Pawan Kalyan

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Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan in October 2007 Born Konidala Kalyan Babu Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India[1] Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Residence

Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Stunt Occupation coordinator, Choreographer, Playback Singer Years active 1996 present

Nandini
(m.1997 2008)

Spouse(s)

Renu Desai
(m.2009 - present) (2 children)

Children

Konidela Akira Nandan Tej (born 2004) Konidela Aadhya (born 2010)

Parents

Venkat Rao Konidela Anjana Devi Konidela Chiranjeevi(Brother) Nagendra Babu(Brother) Ram Charan(Nephew) Allu Arjun

Relatives

Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu)[2] is an Indian film actor, martial artist, director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator, choreographer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the younger brother of actor turned politician Chiranjeevi. Kalyan made his acting debut in 1996 Telugu film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. In 1998, he starred in Tholi Prema which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. He is known for his work in films like Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatham, Tholi Prema, Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa and the recent 1.5 billion grosser, Gabbar Singh for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu[3] and CineMAA Award for Best Actor - Male.[4] He was listed #53 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012.[5]

Contents

1 Personal life 2 Career o 2.1 Early career (19961997) o 2.2 19982001 o 2.3 20022007 o 2.4 2008 present 3 Politics 4 Awards 5 Filmography o 5.1 Actor o 5.2 Direction o 5.3 Stunt coordinator o 5.4 Playback singing o 5.5 Choreography/Songs visualization 6 References 7 External links

Personal life
Pawan Kalyan was born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi.[6] He is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.

Kalyan is a trained Martial Artist.[7] He holds a black belt in karate and has displayed his skills in several of his films.[8] He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums.[7] He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolizing Hanuman. From then, he started using the name Pawan Kalyan.[9] Kalyan is a vegetarian and is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.[10] Kalyan married Nandini, a Visakhapatnam resident, on 17 May 1997.[11] The couple separated after two years of marriage. Kalyan started a relationship with his co-star Renu Desai[12] and married her on 28 January 2009.[12] Renu Desai worked as a costume designer for most of his films. The couple has two children, a son born in 2004 and a daughter born in 2010. In December 2013, he married Anna Lezhneva of Russia.[13]

Career
Early career (19961997)

Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with the 1996 film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi as Kalyan Babu. His second movie was Gokulamlo Seetha in 1997, which was a remake of the 1996 Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai. This movie was directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and produced by G.V.G. Raju. In 1997, he also appeared in Suswagatham, a remake of 1997 Tamil film Love Today.
19982001

In 1998, Tholi Prema was released and won a National Award and six Nandi Awards.[14] After Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in Thammudu, playing the role of a kick boxer. Thammudu was released on 15 July 1999 and was written and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. In 2000, he acted in Puri Jagannadh's first directorial venture Badri. In 2001, Kalyan acted in the film Kushi. The film was released on 27 April 2001 and was directed by S.J. Suryah.[15]
20022007

Johnny, written and directed by Kalyan, released on 26 April 2003. Kalyan also starred in the film, along with Renu Desai. In 2004, his film Gudumba Shankar was released. The film was directed by Veera Shankar and produced by Pawan's brother Nagendra Babu on Anjana Productions banner. The film's script and screenplay were written by Kalyan and he also choreographed three songs in this film and actions scenes were conceived and choreographed by him.[16] In 2005, the film Balu ABCDEFG, directed by A. Karunakaran was released. This was A. Karunakaran's second film with Pawan Kalyan after Tholi Prema. This film was produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. In 2006, Bangaram directed by Tamil director Dharani was released. Later that year, he appeared in Annavaram directed by Bhimaneni

Srinivasa Rao. Asin, and Sandhya were cast alongside Pawan in the film and the film was produced by Mega Supergood Films. The film was released on 29 December 2006 [17] and collected 23 crores in 3 weeks.[18][19] The film was a remake of the Tamil film Thirupaachi. Pawan Kalyan also choreographed a song "Neevalle Neevalle" in this film.
2008 present

In 2008, Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Allu Aravind was released. The film starred Ileana D'Cruz and Parvati Melton in pivotal roles opposite Pawan. The film was released on 2 April 2008 with 320 prints in over 1000 theatres and successfully completed 100 days in 25 centres.[20] After 2 years, Pawan was seen in 2010 film Puli, written and directed by S. J. Suryaah and starring Nikeesha Patel opposite Pawan Kalyan. The film featured a soundtrack by A. R. Rahman and cinematography by Binod Pradhan. It was produced by Navodaya Appachan and Singanamala Ramesh on a 35 crore budget and was distributed by Geetha Arts. The film was released on 10 September 2010 worldwide with 600 prints in 1000 theatres. The makers of the film re-edited it due to very poor reviews and re-released the shortened version on 15 September 2010.[21] The final outcome however was disappointing. The film was declared a flop at the box office. An official announcement was made in the same year that Pawan Kalyan was going to play a small role in a movie about Jesus Christ directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and produced by Konda Krishnam Raju.[22] Makers of the film also registered a title called Prince of Peace at film chamber, but the film was shelved due to undisclosed reasons.[23] In 2011, he was seen in Theenmaar directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee. The film was a remake of the successful Hindi film Love Aaj Kal.[24] The film was released on 14 April 2011.[25] In 2011, Pawan Kalyan also appeared in Vishnuvardhan's gangster film Panjaa. The film, jointly produced by Arka Mediaworks and Sanghamitra Art Productions, also stars Sarah-Jane Dias and Anjali Lavania opposite Pawan.[26][27] Panjaa was released on 9 December 2011. It received mixed reviews from critics and was criticised for lack of story and a strong screenplay.[citation
needed]

