Renu Desai

Renu Desai is an Indian actress, stylist, director, producer and former model known for her works in Telugu cinema.^[3]

Renu Desai
Occupations	model actress stylist film director producer
Years active	2000–2003 2021–present
Spouse	Pawan Kalyan ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2012)​ [1][2]
Children	2

Personal life

Renu Desai was born in Pune to a Gujarati father and a Marwari mother,^[4] and speaks Marathi at home.^[5] She has a son, born in 2004 with Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan, whom she married on 28 January 2009.^[6] The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce in 2011, which was finalised in 2012.^[7][8][9] In 2018, Desai announced that she was engaged, but didn't reveal her fiancé's identity.^[8][9] Later, she decided not to marry anyone and cancelled the marriage plans.

Career

Before her entry into Telugu films, Desai was a model and appeared in the music video of Shankar Mahadevan's song "Breathless".

She starred with her future husband in the films Badri and Johnny.^[10] Renu returned to her hometown and is active in Marathi films now. In 2013, she turned producer with Mangalashtak Once More and turned director with Ishq Wala Love in 2014.

Filmography

As actress

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Badri	Vennela	Telugu
2000	James Pandu	Renu	Tamil
2003	Johnny	Geetanjali aka "Geetha"	Telugu
2023	Tiger Nageswara Rao	Hemalatha Lavanam	Telugu

Television

Year	TV Serial	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2021	Radhamma Kuthuru	Goddess Parvathi	Telugu	Zee Telugu	Guest appearance[11]

As director

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2014	Ishq Wala Love	Marathi	Also producer

As costume designer

Year	Film
2001	Kushi
2003	Johnny
2004	Gudumba Shankar
2005	Balu
2006	Annavaram

As editor

Year	Film	Song
2001	Kushi	"Ye Mera Jaha"
2005	Balu	"Hut Hutja"

As producer

Year	Film
2012	Mangalashtak Once More
2014	Ishq Wala Love