What is Pawan Kalyan?
{{Infobox person | name = Pawan Kalyan | image = Pawan Kalyan at Janasena meeting in 2019.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|02|df=y}} | birth_name = Konidela Kalyan Babu | birth_place = Bapatla, [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] | occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|Writer|Film Producer|Director|Politician}} | years_active = 1996–present | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Nandini|1997|2007|end=div}}|{{marriage|Renu Desai|2009|2012|end=div}}|{{marriage|Anna Lezhneva|2013}}}} | children = 4 }} '''Konidela Kalyan Babu''', professionally known as '''Pawan Kalyan''', is an [[India]]n actor, film producer, director and screenwriter who mainly appears in [[Tollywood|Telugu film industry]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Asha Kiran|date=2 September 2021|title=From 'Bheemla Nayak' to PSPK 29, 5 upcoming movies of Power Star Pawan Kalyan|work=The Times of India|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/from-bheemla-nayak-to-pspk-29-5-upcoming-movies-of-power-star-pawan-kalyan/photostory/85867786.cms}}</ref> He is serving as the 9th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since June 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 June 2024|title=Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan takes charge as Deputy CM of Andhra Pradesh|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly/jana-sena-party-chief-pawan-kalyan-takes-charge-as-deputy-cm-of-andhra-pradesh/article68306941.ece|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> Kalyan made his career debut with the Telugu film ''Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi'' (1996) and starred in ''Tholi Prema'' (1998), for which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu of the year. He has also known for his leading role in many successfully commercial films including ''Gokulamlo Seeta'' (1997), ''Suswagatham'' (1998), ''Thammudu'' (1999), ''Badri'' (2000), ''Kushi'' (2001), ''Jalsa'' (2008), ''Gabbar Singh'' (2012), ''Attarintiki Daredi'' (2013), ''Gopala Gopala'' (2015), and ''Vakeel