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	\| occupation = {{hlist\|Model\|actress\|costume designer\|film director\|producer}}		\| occupation = {{hlist\|Model\|actress\|costume designer\|film director\|producer}}
	\| years active = 2000–2006		\| years active = 2000–2006
	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Pawan Kalyan]]\|2009\|2012\|reason=div}}<ref>{{cite web\|title=Photos & Movie Images - Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hollywood\|url=http://livinggallery.oneindia.in/v/album01-bollywood-specials/bollywood-weddings/pawan-kalyan-weds-renu-desai/\|publisher=[[Filmibeat]]\|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131229/entertainment-tollywood/article/pawan-kalyan-ties-third-knot\|title=Pawan Kalyan is married to Russian Anna Lezhneva\|date=30 December 2013\|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle\|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref~~></small~~>		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Pawan Kalyan]]\|2009\|2012\|reason=div}}<ref>{{cite web\|title=Photos & Movie Images - Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hollywood\|url=http://livinggallery.oneindia.in/v/album01-bollywood-specials/bollywood-weddings/pawan-kalyan-weds-renu-desai/\|publisher=[[Filmibeat]]\|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131229/entertainment-tollywood/article/pawan-kalyan-ties-third-knot\|title=Pawan Kalyan is married to Russian Anna Lezhneva\|date=30 December 2013\|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle\|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref>
	\| children = 2		\| children = 2
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Renu Desai's mother tongue is [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], but she is also fluent in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Renu Desai shares inside pictures from her first shoot post-lockdown; says "it is scary but happy my staff is earning their livelihood"\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/renu-desai-shares-inside-pictures-from-her-first-shoot-post-lockdown-says-it-is-scary-but-happy-my-staff-is-earning-their-livelihood/articleshow/76317864.cms\|date=11 June 2020\|publisher=Times of India\|access-date=12 April 2021\|quote=This picture has Renu practicing her lines before going for the shoot. Interestingly, the renowned TV personality, whose mother tongue is Marathi yet speaks Telugu fluently, finds remembering her lines to be quite a task.}}</ref> She has a son, born in 2004 with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh\|Telugu]] actor [[Pawan Kalyan]], whom she married in 28 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Annadatha Sukheebhava host Renu Desai has a message for fans on son Akira's birthday \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/annadatha-sukheebhava-host-renu-desai-has-a-message-for-fans-on-son-akiras-birthday/articleshow/68794960.cms \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=9 April 2019}}</ref> The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce 2011, which was finalised in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Pawan's estranged wife Renu Desai spotted in Vijayawada\|url=http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|publisher=Bay News\|date=30 October 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228222957/http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|archive-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Engagement">{{cite news \|last1=Goyal \|first1=Divya \|title=Pawan Kalyan's Ex-Wife Renu Desai Is Engaged, Kids Attended Ceremony. See Pics \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pawan-kalyans-ex-wife-renu-desai-is-engaged-kids-attended-ceremony-see-pics-1872938 \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|publisher=[[NDTV]] \|date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite news \|title=Pawan Kalyan's ex-wife Renu Desai gets engaged but keeps her fiance's identity a secret \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/pawan-kalyan-ex-wife-renu-desai-engagement-5232930/ \|accessdate=4 September 2020 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=26 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Desai was engaged to another man.<ref name="Engagement"/><ref name="IE"/>		Renu Desai's mother tongue is [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], but she is also fluent in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Renu Desai shares inside pictures from her first shoot post-lockdown; says "it is scary but happy my staff is earning their livelihood"\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/renu-desai-shares-inside-pictures-from-her-first-shoot-post-lockdown-says-it-is-scary-but-happy-my-staff-is-earning-their-livelihood/articleshow/76317864.cms\|date=11 June 2020\|publisher=Times of India\|access-date=12 April 2021\|quote=This picture has Renu practicing her lines before going for the shoot. Interestingly, the renowned TV personality, whose mother tongue is Marathi yet speaks Telugu fluently, finds remembering her lines to be quite a task.}}</ref> She has a son, born in 2004 with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh\|Telugu]] actor [[Pawan Kalyan]], whom she married on 28 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Annadatha Sukheebhava host Renu Desai has a message for fans on son Akira's birthday \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/annadatha-sukheebhava-host-renu-desai-has-a-message-for-fans-on-son-akiras-birthday/articleshow/68794960.cms \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=9 April 2019}}</ref> The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce 2011, which was finalised in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Pawan's estranged wife Renu Desai spotted in Vijayawada\|url=http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|publisher=Bay News\|date=30 October 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228222957/http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|archive-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Engagement">{{cite news \|last1=Goyal \|first1=Divya \|title=Pawan Kalyan's Ex-Wife Renu Desai Is Engaged, Kids Attended Ceremony. See Pics \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pawan-kalyans-ex-wife-renu-desai-is-engaged-kids-attended-ceremony-see-pics-1872938 \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|publisher=[[NDTV]] \|date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite news \|title=Pawan Kalyan's ex-wife Renu Desai gets engaged but keeps her fiance's identity a secret \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/pawan-kalyan-ex-wife-renu-desai-engagement-5232930/ \|accessdate=4 September 2020 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=26 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Desai was engaged to another man.<ref name="Engagement"/><ref name="IE"/>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	\| ''[[Badri (2000 film)\|Badri]]'' \|\| Vennela \|\| Telugu \|\| Debut Telugu film		\| ''[[Badri (2000 film)\|Badri]]'' \|\| Vennela \|\| Telugu \|\| Debut Telugu film
