Pawan Kalyan was born to Konidala Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi on 2 September 1971. Pawan Kalyan is younger brother of Chiranjeevi and Nagendra Babu.
Pawan Kalyan is a trained Martial Artist. He holds a black belt in karate and has displayed his skills in several of his films. He publicly performed his martial arts skills at several auditoriums. He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolizing Hanuman. From then, Kalyan Babu became popular as Pawan Kalyan. Pawan Kalyan is a vegetarian and is highly influenced by Che Guevara, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.
Pawan Kalyan married Nandini, a Visakhapatnam resident on 17 May 1997. The couple separated after two years into the marriage. Pawan started a relationship with his co-star Renu Desai and had a kid named Akira Nandan in 2004. His first marriage was scrutinized by the media when Nandini filed a case against Pawan and his family seeking divorce and alimony from him on 25 June 2007. The case was investigated and in August 2008, the court granted divorce to the couple with Pawan agreeing to pay 5 crores as a one time settlement to Nandini. Soon after the divorce, On 28 January 2009, he married Renu Desai. and has worked as costume designer for most of his films. The couple have two children, a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004 and a girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Akira was named after Pawan Kalyan's favorite director Akira Kurosawa.