Pawan Kalyan's 53rd birthday: Once about to shoot himself, accidentally turned actor turned power star; PM said- It is not wind, it is storm

First look at this picture… Date: October 17, 2022 Location: Janasena Party (JSP) office in Visakhapatnam. JSP president Pawan Kalyan was addressing a meeting at the party office. Pawan said, 'Some people from the ruling party and even Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy have been calling me 'package star' for the past few days. They are alleging that I take 'packages' from them to promote Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Saying this suddenly the direction of the wind changed. He took off his shoe and picked it up in his hand and said, 'Next time someone calls me a package star, I will hit him with this shoe.' Date: 7 June 2024 Location: Central Hall of Old Parliament, New Delhi Addressing the elected MPs of the NDA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was discussing the performance of the BJP and its allies in the recently concluded general elections. Here he said from the stage – 'And this wind that appears here… This is not a wind, it is a storm…' Today is Pawan Kalyan's 53rd birthday. On this occasion, know how Pawan first became an accidental star and then Deputy CM of Andhra Pradesh… Superstar Pawan was elected MLA from Pithampuram seat in 2024 Andhra Pradesh assembly elections. After this, Pawan, who won 21 assembly seats with a 100 percent strike rate, has now directly become the Deputy CM. However, Pawan, who had reached such heights in his political career, was full of ups and downs in his personal life. Failed many times in studies but was a black belt in karate Pawan's real name is Konidela Kalyan Babu. Father Konidela Venkat Rao was a constable and was regularly transferred. Pawan was not interested in studies since childhood. He failed several times until he passed tenth grade but was a black belt in karate. One day at a martial arts presentation event he wrote his name as Pawan Kalyan instead of Kalyan Babu and hence his name changed. Fell into depression, attempted suicide In an interview, referring to his childhood, Pawan said, 'I have lived a very normal life. I kept doing what my family members told me. Never thought much of myself. I was paying less attention to studies and more to other things. During this time, I developed asthma and because of this I reduced my contact with people. Slowly went into depression. One day I even tried to commit suicide with elder brother Chiranjeevi's licensed pistol, but my family members saved me. 'My sister-in-law inspired me to get into films' After this incident, Pawan started looking at life in a new way. Studied computers and started doing yoga. Pawan's elder brothers Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu are South superstars, but still Pawan wanted to pursue farming rather than acting. However, his sister-in-law Surekha inspired him to enter films and thus he became an accidental actor. Pawan made his film career in 1996 with the film 'Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbaye', becoming the highest-grossing actor with 6 consecutive hits. He became a star by giving 6 consecutive hits between 1997 and 1999. Pawan created the image of a youth icon unlike his brother Chiranjeevi. The movie 'Suswagtam' released in 1998 got the title of Power Star. During this period, he also became the highest grossing actor in Telugu films. Also worked as stunt co-ordinator in 7 films. Received more money than Shah Rukh, rejected offer In 2001, while Pawan was the brand ambassador of soft drink Pepsi, brother Chiranjeevi was promoting Coca-Cola. At that time a cola brand offered Pawan more money than Shah Rukh Khan for an advertisement, but Pawan rejected the offer. He said, 'When I came to know that cola is harmful to health, I stopped advertising it. My faith is more important to me than money. Entered politics from brother's party, then opposed him In 2008, Pawan entered politics as the president of brother Chiranjeevi's party 'Praja Rajyam'. In 2011, Chiranjeevi's party formed an alliance with the Congress. Displeased with his brother's decision, Pawan formed the Janasena Party in 2014 and strongly opposed the Congress. In 2020, Pawan formed an alliance with the BJP. Parties and ideas are different, but love is still strong Despite differences in parties and ideas, there has never been any rift between Pawan and his brother Chiranjeevi. Even today he meets his elder brother with bowed head. Today, Pawan is the Deputy Chief Minister in the Andhra Pradesh government. Along with this, they are also involved in Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply; He is also the Minister of Environment, Forest, Science and Technology.

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