Pawan Kalyan was born on Konidela Kalyan Babu; 2 September 1968 or 1971 and is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and philanthropist.
48 Facts About Pawan Kalyan
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Pawan Kalyan is the recipient of a Filmfare Award, a SIIMA Award, a CineMAA Award and a Santosham Film Award.
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Pawan Kalyan has featured in Forbes Indias Celebrity 100 list in the years 2013,2017, and 2018.
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Pawan Kalyan starred in Tholi Prema in 1998, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu that year.
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Pawan Kalyan produces films under the banners Anjana Productions and Pawan Kalyan Creative Works.
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In 2008, Pawan Kalyan entered into politics as the president of youth wing of Praja Rajyam Party, founded by his brother Chiranjeevi.
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Pawan Kalyan left the party after it merged into the Congress party.
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Pawan Kalyan founded a charitable trust called Common Man Protection Force for helping the needy people in Andhra Pradesh.
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Pawan Kalyan holds a black belt in karate and specializes in various martial arts which he depicts in his films regularly.
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Pawan Kalyan was born on 2 September in 1968 or 1971 to Konidela Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi in Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh.
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Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.
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Pawan Kalyan was awarded "Pawan" during one of his public martial arts presentations.
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Pawan Kalyan is the uncle of actors Ram Charan, Varun Tej, Sai Dharam Tej and Allu Arjun.
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Pawan Kalyan made his acting debut in 1996 with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.
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Pawan Kalyan next appeared in A Karunakaran-directed Tholi Prema which won the National Award and six Nandi Awards that year.
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Pawan Kalyan starred in the film, along with Renu Desai, produced by Allu Aravind, and music composed by Ramana Gogula.
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An official announcement was made in the same year that Pawan Kalyan was going to play a small role in a movie about Jesus Christ directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.
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Pawan Kalyan is shooting for Hari Hara Veera Mallu, which is being directed by Krish Jagarlamudi.
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Pawan Kalyan is acting in the remake of Vinodhaya Sitham, Bro, with Sai Dharam Tej, under the direction of Samuthirakani, who directed the original film.
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Pawan Kalyan started his political career in 2008 as the president of Yuvarajyam, the youth wing of Praja Rajyam Party which was started by his elder brother Chiranjeevi.
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Pawan Kalyan neither contested in elections nor did he hold any constitutional post during his days in Praja Rajyam Party.
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Pawan Kalyan was struck with bouts of vomiting, as he was hit by a sunstroke during a roadshow at Vizag on 19 April 2009.
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Later, in 2011, when Chiranjeevi merged his party with Congress, Pawan Kalyan took a break from political life, expressing his silent discontent with his brother's decision to merge the party, and started a new political party in 2014 called Jana Sena Party.
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Pawan Kalyan founded a political party named Jana Sena Party on 14 March 2014.
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Pawan Kalyan wrote a book titled Ism which is the ideology of the Jana Sena party.
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Pawan Kalyan met with then BJP Prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to discuss the issues related to both the Telugu states and extended his support.
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Pawan Kalyan campaigned extensively for the Telugu Desam Party and BJP alliance in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Pawan Kalyan's rallies drew what the Deccan-Journal called "huge crowds" in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Pawan Kalyan brought the Uddanam kidney disease crisis to the attention of media and politicians through protests and a hunger strike.
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In November 2016, Pawan Kalyan announced that Jana Sena will contest in the 2019 general elections in Andhra Pradesh.
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Pawan Kalyan stated that he was planning to contest from all 175 legislatures of Andhra Pradesh without any alliance.
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Pawan Kalyan opposed central government's move to privatise Dredging Corporation of India on a golden platter.
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Pawan Kalyan opposed the TDP Government's decision on land pooling.
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Pawan Kalyan exposed the alleged unchecked mining in the reserve forest area at Vanthada village of Prathipadu in East Godavari district.
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Pawan Kalyan has announced the Jana Sena party's 2019 election manifesto at Rajahmundry public meeting with many measures to improve the lives of farmers, farm labourers, women, youth, and students.
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Pawan Kalyan has lost in both to candidates from YSR Congress Party.
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Pawan Kalyan's party was able to win from Razole, making it the only seat it has won in the election.
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Later the same year, on 3 November 2019, Pawan Kalyan led a long march in Visakhapatnam in support of construction workers against YSR Congress Party governance who have been facing unemployment due to shortage of supply of sand in Andhra Pradesh.
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On 16 January 2020, Pawan Kalyan has announced his party's alliance with BJP, after three years of distancing from it.
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Pawan Kalyan demanded an inquiry by Central Bureau of Investigation into the incident.
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Pawan Kalyan was invited to Harvard University to deliver a speech in 14th edition of India Conference 2017 along with Madhavan.
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Pawan Kalyan married Nandini in 1997, one year after his film debut.
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In 2001, Pawan Kalyan started to be in a live-in relationship with his co-star Renu Desai and their son Akira Nandan was born in 2004.
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In June 2007, Nandini filed a bigamy case on Pawan Kalyan alleging that he remarried without divorcing her.
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Pawan Kalyan responded by stating that he had not married Desai and a magistrate court in Visakhapatnam cleared him of the charge due to lack of evidence.
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Subsequently, in July 2007, Pawan Kalyan filed for divorce at a family court in Visakhapatnam claiming that Nandini deserted him immediately after their marriage, which was denied by her lawyer.
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In 2009, Pawan Kalyan married Desai after eight years of live-in companionship.
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Pawan Kalyan met his third wife, Anna Lezhneva, a Russian citizen during the shoot of Teen Maar.