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 the younger brother of popular Telugu actor, Chiranjeevi and producer Naga Babu.
Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi as Kalyan Babu. This film did not do well at the box office. However, he was noticed for his Martial Arts.
After his first movie
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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 the younger brother of popular Telugu actor, Chiranjeevi and producer Naga Babu.
Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi as Kalyan Babu. This film did not do well at the box office. However, he was noticed for 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 a commercial and critical blockbuster. He even directed a few song and fight sequences in the film. He directed his next movie, Johnny, that came 2 years later but was a disappointment. His subsequent flicks have been average and did not evoke the same response as his earlier films.
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.
Pawan Kalyan was first married to Nandini, after some time they both got separated but never divorced.On June 26, 2007 his estranged first wife, Nandini filed a case of bigamy in Visakhapatnam local court. However, the court of First Chief Additional Metropolitan Magistrate dismissed the case due to lack of evidence on February 24, 2008. Pawan Kalyan then fell in love with Renu Desai who was his co-star in the movie Badri and started living with her. Known as Saha Jeevanam in Telugu. The couple have a son named Akira Nandan, named after his favourite director Akira Kurosawa.
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