Konidela Kalyan Babu (born 2 September 1971), better known by his

stage name Pawan Kalyan, is an Indian film actor, producer, martial artist,
director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator, writer, and politician. His film works
are predominantly in Telugu cinema and is the younger brother of actor
turned politician Chiranjeevi. Kalyan made his acting debut in 1996 Telugu
film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. In 1998, he starred in Tholi Prema
which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that
year. In 2015, he enacted Lord Krishna in the sleeper hit Gopala Gopala.[3]
He is known for his works in films Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatham,
Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa, Gabbar Singh for which he received the
Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu,[4] and Attarintiki Daredi which
became the highest grossing Telugu film of all time.[5] He was listed 26th in
the Forbes India list of top 100 Celebrities of 2013.[6] As of 2014, he holds a
net worth of 185 million (US$2.7 million).[7] He produces films under the
banners Anjana Productions and Pawan Kalyan Creative Works. Film
career
Pawan Kalyan entered the Telugu movie industry with the 1996 film Akkada
Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi as Kalyan Kumar. His second movie was
Gokulamlo Seetha in 1997, which was a remake of the 1996 Tamil film
Gokulathil Seethai. This movie was directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and
produced by G.V.G. Raju. In 1997, he also appeared in Suswagatham, a
remake of 1997 Tamil film Love Today.
In 1998, Tholi Prema was released and won a National Award and six
Nandi Awards.[17] After Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in Thammudu, playing
the role of a kick boxer. Thammudu was released on 15 July 1999 and was
written and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. Next he acted in Puri
Jagannadh's first directorial venture Badri. In 2001, he was the brand
ambassador for Pepsi at the time his brother Chiranjeevi was promoting
Coca-Cola.[18]
In 2001, Pawan Kalyan acted in the film Kushi. The film was released on 27
April 2001 and was directed by S. J. Surya.Next film Johnny, written and
directed by Kalyan, released on 26 April 2003. Kalyan also starred in the

film, along with Renu Desai. In 2004, his film Gudumba Shankar was
released. The film was directed by Veera Shankar and produced by
Pawan's brother Nagendra Babu on Anjana Productions banner. The film's
script and screenplay were written by Kalyan and also choreographed three
songs in this film and actions scenes were conceived and choreographed
by him.[19]
In 2005, the film Balu ABCDEFG, directed by A. Karunakaran was
released. This was A. Karunakaran's second film with Pawan Kalyan after
Tholi Prema. This film was produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi
Movies banner. In 2006, Bangaram directed by Tamil director Dharani was
released. Later that year, he appeared in Annavaram directed by
Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao. Asin, and Sandhya were cast alongside Pawan
in the film and the film was produced under Supergood Films. The film was
released on 29 December 2006[20] and collected 230 million in 3 weeks
and 300 million (US$4.5 million) in 70 Days.[21][22] The film was a remake of
the Tamil film Thirupaachi. Pawan Kalyan also choreographed a song
"Neevalle Neevalle" in this film. During March 2006, Pawan Kalyan
launched his second directorial venture, Satyagrahi produced by A. M.
Rathnam, which would be a tale questioning the atrocities in society. After
spending a few months on pre-production by signing on P. C. Sriram and A.
R. Rahman, the film was later suddenly shelved.[23]
In 2008, Jalsa directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Allu Aravind
was released on April 2. This film got the highest First day collection in
Telugu film history and was also the first for any regional film in south India
in a single state by that time.[24] Jalsa movie turned out to be the Highest
Grosser of 2008 in Telugu Cinema.[25]
Puli was written and directed by S. J. Surya and released in 2010. 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 .[26]

In 2011, he appeared in Teen Maar, a remake of Love Aaj Kal, directed by

Jayanth C. Paranjee.[27] In 2011, he also appeared in Vishnuvardhan's
gangster film Panjaa.[28][29]
In 2012, Pawan Kalyan appeared in Gabbar Singh, a remake of Dabangg,
directed by Harish Shankar.[30] The film successfully completed 100 days
and stood as 2nd highest grossing film of all time in Tollywood.[31][32] After
this film he worked in Puri Jagannadh's Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu.
In 2013 he then appeared in Trivikram Srinivas's Attharintiki Daaredhi. The
film, released on 27 September 2013. This film faced problems with piracy
as half of the movie got leaked in the internet prior to its release. [33] In spite
of piracy Attharintiki Daaredhi was a block buster hit in 2013.The movie
completed 100 days in 33 theaters and held the record of higgest grossing
films of all time in Tollywood surpassing the previous record of
Magadheera,[34] Later it was surpassed by Baahubali: The Beginning.
Kalyan's next movie was a remake of Hindi Movie Oh My God. The movie
shooting was expected to start shooting on 19 May but was delayed
because of various reasons like finding a heroine. The movie was named
Gopala Gopala with shooting starting on 9 June.[35] The movie was released
on 10 January 2015 and got positive response.
In 2014, a STAR India survey ranked Pawan Kalyan as one of Top 5
Heroes of India.[36]
His next film is Sardaar Gabbar Singh (2016).