Konidela Kalyan Babu, better known by his stage name Pawan Kalyan is an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, writer, stunt coordinator, playback singer, choreographer and politician. His film works are predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the youngest brother of popular actor Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan made his acting debut in the 1996 Telugu film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. In 1998, he starred in Tholi Prema, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.
He is known for his works in the films Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatam, Tholi Prema,Thammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa, Gabbar Singh, for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu, Gopala Gopala and Attarintiki Daredi, which became one of the highest grossing Telugu films of all time and stood as the highest grossing Telugu movie for a brief period of time. He was listed 26th in 2013, 69th in 2017 and 24th in 2018 respectively in the Forbes India list of top 100 Celebrities . He produces films under the banners Anjana Productions and Pawan Kalyan Creative Works.