Born on: 1973, september 2
Palce of birth: Chirala, Andhra Pradesh, India
Early career
Pawan Kalyan was born in Chirala, Andhra
Pradesh, India to Sri Venkat Rao and Smt Anjana Devi. Pawan Kalyan entered Telugu movie industry with "Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi" as Kalyan Babu. Though this film did not do well at the box office, Pawan Kalyan was noticed for his expertise in Martial Arts.
For showing his martial arts talent in movie Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi our Ex-Chief minister Nara chandra babu naidu had given Name(Birudu) as Pawan. From that time his name has been changed as Pawan Kalyan
His second movie Gokulamlo Sita was an average flick but his next movie Suswagatham was a big hit.
In 1998, Tholi Prema was released. It started initially on a low profile but the treatment and the storyline along with melodious music by Deva took the movie to great heights and remained a TrendSetter Film in the Telugu Film industry and changed the face of Youth Films. And so did the image of Pawan Kalyan. Tholi Prema, a milestone movie in Pawan Kalyan's career, made the audience recognize the depth of talent in him.
Thammudu, another blockbuster followed, is a remake of Jo Jeetha Wohi Sikkandar with a difference that Pawan Kalyan is a kickboxer. Badri, directed by Poori Jagannath starring Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel and Renu Desai is carried to a success range solely by Pawan Kalyan.
Pawan Kalyan is, as reported by media by then, involves himself in other aspects of the film too. Though few criticize that, it's his responsibility and commitment to the project that makes him take care of everything. And of course, it worked each and every time. Kushi, released in 2001, created records. Kushi, his 7th movie, went on to get a gross of 20 crores, which TFI has never seen tell then.
After Kushi, Pawan Kalyan was in Japan for a brief period learning Akido martial art. That's for his debut directoral film Johnny . The film had Renu Desai as lead actress. The film is a disaster at the boxoffice but the movie has touching moments and became a canvas of Pawan's directoral skills.
Gudumba Shankar released in 2001. This film has Pawan Kalyan written all over it. Stunts and songs are conceptualized by Pawan Kalyan. He also got the credits for screenplay. The film is a good family entertainer. However that was not what his fans were expecting. The film did average business at the boxoffice.
Later Vyjayanthi Films released Balu in 2005 . This film is directed by Karunakaran who directed tholi Prema. Its a cool lovestory with action touch and was applauded equally by one and all.
Bangaram-Although it opened with extraordinary collections grossing almost 10 crores opening week, Yet, it left the producer with a cool 4 crore profit but film failed miserably.
Annavaram was released on December 29, 2006 by getting a good response and proved to be a Average collections at box office.
Jalsa, released in 2008, is the most widely released south Indian picture ever - in about 1000 theaters released worldwide. And the only film to get nearly 42Cr's in just 50 days of its run. That's an unbreakable record set by PavanKalyan. The film was released in the US with 18 prints.
Jalsa is the first south Indian movie to be listed in the top ten of American based 'Box Office Mojo'. This site surveys all of the movies released in the world and provides their gross earnings. Jalsa stood 9th in its listings for the weekend of April 2-4th, 2008. Jalsa also completed 50 days in 282 centres and celebrated 100 days in 25 centers only. [1]
Social Work
Pawan has started an organization called Common Man Protection Force(CMPF) in October 2007. He has contributed 1 crore INR towards the corpus fund, CMPF aims to solve the social problems, help the neglected sections of the society, in India. He makes sure that all this films have a message for the viewers, making them aware of the problems in the society and quest towards the solutions. He is a person who always questions his motives constantly.But till now no news or no service heard about the CMPF
Personal life
Pawan Kalyan was first married to Nandini, currently he is involved in a live-in relationship (so called Saha-Jeevanam by Pavan) with Renu Desai. Renu was the female lead in the films Badri, Johnny. The couple have a son named Akira Nandan, named after his favourite director Akira Kurosawa
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Cast | Notes |
| 1996 | Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi | Kalyan Kumar | Supriya | |
| 1997 | Gokulamlo Seetha | Pavan | Raasi | |
| 1998 | Suswagatham | Ganesh | Devayani | |
| Tholi Prema | Balu | Keerthi Reddy | ||
| 1999 | Thammudu | Subhash | Preeti Jhangiani, Aditi Govitrikar | |
| 2000 | Badri | Badrinath | Amisha Patel, Renu Desai | |
| 2001 | Khushi | Sidhartha Roy | Bhoomika Chawla | |
| 2003 | Johnny | Johnny | Renu Desai | |
| 2004 | Gudumba Shankar | Shankar / Kalyanji | Meera Jasmine | Also screenplay writer |
| Shankardada MBBS | Gudumba Shankar | Chiranjeevi | Cameo appearance | |
| 2005 | Balu ABCDEFG | Balu / Ghanni | Shriya Saran | |
| 2006 | Bangaram | Bangaram | Meera Chopra, Reema Sen | |
| Annavaram | Annavaram | Asin Thottumkal | ||
| 2007 | Shankardada Zindabad | Suresh | Chiranjeevi | Cameo appearance |
| 2008 | Jalsa | Sanjay Sahu | Ileana D'Cruz, Parvati Melton | |
| 2009 | Puli | hansika, Parvati Melton | Filming |
