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Pawan Kalyan

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Pawan Kalyan
Born Konidala Kalyan Babu
2 September 1971 (age 40)[1][2]
Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India [3]
Residence Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names Pawan Kalyan, Power Star[4][5]
Occupation Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Action Choreographer, Choreography, Playback Singer, Producer
Years active 1996 – present
Spouse Renu Desai (2009 – present)[6]
Children Akira Nandan
Aadhya
Parents Venkat Rao Konidala
Anjana Devi Konidala
Relatives Chiranjeevi Konidala (brother)
Nagendra Babu Konidala (brother)
Ram Charan Teja Konidala (nephew)
Arjun Allu (2nd nephew)
Aravind Allu (brother-in-law)
Rama Lingaiah Allu (father-in-law of brother)
Pawan Kalyan (Telugu: పవన్ కళ్యాణ్; born Konidala Kalyan Babu on 2 September 1971)[2] is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and action choreographer in Telugu cinema. He is the brother of Indian actor Chiranjeevi. He made his acting debut in 1996 with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.
In 1998, he was starred in Tholi Prema which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that Year. He is known for his works in other blockbusters like Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatham,Tholi Prema,Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa and Gabbar Singh.[7]

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Personal life

Born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi,[8] Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.[9] After his divorce from Nandini,[10] Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai on 28 January 2009. She co-starred with him in the films Badri and Johnny[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] He holds a black belt in karate[15] and has displayed his skills in several of his films. He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums.[16] He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolizing Hanuman. From then, Kalyan Babu became popular as Pawan Kalyan.[17][18][19]
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.[20]

Career

Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi (1996) as Kalyan Babu in which he performed martial arts action sequences. His second movie was Gokulamlo Seetha (1997), which is a remake of the 1996 Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai. He also starred in Suswagatham, which is also a remake of a Tamil film Love Today (1997).
In 1998, Tholi Prema released and received 6 Nandi Awards and National Award for the Best Feature Film (Telugu).[21] After Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in Thammudu (1999) playing the role of a kickboxer. Pawan In 2000, he featured in Puri Jagannadh's first directorial venture Badri. Pawan acted in Kushi (2001) directed by S. J. Surya.
After the release of Kushi, 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. His next releases were Gudumba Shankar, Balu ABCDEFG, Bangaram and Annavaram
In 2008, Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas released. His subsequent release Puli arrived on 10 September. 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.[22][relevant? – discuss]
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. Following this, Pawan Kalyan appeared in a Vishnuvardhan's gangster film Panjaa.This film is now set to release in Tamil.[23] 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 Hindi film Dabangg.[24] In 2012, Pawan is slated to work 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.[25] [26]
A social networking community on his name in the popular social networking website orkut is the second most active community in india. After orkut 'India' community, orkut 'Power Star Pawan Kalyan' community takes second place in Top 10 orkut National communities.[27][28]

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
2001 Kushi Siddhartha Roy
2003 Johnny Johnny Story,Screenplay and Direction
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,Venkat Ratnam Naidu
2012 Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu Rambabu Pre-Production
2012 Prince of Peace
Filming

Action Choreographer

Year Film Notes
1999 Thammudu
2000 Badri
2001 Kushi
2001 Daddy Starring his brother Chiranjeevi
2003 Johnny
2004 Gudumba Shankar
2010 Puli
2011 Theenmaar Pre Climax fight

Playback singing

Year Film Song
1999 Thammudu "Thadi settu ekkalevu"(Bit Song)
2001 Kushi "Bye Byeyye Bangaru Ramanamma"(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
2012 Gabbar Singh "Pilla" along with Vaddepalli Srinivas

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 Kushi All songs except " Gajja Gallu"
2003 Johnny All songs
2004 Gudumba Shankar All songs
2006 Annavaram "Neevalle Neevalle"
2011 Panjaa "Panjaa Title Track"

References

  1. ^ "Pawan kalyan's B'Day". Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  2. ^ a b Happy Birthday 'Power Star' Pawan Kalyan – Telugu Movie News. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 2011-12-30.
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiUDsomCNy8
  4. ^ Power Star Pawan Kalyan Biography – Filmography – Profile | Telugu Songs Download | Hindi Mp3 Songs. Andhrulamusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-30.
  5. ^ Power Star's Star Power. Southscope.in (2010-09-02). Retrieved on 2011-12-30. (archive)
  6. ^ "Pawan Kalyan Weds Renu Desai". Livinggallery.oneindia.in. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  7. ^ Pawan Kalyan's Hits And Flops – Complete List. Weekendcreations.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-30.
  8. ^ "Leaders console Chiranjeevi". The Hindu. 25 December 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Pawan Kalyan – Biography, Photo, Movies, Pawan Kalyan Wallpapers, Videos, Songs". Chakpak.com. 2 September 1971. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Pavan Kalyan gets married – Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  11. ^ "A deadly combo of Pawan, Rahman & Suryah! – Rediff.com Movies". Movies.rediff.com. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Powerstar Pawan Kalyan' real Karate show invitation in 1997 March at Harihara Kalabhavan- He performed the show during the release of Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi exclusive for Cherryfans.com – Cherryfans.com- Cherry fans – Cherry, Chiru, pawan, Bunny etc". Cherry fans. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  13. ^ Fri 9 Oct 2009 07:56 pm (9 October 2009). "Pawan Kalyan is fit as a fiddle". Cinejosh.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Photo Feature: Pawan Kalyan's 'Leg Lifting Kick'| – Updated News". andhramania.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  15. ^ Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi Review – Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi Movie Review on fullhyd.com. Fullhyderabad.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-30.
  16. ^ "As a recognition". Cherryfans.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Bangaram Review – Telugu Movie Review by Kishore". Nowrunning.com. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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  20. ^ "TotalTollywood". TotalTollywood. 2 September 1973. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Nandi Awards Nandi Awards – 1998". Chithr.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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  23. ^ panjaa in tamil
  24. ^ "Gabbar Singh shoot begins". sify. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  25. ^ "Pawan-Puri movie from May 2012". telugu one. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  26. ^ "Pawan in Camera Man Ganga tho Rambabu". Telugu One. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  27. ^ "Orkut Power Star Pawan Kalyan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  28. ^ "Orkut Power Star Pawan Kalyan". Google. Retrieved 25 August 2009.


Akkada Ammai Ikkada Abbai

 


Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Supriya
Director           : E.V.V. Satyanarayana
Music               : Koti
Producer          : Allu Aravind

Bava Bava Bujji bava
Singer(s)     : Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra Ks
Chaligaali Jummandi Endukammaa
Singer(s)     : Chithra Ks, Nagore Babu
Collegiki Teenageki
Singer(s)     : Balasubrahmanyam
Muddu Muddu
Singer(s)     : Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra Ks
Premanna Maatalone Ento
Singer(s)     : Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra Ks
Priyasakhi Om Sakhi
Singer(s)      : Balasubrahmanyam, Srilekha

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