Actor, Andhra Pradesh CM Pawan Kalyan announces divorce after 3rd marriage

South Indian actor and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan is on the verge of separation again. He has ended his 13-year marriage with Anna Konidala.

They announced this in a joint statement on Instagram on Monday night.

The statement said, “After spending some wonderful times together, we have mutually decided to separate. Although our marriage has ended, we will remain good friends and responsible parents to our children.

The happiness and well-being of our children will always be of utmost importance to both of us.”

The duo has asked well-wishers to respect their privacy in this personal decision, and has also expressed gratitude to those who have stood by them so far.

This was Pawan Kalyan’s third marriage. He first married Nandini in 1997. They divorced in 1999. Later, he married actress Renu Desai in 2009.

They have a son and a daughter in this marriage. This marriage also broke up in 2012. A year later, Pawan married Anna, a Russian-born woman.

The couple also has two children. After 13 years, the popular actor and politician also ended this marriage.

Pawan Kalyan is the younger brother of actors Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu. He made his debut in the Telugu industry in 1996 with the film ‘Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi’.

Later, he gradually became a big star in Telugu cinema.

Pawan was last seen on the big screen in March this year, in film ‘Ustad Bhagat Singh’. The film, which was made on a budget of Rs 150 crore, failed at the box office.

Along with films, Pawan started his political journey in 2008 as the president of Yuva Rajyam, the youth wing of Praja Rajyam Party, founded by his elder brother Chiranjeevi.

He temporarily retired from politics in 2011.

Later, Pawan founded the Jana Sena Party himself in March 2014. He campaigned for the party in the elections that same year.

His party could not do well in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. Pawan’s party achieved success in the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections by forming an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

As a result, he became the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.