Happy Birthday Pawan Kalyan From Tholi Prema to Gabbar Singh five best movies of the Tollywood superstar

Popular Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan is celebrating his birthday on Saturday. Pawan is not only an accomplished actor but also a writer, director and producer. When the actor entered the film industry people just thought him to be Chiranjeevi's younger brother. But Pawan managed to win the hearts of audiences and film critics with his powerful acting and strong screen presence. That time, no one would have thought the 'Badri' star could end up creating a special place in the industry. As Pawan turns 46, we would to like go down the memory lane and present some of his best movies till date.

Tholi Prema proved to be a turning point in the actor's career and kick started his rise to fame and stardom. The musical romantic film was created quite a craze amongst the fans. Fans still remember the movie for the sizzling chemistry between Pawan Kalyan and Keerthy Reddy. The film directed by A. Karunakaran won the National Award for the best feature film in Telugu.

The movie Attarintiki Daredi brought the best out of Pawan Kalyan as an actor. The actor played the character of Gautham Nanda who tried to improve the strained relationship between his grandfather and aunt. Pawan was not only appreciated for his performance and but also ended up winning the best actor award at Santosham Film Awards. The film has been remade in both Bangla and Kannada.

'Jalsa', an action comedy movie which was released in 2008 proved to be the biggest grosser of the year. Pawan Kalyan was applauded for his performance and was also nominated for Filmfare Best Actor in Telugu. The Trivikram Srinivas directorial portrayed the heated rivalry between a gym instructor Sanjay Sahu (played by Pawan) and a cruel land grabber Damodar Reddy (played by Mukesh Rishi). Bollywood actress Illeana D'Cruz and Prakash Raj were also part of the movie.

Gabbar Singh is one of Pawan Kalyan's must watch movies. The film, a remake of Salman Khan's Dabangg proved to be very successful at the box office collection. Pawan won his first Filmfare Best male Actor Award for this outstanding performance as Venkataratnam Naidu. The 'Gopala Gopala' star displayed his rough and tough personality in the Harish Shankar directorial. The chemistry between the actor and Shruti Haasan was simply sizzling and created quite a stir.

Kushi is regarded as one of the best movies ever done by Pawan Kalyan. The film attracted a lot of youngsters when it was released in 2001. The musical tracks and cute romantic scenes were the main assets of the S.J Surya directorial. Pawan's prowess acting landed him a Filmfare nomination for the best actor award.The cute love story saw Bhoomika Chawla playing the lead female protagonist.