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Pawan Kalyan Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

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Height: 5' 10"
Age: 53 Years
Marital Status: Married

Pawan Kalyan

Bio
Full NameKonidela Kalyan Babu
NicknamePower Star
Profession(s)Actor, Writer and Politician
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of Birth2 September 1971 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)53 Years
BirthplaceBapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India
Zodiac signVirgo
NationalityIndian
HometownHyderabad, Telangana, India
DebutAkkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi (1996)
FamilyFather- Venkat Rao Konidela
Mother- Anjana Devi Konidela
Brothers- Chiranjeevi (Actor, Elder Brother) and Nagendra Babu (Actor, Elder Brother)
Sisters- N/A
Pawan Kalyan's father   Pawan Kalyan's mother   Pawan Kalyan with his brothers
ReligionHinduism
AddressJubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India
HobbiesReading and gardening
Controversies• Actress Samantha once said about him that stars were marrying celebrities as fashion and that they have to exercising caution.

• In 2013, director Puri Jagannath shocked everyone by saying that he doesn't want to work with him.

• In December 2022, he was trolled for using an army truck-like vehicle for his election campaign. According to the Central Vehicle Act, olive green colour should not be used for any private vehicle except for Army personnel. [1]Zee News
Pawan Kalyan with the controversial olive green vehicle that he used for election campaign
Favourites
FoodAratikaya Vepudu
ActorAl Pacino, Robert De Niro, Chiranjeevi and Amitabh Bachchan
ActressSavitri
FilmKhaidi
Colors Black, white and blue
BooksAghora by Robert Svoboda, Shadow by Michael Morpurgo and Yugandhar by Shivaji Sawant
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital StatusMarried

Note: In July 2023, it was reported that Pawan Kalyan and his third wife, Anna Lezhneva, were heading for a divorce. [2]India Today However, a new photo of Pawan Kalyan and his wife Anna Lezhneva later put all separation rumours to rest. [3]India Today
Affairs/GirlfriendsRenu Desai, Anna Lezhneva
WifeFirst Wife- Nandini (1997 - 2007)
Second Wife- Renu Desai (2009 - 2012)
Third Wife- Anna Lezhneva (2013 - present)
Pawan Kalyan  with his Ex-wife Nandini   Pawan Kalyan with his Ex-wife Renu Desai   Pawan Kalyan with Anna Lezhneva
ChildrenDaughter- 2 daughters
• Aadhya Konidela (born 2004)
• Polina Anjani Konidela (born 2005)
Son- 2 Sons
Akira Nandan
Pawan Kalyan  with his children
• Mark Shankar Pawanovich
Money Factor
Salary18 Crore/film (INR)
Net Worth$15 million

Pawan Kalyan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pawan Kalyan

  • Does Pawan Kalyan smoke?: No
  • Does Pawan Kalyan drink alcohol?: No
  • Pawan learnt acting skills from Satyanand’s Film School in Visakhapatnam.
  • He is the 1st South Indian actor who endorsed Pepsi.

  • His Ex-wife Renu Desai designed the dresses for most of his films.
  • Just before the 2014 general elections, he founded a political party called Jana Sena PartyJana Sena Party
  • He is a Black Belt in Martial Arts and likes to do his own film stunt scenes.
  • He is a good friend of Tamil superstars like Vijay and Venkatesh.
  • He highly admires Che Guevara, an Argentine Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader who was a huge figure of the Cuban Revolution. Che Guevara
  • In 2012, his film Gabbar Singh was a huge hit, which was the remake of Salman Khan’s Dabangg.

  • Because he acted infamous Telugu director Puri Jagannadh’s first directorial film, Puri once said, he is like GOD to him.
  • A famous South Indian actress once admitted that she once had a crush on him.
  • After the failure of his directorial debut film Johnny of 2003, he showed honesty and returned the money of the distributors.
  • He donated  5 lakh (INR) to Olympic sports shooter Rekha Chalichemala, 20 lakh (INR) to help Uttarakhand flood victims, and gave 50 lakh (INR) to Hudhud cyclone in Andhra Pradesh.
  • He is a vegetarian.
  • Telugu actors like Ram Charan Teja, Varun Tej, and Allu Arjun are his nephews.
  • His Jana Sena Party contested 21 seats out of 175 assembly seats in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh assembly elections and won all. Jana Sena Party (JSP) contested the election in alliance with the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • Pawan Kalyan won the Pithapuram constituency in Kakinada district with 1,34,394 votes, defeating YSRCP’s Vanga Geetha.
  • On 12 June 2024, he took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
  • In July 2024, he attended the graduation ceremony of his wife, Anna Lezhneva, in Singapore. Anna graduated with a Master of Arts degree from the National University of Singapore.

    Pawan Kalyan with Anna Lezhneva at her graduation ceremony in Singapore

    Pawan Kalyan with Anna Lezhneva at her graduation ceremony in Singapore

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