Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan
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Born	Konidala Kalyan
Other names	Power Star
Height	5'10
Spouse	[Nanditha ]
Partner	[Renu Desai]
Children	Akira Nandan

Pawan Kalyan (born as Konidala Kalyan on September 2, 1965) is a popular Telugu cinema actor and a film director. Fondly dubbed as 'Power Star' by his fans, Pawan Kalyan's notable movies include Tholi Prema (1998), Thammudu (1999), Badri (2000) and Khushi (2001). He is the younger brother of popular Telugu actor - Chiranjeevi and actor/producer Nagendra Babu.

Early career

Pawan Kalyan was born in Chirala, Andhra Pradesh, India to Sri Venkat Rao and Smt Anjana Devi. Pawan Kalyan entered Telugu movie industry with Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi as Kalyan Babu. Though this film did not do well at the box office, Pawan Kalyan was noticed for his expertise in Martial Arts.

His second movie Gokulamlo Sita was an average flick but his next movie Suswagatham was a big hit.

In 1998, Tholi Prema was released. It started initially on a low profile but the treatment and the storyline along with melodious music by Deva took the movie to great heights. And so did the image of Pawan Kalyan. Tholi Prema, a milestone movie in Pawan Kalyan's career, made the audience recognize the depth of talent in him.

Thammudu, another blockbuster that followed, is a remake of a hit Hindi movie - Jo Jeetha Wohi Sikandar. The difference is that Pawan Kalyan trains to compete in a school kickboxing tournament, to avenge his brother's place. Badri, directed by Poori Jagannath - starring Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel and Renu Desai, was another run away success - solely based on Pawan Kalyan's charm and performance.

Pawan Kalyan, as reported by the media, seems to involve himself in other aspects of the film making too. Though few criticize it, his commitment to the success of the film is unquestionable. Khushi, released in 2001, created box office records and left an indelible image in the minds of Telugu youth. Khushi, only his 7th movie, went on to make a gross of 30 crores.

After Khushi, Pawan Kalyan was in Japan for a brief period learing Akido martial art. That's for his debut directorial film Johnny. The film had Renu Desai as the lead actress. The film did not fare well at the box office, but clearly demonstrated Pawan's directorial prowess.

Gudumba Shankar was released in 2004. This film has Pawan Kalyan's brand written all over it. Stunts and songs are conceptualized by Pawan Kalyan, and he gets credit for the screenplay as well. The film is a good family entertainer. However, it still did not meet his fans' high expectations. The film did average business at the box office. Later Vyjayanthi Films released Balu in 2005. This film is directed by Karunakaran who directed Tholi Prema.

Bangaram - though the movie opened with extraordinary collections, grossing almost 10 crores in the opening week, the film turned out to be a disappointment. Yet, it left the producer with a cool 4 crore profit.

Annavaram was released on Dec 29, 2006, receiving tremendous response from the audience and proved to be a big hit at the box office. On day 1, the film grossed 3.75 crores. The film grossed 12.44 crores in its first week, and 18 crores in the second week. By the end of initial three weeks, the film grossed 27 crores, which made the film to be the highest grossing film in Kalyan's career.

Jalsa, released in 2008, is the most widely released south Indian picture ever - in about 1000 theaters released worldwide. The film was released in the US with 18 prints. The film grossed Rs.7.67 crores (7,67,00,000) worldwide on its opening day itself, which is the highest collection in 75 years of Telugu film industry.

Jalsa is the first south Indian movie to be listed in the top ten of American based 'Box Office Mojo'. This site surveys all of the movies released in the world and provides their gross earnings. Jalsa stood 9th in its listings for the weekend of April 2-4th, 2008.

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. His stardom took such a high because he is the only actor in the Telugu film fraternity to give four block-busters in a row. He 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 (ThumbsUp), 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, he is a talented actor, director and away-from-publicity.

Social Work

Pawan has started an organization called Common Man Protection Force(CMPF) 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, in India. He intends to do it through organized militia, and seems to have got carried away with the ideals of Gudumba Shankar. CMPF works to stop child prostitution and to stop the spread of Flourosis. It is rumored that CMPF has been changed to Common Protection force. Pawan is a deep thinker and has a commendable understanding of how society and the system works.He stands up and lives for several causes for the welfare of the poor. He is known for his hidden donations and philanthropic views. He makes sure that all this films have a message for the viewers, making them aware of the problems in the society and quest towards the solutions. He is a person who always questions his motives constantly.

Personal life

Pawan Kalyan was first married to Nandini, living with Renu Desai. She is Pawan's co-star in the film Badri, Johnny. She has also a son Akira Nandan with Pawan Kalyan.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi	Kalyan Kumar	Flop
1997	Gokulamlo Seetha	Pavan	Average
1998	Suswagatham	Ganesh	Super Hit
	Tholi Prema	Balu	Block Buster
1999	Thammudu	Subhash	Block Buster
2000	Badri	Badrinath	Super Hit
2001	Khushi	Sidhartha Roy	Sensational Hit
2003	Johnny	Johnny	Disaster
2004	Gudumba Shankar	Shankar / Kalyanji	Flop
	Shankardada MBBS	Gudumba Shankar	Above Average
2005	Balu ABCDEFG	Balu / Ghanni	Flop
2006	Bangaram	Bangaram	Utter Flop
	Annavaram	Annavaram	Below Average
2007	Shankardada Zindabad	Suresh	Below Average
2008	Jalsaa	Sanjay Sahu	Hit
2009	Puli		Shooting going to start in few days

Trivia

• Pawan Kalyan is a Vegetarian.
• He has a Black Belt in Martial Arts and did his own stunts.
• He compensated the distributors' loss for his film johnny.
• His lover Renu Desai is the costume designer for most of his films.
• Venkatesh is good friend of his and Tamil actor vijay is a fan of Pawan Kalyan both expressed their interest to act in a film together.
• Tamil and Telugu actress Trisha in an interview said that, she had a crush on Pawan Kalyan.
• Many of the young actors and actresses in tollywood admire Pawan as an idol and icon.
• An ardent admirer of Che guevara
• His favourite past time is reading books and planting saplings.He has a farm house in the outskirts of Hyderabad where he grows vegetables,fruits.
• He is the most misunderstood man in the Telugu film industry, But there is no denying Kalyan's star

he left his wife for film actress renu desai

External links

• Pawan Kalyan at IMDb