyan campaigned extensively for Telugu Desam Party and BJP combine in Andhra and Telangana. His rallies drew what the Deccan-Journal called "huge crowds" in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.