Pawan Kalyan Biography | Pawan Kalyan Profile

Pawan Kalyan was born on September 2nd 1971 in Nellore, to Sri Konidela Venkat Rao and Smt Anjana Devi. Pawan Kalyan actual name is Konidela Kalyan Babu, re-christened himself as Pawan Kalyan with his first film, Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi, in 1996.

Pawan Kalyan is the youngest brother of actor Chiranjeevi and actor-producer Nagendra Babu. Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai, an actress who co-starred with him in the movies Badri and Johnny. Renu Desai and Pawan Kalyan have two children: a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004, and a baby girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Pawan Kalyan has starred in several critically and commercially successful films and has established himself as one of the leading actors in Telugu cinema.

Some intresting facts about Pawan Kalyan :
    Pawan Kalyan is a vegetarian.
    Pawan Kalyan holds a black belt in martial arts and did real shunts for his movies.
    Pawan Kalyan's wife renu desai is the costume designer for most of his flims.
    Tamil sensational actor vijay and venkatesh is a good friend of Pawan Kalyan and both expressed their intrest to act in a flim.
    Tamil and telugu actress trisha in an interview said that, she had a crush on Pawan Kalyan.
    Pawan Kalyan compensated the distributors' loss for his film johnny.
    Pawan Kalyan was the first south indian actor to endorse in pepsi ad campaign.
Many of the young actors and actresses in tollywood admire Pawan as an idol and icon.
    Pawan Kalyan favourite past time is reading books and planting saplings. He has a farm house in the outskirts of hyderabad where he grows vegetables, fruits.
    Pawan Kalyan is the most misunderstood man in the Telugu film industry, But here is no denying Kalyan's star power.

Career
After his first movie, pawan kalyan's second movie Gokulamlo Sita was an average flick but his next movie Suswagatham is a hit.

Pawan Kalyan in 1998, Tholi Prema released. It initially started out low profile but the treatement and the storyline along with melodious and balanced music by Deva took the movie to great heights and so did the image of Pawan Kalyan. Tholi Prema is a milestone in Pawan Kalyan's career. It is the movie which made the audience recognize the talent him.

Thammudu, another blockbuster followed, is a remake of Jo Jeetha Wohi Sikkandar with a difference that Pawan Kalyan is a kickbocker. Badri, directed by Poori Jagannath starring Pawan Kalyan, Amisha and Renu Desai is carried to a success range solely by Pawan Kalyan.

Pawan Kalyan is, as reported by media by then, involves himself in other aspects of the film too. Though few criticize that, it is his responsibility and commitment to the project that makes him take care of everything. And ofcourse, it worked each and every time. Kushi, released in 2001, created records. Kushi, his 7th movie, went on to get a gross of 20 crores.

After Kushi, Pawan Kalyan was in Japan for a brief period learing Akido martial art. That's for his debut directoral film Jhonny. The film had Renu Desai as lead actress. The film did not do great at the boxoffice but the movie has touching moments and became a canvas of Pawan's directoral skills.

Gudumba Shankar released in 2004. This film has Pawan Kalyan written all over it. Stunts and songs are conceptualized by Pawan Kalyan. He also got the credits for screenplay. The film is a good family entertainer. However that was not what his fans were expecting. The film did average business at the boxoffice. Later Vyjayanthi Films released Balu in 2005. This film is directed by Karunakaran who directed Tholi Prema.

Bangaram - Although it opened with extraordinary collections grossing almost 10 crores opening week, the film came out to be a disappointment.

Annavaram was released on December 29, 2006 by getting a good response and proved to be a big hit at box office. On Day 1, the film grossed 3.75 crores. The film grossed a share of 12.44 crores In its first week , 18 crores second week. After three weeks, the film grossed a share of 27 crores, which is making it the highest grossing film in Kalyan's career. Jalsa is releasing on April 02 2008. It's BoxOffice Hit. and Theenmaar (2011). Pawan Kalyan has also signed for a movie based on the life of Jesus Christ with the director Singeetam Srinivasa Rao; it will be released in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and English.

Filmography & Awards

Year     Title                         Awards

1996     Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi
   
1997     Gokulamlo Seetha
   
1998     Suswagatham    

1998     Tholi Prema    

1999     Thammudu    

2000     Badri
   
2001     Khushi    

2003     Johnny    

2004     Gudumba Shankar
   
2005     Balu ABCDEFG    

2006     Bangaram    

2006     Annavaram
   
2007     Shankardada Zindabad Guest Appearance

2008     Jalsa    

2010     Puli    

2011     Theenmaar
   
2011     Panja

Prince of Peace Movie Songs
Prince of Peace Movie Review     Filming

Filming
2012     Gabbar Singh
Camera Man Ganga Tho RamBabu     Filming

Gabbar Singh Movie Songs
Gabbar Singh Movie Review

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Super stardom and "Pawan-Mania"

The move from "Star" to "Power Star" came when Pawan Kalyan played "Balu" in the 1998 blockbuster toliprema, the highest critical acclaimed movie It also received 6 nandi awards. Over the course of the next few years he would become a household name statewide, synonymous with labels such as "teenage heart-throb". In 1999 Pawan Kalyan began a shift away to action and love involved movies and moved to engage himself by starring in three epic movies: Thammudu, Badri, Khushi. All three films were very well received by critics. Pawan Kalyan's stardom took such a high because he is the only actor in the Telugu film fraternity to give four block-busters in a row. Pawan Kalyan mainly attracted youth and college students with his movies in college back-drop and he has most of his following in the youth and also the most popular and liked actor in the youth. Hence irrespective of hits and flops his films receive a tremendous opening collections.

By 2002, Pawan Kalyan is shot to such a fame that Pepsi decided to pit him against their arch rival Coke (Thumbs Up), being promoted by his big brother, Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan is never a media accessible person. Pawan Kalyan, in one of his interviews, commented that he is an artist and hence it's not him but his films that should do the talking.

Pawan Kalyan also composed stunts for Chiranjeevi's Daddy. A unique profile - In addition to his expertise in martial arts and fight sequences, Pawan Kalyan is a talented actor, director and away-from-publicity.