Pawan Kalyan was born Konidela Kalyan Kumar on 2 September 1971 in Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, to Konidela Venkata Rao, an excise police constable, and Anjana Devi. Because his father was transferred often, he grew up in several towns. He studied at St. Joseph's High School in Nellore and later lived in Madras (now Chennai); his 2024 election affidavit lists SSLC (Class 10), completed in 1984, as his education.
He trained in martial arts and holds a black belt in karate. In March 1997, after a public martial-arts demonstration, the Isshin-ryū Karate Association gave him the title "Pawan", which he adopted as part of his screen name. His elder brothers are actor Chiranjeevi and actor-producer Nagendra Babu.
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