Power Star pawan kalyan turns a year older today and the Powerful actor's original name was konidela kalyan Babu and later he changed it to pawan kalyan and there are several interesting factors you should know as a hardcore fan of the actor. konidela kalyan Babu is Pawan Kalyan's birth name and after organizing a martial arts exhibition to display his karate skills, he went by the screen name Pawan.
In Karate, pawan kalyan holds a "Black Belt" and Che Guevara is his hero and he follows his principles even in his real life. For his flicks Khushi, Teen Maar, and Badri, he also worked as a stunt coordinator and choreographed stunts by himself. He got National Award on his 4th movie itself and he also has 6 Nandi Awards and these are examples of his acting prowess.
Initially, Pawan aspired to be a film director, but it is surekha Konidala, Chiranjeevi's wife, who pushed him to pursue a career as an actor after she understood his talents. He is also the first actor from South indian Film industry to endorse Pepsi soft drinks and he signed such a huge brand at a very young age itself. As per Google, he was the most searched celebrity politician during the 2014 lok sabha elections as his craze was sky high at that period.