Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan divorced for the third time: Married Russian model Anna Konidela in 2013

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan has divorced his wife Anna Konidela by mutual consent. The two decided to separate after 13 years of marriage. According to a statement from the Deputy Chief Minister's Office, this decision has been taken with mutual understanding and respect. Both of them said that they will continue to be good friends and will continue to play the role of dedicated parents to their children. Pawan Kalyan has been married three times. He has been divorced three times. Pawan Kalyan's three marriages and three divorces 1997: First marriage, a year after his wife Nandini's film debut, Pawan Kalyan's family arranged his marriage with Nandini. In an interview, Pawan Kalyan said, "I accepted this relationship at the behest of the family. After some time, things started going wrong between us. Everything is not going well in every relationship, so it is good to be separated from each other." Before divorcing Nandini, Pawan started living in a live-in with his co-star Renu Desai. In 2004, Renu gave birth to a son, Akira Nandan. Nandini filed a case in court against Pawan under the Begumee Act for living with another woman without getting a divorce. At the same time, she demanded Rs 5 lakh per month after the divorce for expenses. Nandini also filed a case under Section 494 of the IPC against other family members, including Chiranjeevi, Nagendra Babu and Renu Desai. After this case, Pawan divorced Nandini in 2007 itself. At the time of the divorce, Pawan had paid alimony of Rs 5 crore. 2009: Married for the second time, Pawan married Renu on January 28, 2009 after divorcing his wife Renu Nandini. After marriage, Renu gave birth to daughter Adhya. Pawan did a lot to maintain his marital relationship with Renu, but also failed to save his relationship with Renu. Renu divorced him in 2012 after just 3 years of marriage. This time, the reason for the divorce was not an affair. Reports claimed that Pawan had helped his brother Nagendra Babu during the financial crisis, which led to the divorce. However, the two never talked about it. Pawan tried very hard to avoid a divorce through his lawyer, but he failed. When the two got divorced, Pawan was shooting for the film 'Teen Maar', which is a remake of the Bollywood film 'Love Aaj Kal'. 2013: After divorce from his third wife, wife Anna Lezhneva fell in love with Russian model Anna Lezhneva. The two met during the shooting of a film. Pawan married Anna on September 30, 2013, just a year after his divorce from Renu. With this marriage, Pawan became the father of daughter Polena Anjana Pavanova and son Mark Shankar Pavanovich. Talking about marrying three times, Pawan said, "I had no intention of getting married. It just happened with time. One marriage did not last, so I had to get married again. Talking about the divorce for the third time, Pawan Kalyan said in a statement after the divorce decision, "After spending a large part of our lives together, we have decided to part ways with mutual understanding and respect. Even though our marriage is over, we will continue to be good friends and continue to play the role of dedicated parents to our beloved children. The happiness and well-being of the children will always be our shared priority. Pawan Kalyan and Anna Konidela appealed to their well-wishers to respect privacy during this difficult time of their lives. Actor Pawan Kalyan founded the Jana Sena Party on March 14, 2014, forming the party in 2014 and becoming the Deputy Chief Minister of the state in 2024. He contested the 2024 assembly elections in alliance with the TDP and the BJP. In the elections, the TDP won 135 out of 175 seats in Andhra Pradesh, the Jana Sena Party 21 and the BJP 8. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu became the CM of the state and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan became the deputy CM of the state. Now read here's the first look at this picture about Pawan Kalyan... Date: 17 October 2022 Venue: JSP president Pawan Kalyan was addressing a meeting at the Jana Sena Party (JSP) office in Visakhapatnam. Pawan Kalyan said, "Some people of the ruling party, even Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy have been calling me 'package star' for the last few days. Even Jagan Mohan Reddy has been calling me 'package star' for the last few days. They are alleging that I am taking 'packages' from them to promote the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).' As soon as he said this, suddenly the wind changed. He took off his slippers, raised them in his hand and said, 'Next time, if someone calls me a package star, I will hit him with the same slipper...' Date: 7 June 2024 Venue: Central Hall of the Old Parliament in New Delhi 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 what is visible here is the wind... This is not the wind, this is the storm... । Pawan's real name is Konidela Kalyan Babu. His father Konidela Venkat Rao was a constable and he was regularly transferred. Since childhood, Pawan's mind was not focused on studies. By the time he passed class ten, he failed many times, but was a black belt in karate. One day, at a martial arts presentation event, he changed his name to Pawan Kalyan instead of Kalyan Babu and from here his name was changed. Went into depression, tried to commit suicide. Referring to his childhood in an interview, Pawan said, "I have lived a very normal life. I kept doing what my family told me. I never thought too much about myself. My focus was less on studies and more on other things. During this time, I developed asthma and because of this, I reduced my interactions with people. Slowly, I went into depression. One day, I even tried to commit suicide with my elder brother Chiranjeevi's licensed pistol, but my family saved me." After this incident, Pawan started looking at life in a new way. He studied computers and started doing yoga. Pawan's elder brother Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu are superstars in South India, but still Pawan wanted to do farming, not acting. However, his sister-in-law Surekha inspired him to come to films and thus he became an actor by accident. Pawan started his film career in 1996 with the film 'Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbai'. From 1997 to 1999, he became a star by giving 6 consecutive hits. Pawan created the image of a youth icon different from his brother Chiranjeevi. The film 'Suswagatam' released in 1998 earned him the title of Power Star. During this period, he also became the highest-paid actor in Telugu films. He also worked as a stunt coordinator in 7 films. In 2001, where Pawan was the brand ambassador of soft drink Pepsi, his brother Chiranjeevi was promoting Coca-Cola. At that time, a cola brand had offered Pawan more money than Shah Rukh Khan to take him in its advertisement, but Pawan turned down the offer. "When I came to know that cola was harmful to health, I stopped advertising it. For me, my faith is more important than money," he said. In 2008, Pawan entered politics as the president of his brother Chiranjeevi's party, Praja Rajyam. In 2011, Chiranjeevi's party formed an alliance with the Congress. Angered by his brother's decision, Pawan formed the Jana Sena Party in 2014 and strongly opposed the Congress. In 2020, Pawan formed an alliance with the BJP.