| Pawan Kalyan | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Konidala Kalyan |
| Born | September 2 1971  Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Other name(s) | Power Star |
| Spouse(s) | Renu Desai |
| Children | Akira Nandan |
Pawan Kalyan (born September 2, 1971 is a popular Indian film star and director in Andhra Pradesh. He is fondly called Power Star by his fans. His birth name is Konidala Kalyan. He is younger brother to popular Telugu actor, Chiranjeevi and Naga Babu.
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Early career
Pawan Kalyan entered Telugu movie industry with the movie Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbai as Kalyan Babu. This film did not do well at the box office. However, he was noticed for the best of his Martial Arts.
Career
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 was received well both commercially and critically. He even directed few song sequences and fight sequences in the film Kushi. Also directed one fight sequence in the film Daddy for his brother Chiranjeevi.
Social Work
Pawan has started an organisation called Common Man Protection Force in October 2007. He has contributed 1 crore INR towards the corpus fund to help his brother get into politics 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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi | Kalyan Kumar | |
| 1997 | Gokulamlo Seetha | Pavan | |
| 1998 | Suswagatham | Ganesh | |
| Tholi Prema | Balu | ||
| 1999 | Thammudu | Subrahmanyam / "Subbu" Subhash | |
| 2000 | Badri | Badri-Badrinath | |
| 2001 | Khushi | Sidhartha Roy | |
| 2003 | Johnny | Johnny | |
| 2004 | Gudumba Shankar | Shankar / Kalyanji | |
| Shankardada MBBS | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2005 | Balu ABCDEFG | Balu / Ghanni | |
| 2006 | Bangaram | Bangaram | |
| Annavaram | Annavaram | ||
| 2007 | Shankardada Zindabad | Suresh | Cameo appearance |
| 2008 | Jalsaa | Trivikram | Filming, Have to wait and see |
