All About Anna Lezhneva, Russian Model-Actor And Pawan Kalyan's Third Wife

Five years after he lost both the Assembly seats he contested, Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan has finally made it to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly as Deputy Chief Minister in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. The actor-politician has not only scored his maiden electoral victory but his party has emerged as a formidable force by winning all the 21 Assembly seats and both Lok Sabha seats it contested.

Throughout his political journey, Kalyan’s wife Anna Lezhneva has been his unwavering support system. She was seen performing aarti and applying tika on his forehead when he returned home after being unanimously elected as the Jan Sena Party floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

She also received a lot of love from social media recently for accepting the Indian culture and tradition when she was seen picking up her husband’s slippers while he bent down to seek blessings from an elderly member of his family.

Who is Anna Lezhneva?

Born in 1980, Anna Lezhneva is a Russian model actress. She met Kalyan during the filming of Teen Maar in 2011, in which she played a side character.

The couple dated for two years and tied the knot on September 30, 2013, making Anna Pawan’s third wife.

They have a son and a daughter. After their marriage, Kalyan adopted Lezhneva’s daughter from her previous marriage, Polena Anjana Pawanova, and raised her along with his three other children. In 2017, the couple welcomed their first child together, a baby boy whom they named Mark Shankar Pawanovich.

As per a report by NDTV, Lezhneva is rumoured to own hotel chains in Singapore and have assets worth around Rs 1800 crore in both Russia and Singapore.

Pawan Kalyan’s Personal Life

Kalyan first married 19-year-old Nandini in 1997. That marriage lasted over a decade before the couple parted ways in 2008. He then married actress Renu Desai in 2009, and they had two children– Akira Nandan and Aadhya– with her before they divorced in 2012.

Reports of Lezhneva and Kalyan’s separation also emerged after the model actress remained missing from important family gatherings such as Telugu star Varun Tej’s engagement and Ram Charan’s daughter’s cradle ceremony.

However, despite rumours of marital discord, Lezhneva was seen supporting Kalyan during the recent election victory.

Kalyan stitched the NDA alliance of TDP, BJP and Janasena together, which emerged triumphant with a landslide victory, sweeping up 164 of 175 assembly seats in the state and 21 of 25 Lok Sabha seats.