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     Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 7966 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.71 Rating: |
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| Orren Junior Artist Username: Orren Post Number: 344 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 124.123.33.159 Rating: N/A |
Early career Pawan Kalyan was born in Mogultur, Andhra Pradesh, India to Sri Venkat Rao and Smt Anjana Devi. Pawan Kalyan entered Telugu movie industry with Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi as Kalyan Babu. Though this film did not do well at the box office, Pawan Kalyan was noticed for his expertise in Martial Arts. His second movie Gokulamlo Sita was an average flick but his next movie Suswagatham was a big hit. In 1998, Tholi Prema was released. It started initially on a low profile but the treatement and the storyline along with melodious music by Deva took the movie to great heights. And so did the image of Pawan Kalyan. Tholi Prema, a milestone movie in Pawan Kalyan's career, made the audience recognize the depth of talent in him. Thammudu, another blockbuster that followed, is a remake of a hit Hindi movie - Jo Jeetha Wohi Sikandar. The difference is that Pawan Kalyan trains to compete in a school kickboxing tournament, to avenge his brother's place. Badri, directed by Poori Jagannath - starring Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel and Renu Desai, was another run away success - solely based on Pawan Kalyan's charm and performance. Pawan Kalyan, as reported by the media, seems to involve himself in other aspects of the film making too. Though few criticize it, his commitment to the success of the film is unquestionable. Khushi, released in 2001, created box office records and left an indelible image in the minds of Telugu youth. Khushi, only his 7th movie, went on to make a gross of 30 crores. After Khushi, Pawan Kalyan was in Japan for a brief period learing Akido martial art. That's for his debut directorial film Johnny. The film had Renu Desai as the lead actress. The film did not fare well at the box office, but clearly demonstrated Pawan's directorial prowess. Gudumba Shankar was released in 2004. This film has Pawan Kalyan's brand written all over it. Stunts and songs are conceptualized by Pawan Kalyan, and he gets credit for the screenplay as well. The film is a good family entertainer. However, it still did not meet his fans' high expectations. The film did average business at the box office. Later Vyjayanthi Films released Balu in 2005. This film is directed by Karunakaran who directed Tholi Prema. Bangaram - though the movie opened with extraordinary collections, grossing almost 10 crores in the opening week, the film turned out to be a disappointment. Yet, it left the producer with a cool 4 crore profit. Annavaram was released on Dec 29, 2006, receiving tremendous response from the audience and proved to be a big hit at the box office. On day 1, the film grossed 3.75 crores. The film grossed 12.44 crores in its first week, and 18 crores in the second week. By the end of initial three weeks, the film grossed 27 crores, which made the film to be the highest grossing film in Kalyan's career. Jalsa, released in 2008, is the most widely released south Indian picture ever - in about 1000 theaters released worldwide. The film was released in the US with 18 prints. The film grossed Rs.7.67 crores (7,67,00,000) worldwide on its opening day itself, which is the highest collection in 75 years of Telugu film industry. JALSA is the first south Indian movie to be listed in the top ten of American based ' Box Office Mojo'. This site surveys all of the movies released in the world and provides their gross earnings. JALSA stood 9th in its listings for the weekend of April 2-4th, 2008. Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2008&wk=14&p=. htm [edit] Super stardom and "Pawan-Mania" The move from "Star" to "Power Star" came when Pawan Kalyan played "Balu" in the 1998 blockbuster toliprema, the highest critical acclaimed movie It also received 6 nandi awards. Over the course of the next few years he would become a household name statewide, synonymous with labels such as "teenage heart-throb". In 1999 Pawan Kalyan began a shift away to action and love involved movies and moved to engage himself by starring in three epic movies: Thammudu, Badri, Khushi. All three films were very well received by critics. His stardom took such a high because he is the only actor in the Telugu film fraternity to give four block-busters in a row. He mainly attracted youth and college students with his movies in college back-drop and he has most of his following in the youth and also the most popular and liked actor in the youth. Hence irrespective of hits and flops his films receive a tremendous opening collections. By 2002, Pawan Kalyan is shot to such a fame that Pepsi decided to pit him against their arch rival Coke (Thumbs Up), being promoted by his big brother, Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan is never a media accessible person. Pawan Kalyan, in one of his interviews, commented that he is an artist and hence it's not him but his films that should do the talking. Pawan Kalyan also composed stunts for Chiranjeevi's Daddy. A unique profile - In addition to his expertise in martial arts and fight sequences, he is a talented actor, director and away-from-publicity. |
