Pawan Kumar (Director) Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real name/Full name	Pawan Prabhakar Bhongale
Profession(s)	Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur
Famous For	Being a renowned filmmaker who made the first crowd-funded film in the Kannada film industry
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet & inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- 154 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Career
Debut	As an actor: Mr. Garagasa (2008) As a screenwriter: Manasaare (2009) As a director: Lifeu Ishtene (2011) As a producer: Lucia (2013)
Awards	• Best Director Award at the Bangalore Times Film Awards for the film Lifeu Ishtene in 2011 • British Council's Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) Award in the Digital for Creative Industries category in 2012 • Best Director - Kannada Award at the 61st Filmfare Awards - South for the film Lucia in 2013 • Audience Choice Award at the London Indian Film Festival for the film Lucia in 2013 • Best Direction Award for the film U-Turn at the 2nd International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards for 2016 • Best Story Award for the film U-Turn at the 2nd International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards for 2016
Personal Life
Date of Birth	29 October 1982 (Friday)
Age (as of 2024)	42 Years
Birthplace	Anantapur, Pamidi, Andhra Pradesh
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bengaluru
School	Indian Preparatory School, Srirampuram Vasavi Educational Trust, J. P. Nagar
College/University	The National College, Jayanagar, Bengaluru PES University (PESU), Bengaluru
Educational Qualification	12th pass
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	6 June 2010
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sowmya Jaganmurthy
Children	Daughter- Laasya Pasowna (Lucy)
Parents	Father- Siddojirao Prabhakar Prasad Bhongale Mother- Name not known Note: Parent's image in the sibling's section
Siblings	Brother- Kishan Kumar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pawan Kumar

• Pawan Kumar belongs to a Maharashtrian family settled in Bengaluru.

• He dropped out of his engineering course to pursue his passion for theatre. He initially worked with the Script Peoples Theatre group from August 2002 till March 2003 after which he worked as a freelance consultant.

• He started a theatre company named ACTor Company that provided innovative solutions for theatre productions.

• In 2006, he winded up the company and moved to Mumbai where he worked as a senior technical consultant at Dell for almost 2 months and as an Executive Producer at Neela Tele Films Private Ltd for almost a year.

• He met his wife in the course of the making of the film Panchrangi (2010).
  

  Pawan Kumar on his wedding day

• Pawan has a close association with director Yogaraj Bhat. He was the screenwriter of Manasaare (2009) and Pancharangi (2010). He played one of the leading roles in Yogaraj Bhat’s Gaalipata 2 (2022).
  

  The poster of the film Gaalipata 2

• He has also directed an episode of the Netflix Hindi web series, Leila (2019) and a Telugu web series Kudi Yedamaithe (2021).
  

  Pawan Kumar on the sets of Kudi Yedamaithe

• In 2023, he performed a solo show called The Final Rehearsal which he wrote during the initial years of his career.

• He is one of the directors of Pawan Kumar Films Private Limited, a film production house.

• He suffered from an autoimmune disorder called Alopecia which causes loss of hair in patches.

• Pawan and his wife own a farmland and art hub called The Pasowna’s Farm by the river Kapila, Hullahalli in Mysore.
  

  Pawan Kumar at the Pasowna’s

• Pawan’s first TEDx speech was about his life experiences and choices, titled The Art of Quitting. He gave another TEDx speech titled Movie for the People, by the People, and of the People about the crowdfunding model of filmmaking.
  

  Pawan Kumar at the TEDx event

• He revealed in an interview that he is scared of heights and dogs, irritated with the attitude of people who complain without trying, likes all kinds of gadgets, especially mobile phones and fantasizes about living a life like in the film Before Sunrise (1995).

• He mentioned in an interview that he wishes to work as a schoolteacher for some time.