‘Call me Anna Konidala’: Pawan Kalyan's wife Anna Lezhneva requests fans, says she took his surname the day they married
Anna Lezhneva, wife of Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, has requested that the public refer to her as Anna Konidala. She clarified that she adopted her husband's surname at the time of their 2013 marriage.
Why it matters
The request highlights the intersection of personal identity and public life for the families of prominent political figures.
Actor and deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pawan Kalyan and Anna Lezhneva have been married since 2013. On Monday, she made a special request to her followers on Instagram, asking everyone to call her by the name Anna Konidala. What Anna saidSharing a picture which had the name ‘Anna Konidala: A small request about my name’, and one which featured her hugging Pawan from their first trip together, Anna wrote, "A name is such a personal thing.With my birthday coming up soon, I felt like it’s finally the right moment to write this.I’ve been meaning to do it ever since I started this Instagram account. I wrote it, deleted it… came back to it again.
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