Pawan Kalyan: Actor Pawan Kalyan has opened up on his battle with depression. He revealed that as a teenager he planned to ‘take my own life’.
The actor recently took out time to shoot for the popular Telugu chat show, Unstoppable season 2 with actor Nandamuri Balakrishna as the host. In the first part of the interview, Pawan Kalyan spoke about dealing with depression and said that when he was a teenager, he wanted to ‘take my own life’.
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Pawan’s TV debut
The show which has so far hosted several celebrities from the Telugu industry, marks Pawan’s debut in television. The second part of Pawan’s interview with Balakrishna will premiere on February 10 on Aha.
He was quoted as saying, “My struggles with depression were overwhelming, but I fought through it. I have asthma and felt isolated due to frequent hospitalisation. Therefore, I’m not much of a social person.”
“At the age of 17, the pressure of exams only added to my depression. I remember planning to take my own life by using the licensed revolver of my eldest brother (Chiranjeevi Konidela) when he was not at home,” he added. Pawan added that started reading, martial arts, and practised Carnatic music which helped him emerge as a better person.
Pawan in Bheemla Nayak
The actor was last seen in Bheemla Nayak, which also starred Rana Daggubati. Directed by Saagar K Chandra, the film follows two men – a police SI and a suspended army havildar – who lock horns over an incident and their egos take them on a wild trip.
Bheemla Nayak is the official remake of Malayalam film Ayyappanum Koshiyum, which tells the story of its title characters in a tug of war to prove who’s powerful. While the role of Ayyappan Nair, a policeman with unblemished records, was played by Biju Menon, Prithviraj was a retired army havildar Koshy Kurian, with 16 years of service.
He is currently waiting his upcoming Telugu period action drama, Hari Hara Veera Mallu to release. The film marks his maiden collaboration with filmmaker Krish Jagrlamudi. He reunites with director Harish Shankar for Ustaad Bhagat Singh.
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