In this election season, many stars from Bollywood to Bhojpuri cinema were in the news. From Hema Malini to Kangana Ranaut, Ravi Kishan, many stars won the election battlefield. While some were already associated with politics, for some it was completely new. In this election season, Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan also caught everyone’s attention. Actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan contested from Pithapuram assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh Assembly and won a landslide victory. Jana Sena President Pawan Kalyan defeated YSR Congress Party’s rival Vanga Geetha by more than 70,000 votes in this election. This is the first political victory of the superstar who has spread magic in the cinema world, which indicates that this is just the beginning.
Pawan Kalyan became deputy CM
Chandrababu Naidu has been elected as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh while Pawan Kalyan has been elected as the Deputy CM. Chandrababu Naidu today took oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth consecutive time. Pawan Kalyan took oath as the Deputy CM. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stars like Chiranjeevi and Rajinikanth were also present at Chandrababu Naidu’s swearing-in ceremony. Pawan Kalyan’s party Janasena contested the Lok Sabha elections on two seats and won both. His party also emerged as the second largest party in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. In such a situation, Pawan Kalyan is being discussed a lot.
Who is Pawan Kalyan?
Pawan Kalyan is a well-known star of the South film industry and most people are aware of this. But, you hardly know Pawan Kalyan’s real or rather full name. Pawan Kalyan’s real name is Konidela Kalyan Babu and he is called the ‘Power Star’ of Telugu cinema. He is the younger brother of South cinema superstar Chiranjeevi and uncle of Ram Charan. He started his cinematic career with ‘Akkad Ammayi Lakkad’, which was released in 1996. He has given many big hits to South cinema. He also received an award for ‘Tholi Prema’ released in the year 1998. Pawan Kalyan has been in the cinema world for more than 2 decades and his charm is still intact.
Pawan Kalyan with PM Modi and brother Chiranjeevi and family in the second photo.
Pawan Kalyan’s political journey
Pawan Kalyan started his political journey along with his elder brother Chiranjeevi. Chiranjeevi founded the Praja Rajyam Party in 2008, but this party merged with the Congress and then Pawan was not very active in the political world. Pawan also left this party. Then in the year 2014, Pawan founded the Janasena Party but did not contest the elections in 2014. In the year 2019, he contested the elections alone from this party and had to face defeat in this election. Even after this defeat, he decided to stand in the elections held in 2024 and won not only his own seats but also other seats from the Janasena Party.
Pawan Kalyan’s Personal Life
Talking about Pawan Kalyan’s personal life, he has married three times. The name of his first wife is Nandini, whom the superstar married in 1997 and both got separated in 2008. After separating from Nandini, Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai in 2009, but this marriage did not last even 3 years and both got divorced in 2012. After divorcing Renu, Pawan married Anna Lezhneva in 2013. Talking about his children, he has no children from his first wife, while he has son Akira and daughter Aadhya from his second wife Renu. He has a son from his third wife and a daughter from his wife Anna’s first marriage, whom he keeps like his own daughter.
Who is Pawan Kalyan’s third wife?
Pawan Kalyan’s third wife Anna Lezhneva is a Russian model and actress. Both of them first met during the shooting of ‘Teen Maa’ in 2011 and became good friends from the very first meeting. After dating each other for 2 years, both of them decided to get married in 2013. From this marriage, Pawan Kalyan’s son was born in 2017, who was named Mark Shankar Pawanovich. Lezhneva was also married before this. Lezhneva has a daughter from this marriage, whom Pawan adopted and along with his three children, he is also raising Anna’s daughter like his own daughter.
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