Pawan Kalyan (Telugu: పవన్ కళ్యాణ్; born Konidala Kalyan Babu on 2 September 1971 is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and action choreographer in Telugu cinema. He made his debut in 1996 with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi and then went on to star in commercially successful films like Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatham, Tholi Prema, Thammudu, Badri, Khushi and Jalsa
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Personal life
Born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi, Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.[9] After his divorce from Nandini,Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai on 28 January 2009. She co-starred with him in the films Badri and Johnny and has worked as costume designer for most of his films. The couple have two children, a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004 and a girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Akira was named after Pawan Kalyan's favorite director Akira Kurosawa.
Kalyan is trained in martial arts. He holds a black belt in karate and has displayed his skills in several of his films. He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums. He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolizing Hanuman. From then, Kalyan Babu became popular as Pawan Kalyan.
His brother-in-law Allu Aravind is an Indian film producer. Ram Charan Teja Konidala and Allu Arjun are other actors from the family. Pawan Kalyan is a vegetarian. He is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.
Career

1996–2001
Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi as Kalyan Babu. This film was notable for his martial arts action sequences. The film was an average grosser at the boxoffice. After his first movie, his second movie was Gokulamlo Sita. Kalyan was then seen in Gokulamlo Sita which was a remake of the Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai. This movie brought mass image to Pawan Kalyan. This movie completed its 100 day run in 11 theaters and was declared a moderate box office success. His third movie Suswagatham was a super success at the box office. Kalyan's performance and youthful appeal added to its box office success.
In 1998, Tholi Prema released. It initially had average talk but the treatment along with melodious and balanced music by Deva and fresh treatment from debutant director, A. Karunakaran made up for a blockbuster hit run for the movie. The movie also received 6 Nandi Awards and Winner of National Award for the Best Feature Film(Telugu). After Tholiprema, Pawan acted in Thammudu (1999) which was loosely inspired from Aamir Khan's film Jo Jeeta wohi Sikandar with the difference being that Pawan Kalyan played the role of a kickboxer. Pawan Kalyan's energetic performance and music paved its way for a super successful run at the box office. In 2000, he featured in Puri Jagannadh first directorial venture Badri. The film opened to mixed reviews but was a super hit. After Badri, Pawan acted in Khushi (2001) directed by S. J. Surya and the movie went on to become one of the most successful films of Pawan Kalyan. His loverboy-cum-action hero image along with ego clashes between lead pair and music were widely appreciated and the film went on to become the biggest hit of tollywood.
The trade pundits started comparing his box office performance with that of his elder brother Chiranjeevi. Thammudu, Badri, Chiranjeevi's Daddy and Khushi's action sequences were choreographed by Pawan Kalyan which were well appreciated by the audiences and added a new dimension to Kalyan's loverboy image.
2003–present
After the release of Khushi, Pawan Kalyan took a long gap of two years in his film career. He went to Japan for a brief period to learn a martial art called Aikido. He learnt this stunt to use in his first directorial venture Johnny. Despite the poor box office performance, the movie has attracted a cult following for its action scenes. His next releases Gudumba Shankar, Balu ABCDEFG, Bangaram and Annavaram were average grosser at the box office. Pawan Kalyan's pet project Satyagrahi, which he was supposed to direct, got shelved in 2006 due to unstated reasons.
In 2008, Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas released and received good reviews and became one of the biggest hits in his career which collected around Rs 35 crores worldwide and proved profitable to the distributors. The movie went on to become one of the highest grossers in 2008. The music got very good reviews from websites topped the music charts. His subsequent release Puli arrived on 10 September amidst huge expectations because of big names associated with Pawan Kalyan like A.R.Rahman, Binod Pradhan and S. J. Surya but the movie turned out to be a big disappointment but the soundtrack got overwhelming positive reviews and became a hot seller. The audio sales reached a total of 1.6 lakhs of CDs in the first three days, which is an all-time record in Telugu film history.
Pawan Kalyan first release of 2011 was Theenmaar directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee in which he portrayed the two contrasting characters of present and yesteryear generations and he came with superb performance. Given the moderate budget and superb openings, the movie has managed to do a good business and ended up being a commercial and critical success. Following this, Pawan Kalyan appeared in a Vishnuvardhan's gangster flick Panjaa which has been received with mixed response and ended up doing moderate business at the box office.
In September 2011, Pawan began shooting for the movie Gabbar Singh. The movie is being directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The movie is a remake of the Blockbuster Hindi film Dabangg. In 2012, Pawan will also be seen in Puri Jagannadh's Cameraman Ganga tho Rambabu. The film is being produced by D. V. V. Danayya and filming is set to begin in May 2012.

Filmography
Actor
Year Film Role Notes
1996 Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi Kalyan
1997 Gokulamlo Seetha Pawan
1998 Suswagatham Ganesh
1998 Tholi Prema Balu
1999 Thammudu Subhash
2000 Badri Badrinath Puri Jaganath(Film Director) Debut Movie
2001 Khushi Siddhartha Roy
2003 Johnny Johnny Story,Screenplay and Direction
2004 Shankar Dada MBBS Cameo appearance
2004 Gudumba Shankar Shankar Screenplay
2005 Balu ABCDEFG Balu,Ghani
2006 Bangaram Bangaram
2006 Annavaram Annavaram
2007 Shankardada Zindabad Suresh Cameo appearance
2008 Jalsa Sanjay Sahu
2010 Puli Komaram Puli
2011 Theenmaar Arjun Palwai
Michael Velayudham Dual role
2011 Panjaa Jai Dev
2012 Gabbar Singh Gabbar Singh Filming
2012 Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu Rambabu Pre-Production
2012 Prince of Peace Filming
Action Choreographer
Year Film Notes
1999 Thammudu
2000 Badri
2001 Khushi
2001 Daddy directed his brother Chiranjeevi
2003 Johnny
2004 Gudumba Shankar
2011 Theenmaar Pre Climax fight
Playback singing
Year Film Song
1999 Thammudu "Thadi settu ekkalevu"(Bit Song)
2003 Johnny "Nuvvu Sara Taguta", "Ravoyi Maa Countryki"
2004 Gudumba Shankar "Killi Killi" along with Mallikarjun
2011 Panjaa "Paparaayudu" along with Hemachandra, Sathyan & Brahmanandam
Choreography/Songs Visualization
Year Film Songs
1999 Thammudu All songs except " Made in Andhra" and "Kala Kalalu"
2000 Badri "Bangala Kathamulo","I am an Indian" and "Yeh Chikitha"
2001 Khushi All songs except " Gajja Gallu"
2003 Johnny All songs
2004 Gudumba Shankar All songs
2006 Annavaram "Neevalle Neevalle"

2011 Panjaa "Panjaa Title Track"