Pawan Kalyan Konidela Kalyan Babu , [4] better known by his stage name Pawan Kalyan , is an Indian film actor , producer , director , screenwriter , writer , and politician . His film works are predominantly in Telugu cinema . He is the younger brother of popular actor turned politician Chiranjeevi . Kalyan made his acting debut in the 1996 Telugu film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi . In 1998, he starred in Tholi Prema , which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.