Pawan Kumar is an Indian director, screenwriter, actor and producer, who predominantly works in the Kannada film industry. He is known for the films Manasaare (2009), Pancharangi (2010), Lucia (2013) and Dhoom (2023).
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Wiki/Biography
Pawan Prabhakar Bhongale aka Pawan Kumar was born on Friday, 29 October 1982 (age 41 years; as of 2023) in Anantapur, Pamidi, Andhra Pradesh, India. Their zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Pawan Kumar’s child’s picture
He started his schooling from Indian Preparatory School, Sriramapuram and continued his studies at Vasavi Educational Trust, JP Nagar, Bengaluru from 1992 to 1998. He completed his twelfth grade at The National College in Jayanagar, Bengaluru from 1998 to 2000. in theater and left his engineering course at PES University (PESU), formerly known as PESIT, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where he studied from 2000 to 2002.
Pawan Kumar in a group picture at school
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (Approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: black
Pawan Kumar with co-actors Ganesh and Digant
Family
Pawan belongs to a Hindu family from Maharashtra settled in Bengaluru.
parents and siblings
Pawan Kumar’s father Siddhojirao Prabhakar Prasad Bhongle is one of the directors of Pawan Kumar Studios Pvt. Ltd. His younger brother’s name is Kishan Kumar.
Pawan Kumar with his wife, parents and brother
wife and children
Pawan met Soumya Jaganmurthy during the shooting of the film Pancharangi (2010) and they got married on 6 June 2010.
Pawan Kumar on his wedding day
Soumya is a classical dancer, filmmaker and actor. They have a daughter named Lasya Pasouna (Lucy).
Pawan Kumar with wife and daughter
livelihood
Theater
Pawan Kumar worked in theater for a few years after completing his education, initially at Script People’s Theater from August 2002 to March 2003 and then as a freelance consultant. He started a theater company called ACtor Company, which offered innovative methods of theater productions. He wrote, directed and performed in the show The Woman in Me (2017).
Show the Woman in Me poster
For a short time, he moved to Mumbai, where he worked as a Senior Technical Consultant at Dell for about 2 months from February 2006 to March 2006 and as an Executive Producer at Neela Tele Films Pvt. Ltd. from March 2006 to December 2006. . He returned to Bengaluru and pursued a career in acting and direction. He returned to theater in 2023 with a show written during the early years of his career, called The Final Rehearsal (2023). He directed and performed solo shows.
Pawan Kumar rehearsing for the show The Final Rehearsal
film
director and screenwriter
Pawan Kumar joined director Yograj Bhatt’s team and wrote stories for the Kannada films Manasare (2009) and Pancharangi (2010). Both films were commercially successful. His directorial debut was the Kannada film Lifeu Ishtane (2011), for which he also wrote the story and screenplay.
poster of the movie lifeu ishtane
He directed and wrote Lucia (2013) which became a turning point in his career. It was the first crowd-funded film in the Kannada film industry.
His next Kannada film U-Turn (2016) was a supernatural thriller film which received widespread critical acclaim. The film was first remade in Malayalam as Careful (2017) directed by VK Prakash. It was remade in Tamil and Telugu under the name U-Turn (2018), directed by Pawan Kumar.
Pawan Kumar with the cast of U-Turn
He also directed the Netflix Hindi web series Leela (2019) and the Telugu web series Kudi Yedamaithe (2021).
Pawan Kumar on the sets of Kudi Yedamaithe
Pawan Kumar’s first film in Malayalam was Dhoom (2023), an action thriller starring Fahadh Faasil and Aparna Balamurali.
actor
He first played a small role in the Kannada film Mr. Garagasa (2008). Some of the roles he played were Dollar in the Kannada film Manasaare (2009), Lakshmana Rao (Lucky) in the Kannada film Pancharangi (2010), Teki Phaneesh in the Kannada film Gultu (2018), Bhushan in the Kannada film Gaalipatha 2. (2022), and a cameo role in the Kannada film Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare (2023).
Movie poster of Gaalipata 2
the creator
He was the producer of the Kannada films Lucia, U-Turn and Ondu Motteya Kaathe. He was the co-producer of the Kannada film Ikkat and the Telugu web series Kudi Yedamaithe.
A poster of Ondu Motteya Kathe
entrepreneur
Pawan is one of the directors of Pawan Kumar Studios Private Limited, a film company.
Pawan Kumar Studio Logo
award
- In 2011, Pawan Kumar won the Best Director award at the Bangalore Times Film Awards for the film Lifeu Ishtenay.
- In 2012, he won the British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) award in the Digital for Creative Industries category.
Pawan Kumar honored with British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur Award
- In 2013, he won the Best Director – Kannada award at the 61st Filmfare Awards – South and the Audience Choice Award at the London Indian Film Festival for the film Lucia.
- He won the Best Direction Award and Best Story Award for the film U-Turn at the 2nd International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in 2016, an event held in 2017.
Pawan Kumar with IIFA Awards
- He received the Best Film Award for the film Onda Motteya Kaathe at the 65th Filmfare Awards South.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Pawan had an autoimmune disorder called alopecia, which caused him to lose his hair.
- As of 2024, Pawan has 1 lakh subscribers on his YouTube channel and more than 70 thousand followers on his Instagram account.
- He is a TEDx speaker and has given speeches on the art of letting go, based on his life experiences and choices. He later gave another TEDx talk on the crowdfunding model of film production, titled Movies for the People, By the People, and of the People.
Pawan Kumar at TEDx event
- Pawan and his wife have a farm and art center called The Pasona Farm on the banks of the Kapila River at Hullahalli, near Mysore.
- He follows non-vegetarian food habit.
- He revealed in an interview that he is afraid of heights and dogs, loves gadgets of all kinds, especially mobile phones, and is irritated by people who constantly complain without even trying. He also mentioned his fantasy about living a life like the one in the film Before Sunrise (1995).
- In an interview, he revealed that he wants to work as a teacher for school children for some time.
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