Pawan's wife: "Please call me Anna Konidala!"

Anna Konidala, the wife of Telugu star and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, has now requested everyone to address her as Anna Konidala and not Anna Lezhneva.

Taking to her Instagram page to pen a post about her name, even as she gears up to welcome her next birthday, Anna Konidala 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. And I just couldn’t find the right way to say it."

She went on to say, "Most people first got to know me as Anna Lezhneva, because that’s the name that was everywhere when news about our marriage came out. The funny thing is, our marriage certificate is actually the last official document where that surname appears. On that day, I took my husband’s surname and became Anna Konidala. So if you’ve read this far, I just have one small request. Please call me Anna Konidala."

Stating that that was her name, she said, "It’s the one I feel like myself with. Thank you for understanding. It really means a lot to me."

She concluded the post with a note on the picture she had shared. She said, "P.S. The photo was taken during our very first trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia, together."