INFORMATION
Pawan Kalyan is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator, writer, and politician. His film works are predominantly in Telugu cinema. He 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 theNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. In 2015, he enacted Lord Krishna in the sleeper hitGopala 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$2.8 million).[7]
In March 2014, he ventured into politics, founding the Jana Sena Party.[8][9][10] During that period, Pawan Kalyan was listed by google as the most searched Indian celebrity politician on Google search.[11]
