pavan kalyans biography

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 Abbai Ikkada Ammayi as Kalyan Babu. Though this film did not do well at the box office, Pawan Kalyan was noticed for his expertise in Martial Arts.

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 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 kickbocker. Badri, directed by Poori Jagannath starring Pawan Kalyan, Amisha 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.

After Kushi, Pawan Kalyan was in Japan for a brief period learing Akido martial art. That's for his debut directoral film Johnny . The film had Renu Desai as lead actress. The film didnot do great at the boxoffice but the movie has touching moments and became a canvas of Pawan's directoral skills.

Gudumba Shankar released in 2004. 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.

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 flim failed miserably.

Annavaram was released on December 29, 2006 by getting a good response and proved to be a big hit at box office.On Day 1, the film grossed 3.75 crores.

Jalsa, released in 2008, is the most widely released south Indian picture ever - in about 1000 theaters released worldwide. 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 ^[1]

pavan kalyans 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 wrote the screenplay
	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	TBA	Hansika Motwani, Parvati Melton	Filming