In 2012, Pawan was seen in Gabbar Singh directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The film is a remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg.[28] The film successfully completed 100 days and stood as the highest grossing film of all time in Tollywood.[29][30] After this film Pawan worked in Puri Jagannadh's Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. The film was produced by D. V. V. Danayya and was released on 18 October 2012. His latest release is Trivikram's Attharintiki Daaredhi. The film, released on 27 September 2013, is a complete family entertainer with Samantha & Pranitha as female leads. The music for this film was scored by Devi Sri Prasad. This film faced problems with piracy as half of the movie got leaked in the internet prior to its release and it was a major shock to the producer.[31] Despite all these, Attharintiki Daaredhi completed its 100 days [32] and went on to become an Industry hit surpassing Magadheera which was the previous top grosser of Tollywood.[33]

Politics

On March 2014, he founded his own political party, he named it Jana Sena Party.[34][35] On 14 March 2014, Addressing thousands of his fans here, he gave a call - "Congress hatao desh bachao (Remove the Congress, save the nation)"[36]

Awards
Filmfare Awards South

2013 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu - Gabbar Singh

South Indian International Movie Awards

2013 - SIIMA Award for Best Actor Telugu - Gabbar Singh

CineMAA Awards

2013 - CineMAA Award for Best Actor Male - Gabbar Singh

Other Awards

2001 - Sivaranjani Award for Best Actor - Kushi 2013 - Big Telugu Entertainment Awards - Best Actor Attarintiki Daredi

Filmography
Actor Year Film Director Role Koti Koti S.A. Rajkumar Deva Ramana Gogula Ramana Gogula Mani Sharma Music

1996 Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi E. V. V. Satyanarayana Kalyan 1997 Gokulamlo Seetha 1998 Suswagatham 1998 Tholi Prema 1999 Thammudu 2000 Badri 2001 Kushi Muthyala Subbaiah Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao A. Karunakaran P. A. Arun Prasad Puri Jagannadh S. J. Surya Pawan Kalyan Ganesh Balu Subhash Badrinath Siddhartha Roy

Year 2003 Johnny

Film Himself

Director Johnny Shankar

Role

Music Ramana Gogula Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Vidyasagar Ramana Gogula Devi Sri Prasad A.R. Rahman

2004 Gudumba Shankar 2005 Balu ABCDEFG 2006 Bangaram 2006 Annavaram 2008 Jalsa 2010 Puli 2011 Theenmaar

Veera Shankar A. Karunakaran Dharani Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao Trivikram Srinivas S. J. Surya Jayanth C. Paranjee

Balu/Ghani Bangaram Annavaram Sanjay Sahu Komaram Puli

Arjun Palwai, Mani Sharma Michael Velayudham Jai Dev Venkataratnam Naidu (Gabbar Singh) Rambabu Gowtham Nanda Yuvan Shankar Raja

2011 Panjaa

Vishnuvardhan

2012 Gabbar Singh

Harish Shankar

Devi Sri Prasad

2012

Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu

Puri Jagannadh Trivikram Srinivas

Mani Sharma Devi Sri Prasad

2013 Attarintiki Daredi Direction Year Film Notes 2003 Johnny Stunt coordinator Year Film

1999 Thammudu

Year 2000 Badri 2001 Kushi 2001 Daddy 2003 Johnny

Film

2004 Gudumba Shankar 2011 Theenmaar Playback singing Year Film Song "Thati Chettu" and "Em Pilla" (Bit songs) "Bai Baiye Bangaru Ramanamma" (Bit Song) "Nuvvu Sara Taguta" and "Ravoyi Maa Intiki" (Bit songs)

1999 Thammudu 2001 Kushi 2003 Johnny

2004 Gudumba Shankar "Killi Killi" along with Mallikarjun 2011 Panjaa "Paparaayudu" along with Hemachandra, Sathyan & Brahmanandam

2013 Attarintiki Daredi "Kaatama Rayudaa, Kadiri Narasimhudaa" Choreography/Songs visualization Year 2000 Badri 2001 Kushi 2003 Johnny Film Song "I am an Indian", "Bangala Kathamlo" and "Yeh! Chikitha" All songs except "Ammaye Sannaga" and "Gajja Gallu" All songs

2004 Gudumba Shankar All songs 2006 Annavaram "Neevalle Neevalle"

Year 2011 Panjaa

Film "Panjaa"

Song

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