Did You Know: South Superstar Pawan Kalyan's Wife Is Russian
Did you know that South superstar Pawan Kalyan's wife is Russian?
Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan is the talk of the town after he registered an emphatic victory in the recently-concluded 2024 polls. Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party (JSP) won a total of 21 seats in the recently concluded Andhra Pradesh's Assembly Elections 2024. The actor is now an MLA from Pithapuram constituency. But did you know that Pawan Kalyan has a Russian wife? Yes, you read that right. Pawan Kalyan's third wife is named Anna Lezhneva. When the actor was confirmed as a winner in the polls, Anna Lezhneva welcomed him by performing aarti, and she even put a tikka on his forehead.
Speaking of Anna Lezhneva, she met Pawan Kalyan when she was filming the 2011 movie 'Teen Maa'. The duo then dated for two years, and it was in 2013, that they got married.
Last year, there were rumours that Anna and Pawan have had a falling out. Several reports stated that the duo are not living together. The rumours started when Telugu actor Varun Tej and Lavanya Tripathi’s engagement ceremony took place, and there was no Anna Lezhneva in attendance.
Additionally, she was also not present during the cradle ceremony for Klin Kaara Konidela, the daughter of Ram Charan and Upasana.
Speaking of Pawan Kalyan, he first married Nandini in 1997, one year after his film debut. As per several reports, Pawan Kalyan then started to be in a live-in relationship with his co-star Renu Desai.
In June 2007, Nandini then filed a bigamy case on Kalyan alleging that he remarried without divorcing her. After a long legal battle, Pawan Kalyan and Nandini's divorce was formalised in 2008 with an alimony of Rs 5 crore paid by Kalyan as a one-time settlement.
In 2009, Kalyan then married Desai after eight years of live-in companionship. However, the couple parted ways in 2012 with a formal divorce. In an interview in 2018, Desai claimed that Kalyan "insisted on a divorce in spite of her initial protests." She also added that Kalyan denied her request of making a public statement about their divorce.
Coming back to Kalyan and Anna, the duo has a daughter Polena Anjana Pawanova and a son Mark Shankar Pawanovich.
Pawan Kalyan has been listed in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list since 2013. In 2017, he had suggested that he would give up acting to focus on politics full-time. But in 2021, he made a stunning return with the critically acclaimed smash hit ‘Vakeel Saab.’
