Happy Birthday Pawan Kalyan; The Rise and Rise of ‘Powerstar’

Pawan Kalyan celebrates his birthday right now (Tuesday). And for his followers, it’s like a pageant. Affectionately known as ‘Powerstar’ and ‘PSKP’ by his followers, Pawan is broadly thought-about one of the vital profitable actors in Telugu cinema. Aside from the fanbase, his members of the family, business colleagues and well-wishers have despatched of their greetings. Nevertheless, Pawan by no means celebrates birthdays; he relatively prefers to remain indoors and work.

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Powerstar of Tollywood

Pawan, who has acted in 30 movies, has enthralled hundreds of thousands of Telugu cinema followers in a profession spanning virtually three a long time. After debuting with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi, Pawan starred in notable movies within the late ‘90s, like Gokulamlo Seeta and Suswagatham. His 1998 romantic drama, Tholi Prema, was Pawan’s breakthrough movie. He adopted it up with blockbuster movies like Thammudu and Badri and began creating his personal fan base — slowly popping out of his brother and megastar Chiranjeevi’s shadow. Pawan Kalyan’s 2001 movie Khushi was a rage, and an all-time business hit in Telugu cinema. The youthful drama, directed by SJ Suryah, catapulted Pawan to superstardom. The signal was clear: a celebrity was within the making. He grew to become a much-sought-after Telugu actor over the flip of the century.

One of many highest-paid actors

Aside from starring in it, Pawan Kalyan made his directorial debut with Johnny (2003). Though the movie was panned by the audiences, the actor acquired bouquets for the movie’s technical finesse. Very similar to his fellow contemporaries, Pawan regularly reworked into an motion hero with movies like Gudumba Shankar, Balu, Bangaram, Annavaram, Jalsa and Puli. Regardless of going through a number of setbacks and flops, Pawan made a roaring comeback with 2012 motion entertainer Gabbar Singh, and 2013 household drama Attarintiki Daredi. Each the movies have been blockbusters and have scripted historical past with beautiful collections. Pawan bolstered his place as Tollywood’s high field workplace draw, and a celebrity, identified for having followers throughout all age teams. He’s among the many highest-paid actors within the Indian movie business and instructions a fan following second to none.

Deputy Chief Minister of AP

After a spectacular stint in cinema, Pawan took the political plunge and floated his personal political outfit JanaSena Celebration in 2014. However he didn’t contest within the Andhra Pradesh state elections. As a substitute, the actor-politician publicly endorsed the Telugu Desam Celebration which got here into energy. Pawan’s occasion single-handedly contested the 2019 elections however was unsuccessful. And in 2024, he performed a key position in forging an alliance between three political events JSP, TDP and BJP. The alliance swept to energy in a landslide victory and Pawan’s occasion created historical past by successful every of the seats it contested — 21 MLA seats and a couple of MP seats within the state.

Quickly after the outcomes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described, “Ye Pawan Nahi Aandhi Hai” (He isn’t a breeze; he’s a storm) — the slogan grew to become extremely popular. And as a part of the coalition authorities, Pawan Kalyan rose to deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh state. However given his present packed political and administrative assignments, the actor has not taken up any new movies.