In 1998, he 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.
Personal Life:
Born to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi,Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.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.
He is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.
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 six Nandi Awards and National Award for the Best Feature Film (Telugu).After Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in Thammudu (1999) playing the role of a kickboxer. 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 the martial art Aikido. He used it 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.[
Pawan Kalyan's 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. It is now set to release in Tamil.[24] Kalyan's first release of 2012 is Gabbar Singh. The movie is directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The movie is a remake of the Hindi film Dabangg.In 2012,Gabbar Singh was the biggest blockbuster in the Telugu film industry.After the Release of Gabbarsingh,No Question from the Critics "Who is NO.1 in Telugu Film Industry?". Now Kalyan is working in Puri Jagannadh's Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu Is the most Awaiting movie in the recent times. The film is going to Release on 11-10-2012.
A social networking community on his name in the popular social networking website orkut is the second most active community in India.
Actor:
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
2004 Gudumba Shankar Shankar
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 Jay|
2012 Gabbar Singh Gabbar Singh, Venkat Ratnam Naidu
2012 Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu Rambabu Filming
Action Choreographer:
Year Film
1999 Thammudu
2000 Badri
2001 Kushi
2001 Daddy
2003 Johnny
2004 Gudumba Shankar
2010 Puli
2011 Theenmaar
Choreography:
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"
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" with Mallikarjun
2011 Panjaa "Paparaayudu" with Hemachandra, Sathyan and Brahmanandam
2012 Gabbar Singh "Pilla" along with Vaddepalli Srinivas
