Pawan Kalyan's persona has fascinated his fans since the early years of his career. There was a time when he remained largely absent from the public glare, with audiences seeing him mostly through his films until the mid-2000s. As he rarely attended movie events or gave press interviews, fans often had little insight into what he thought about his back-to-back theatrical successes. To some extent, that 'switch-off' mode continues even today. Pawan expresses gratitude to fans "When Tholi Prema became a hit, I didn't know what kind of a hit it was.