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	\| ''[[James Pandu]]'' \|\| Renu \|\| Tamil \|\| Debut Tamil film		\| ''[[James Pandu]]'' \|\| Renu \|\| Tamil \|\| Debut Tamil film
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Renu Desai's mother tongue is [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], but she is also fluent in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Renu Desai shares inside pictures from her first shoot post-lockdown; says ~~“it~~ is scary but happy my staff is earning their ~~livelihood”~~\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/renu-desai-shares-inside-pictures-from-her-first-shoot-post-lockdown-says-it-is-scary-but-happy-my-staff-is-earning-their-livelihood/articleshow/76317864.cms\|date=11 June 2020\|publisher=Times of India\|access-date=12 April 2021\|quote=This picture has Renu practicing her lines before going for the shoot. Interestingly, the renowned TV personality, whose mother tongue is Marathi yet speaks Telugu fluently, finds remembering her lines to be quite a task.}}</ref> She has a son, born in 2004 with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh\|Telugu]] actor [[Pawan Kalyan]], whom she married in 28 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Annadatha Sukheebhava host Renu Desai has a message for fans on son Akira's birthday \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/annadatha-sukheebhava-host-renu-desai-has-a-message-for-fans-on-son-akiras-birthday/articleshow/68794960.cms \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=9 April 2019}}</ref> The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce 2011, which was finalised in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Pawan's estranged wife Renu Desai spotted in Vijayawada\|url=http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|publisher=Bay News\|date=30 October 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228222957/http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|archive-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Engagement">{{cite news \|last1=Goyal \|first1=Divya \|title=Pawan Kalyan's Ex-Wife Renu Desai Is Engaged, Kids Attended Ceremony. See Pics \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pawan-kalyans-ex-wife-renu-desai-is-engaged-kids-attended-ceremony-see-pics-1872938 \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|publisher=[[NDTV]] \|date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite news \|title=Pawan Kalyan's ex-wife Renu Desai gets engaged but keeps her fiance's identity a secret \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/pawan-kalyan-ex-wife-renu-desai-engagement-5232930/ \|accessdate=4 September 2020 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=26 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Desai was engaged to another man.<ref name="Engagement"/><ref name="IE"/>		Renu Desai's mother tongue is [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], but she is also fluent in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Renu Desai shares inside pictures from her first shoot post-lockdown; says "it is scary but happy my staff is earning their livelihood"\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/renu-desai-shares-inside-pictures-from-her-first-shoot-post-lockdown-says-it-is-scary-but-happy-my-staff-is-earning-their-livelihood/articleshow/76317864.cms\|date=11 June 2020\|publisher=Times of India\|access-date=12 April 2021\|quote=This picture has Renu practicing her lines before going for the shoot. Interestingly, the renowned TV personality, whose mother tongue is Marathi yet speaks Telugu fluently, finds remembering her lines to be quite a task.}}</ref> She has a son, born in 2004 with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh\|Telugu]] actor [[Pawan Kalyan]], whom she married in 28 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Annadatha Sukheebhava host Renu Desai has a message for fans on son Akira's birthday \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/annadatha-sukheebhava-host-renu-desai-has-a-message-for-fans-on-son-akiras-birthday/articleshow/68794960.cms \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=9 April 2019}}</ref> The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce 2011, which was finalised in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Pawan's estranged wife Renu Desai spotted in Vijayawada\|url=http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|publisher=Bay News\|date=30 October 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228222957/http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada\|archive-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Engagement">{{cite news \|last1=Goyal \|first1=Divya \|title=Pawan Kalyan's Ex-Wife Renu Desai Is Engaged, Kids Attended Ceremony. See Pics \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pawan-kalyans-ex-wife-renu-desai-is-engaged-kids-attended-ceremony-see-pics-1872938 \|accessdate=11 April 2019 \|publisher=[[NDTV]] \|date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite news \|title=Pawan Kalyan's ex-wife Renu Desai gets engaged but keeps her fiance's identity a secret \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/pawan-kalyan-ex-wife-renu-desai-engagement-5232930/ \|accessdate=4 September 2020 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=26 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Desai was engaged to another man.<ref name="Engagement"/><ref name="IE"/>

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{{short description|Indian actor and costume designer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Renu Desai
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress|costume designer|film director|producer}}
| years active = 2000–2006
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Pawan Kalyan]]|2009|2012|reason=div}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Photos & Movie Images - Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hollywood|url=http://livinggallery.oneindia.in/v/album01-bollywood-specials/bollywood-weddings/pawan-kalyan-weds-renu-desai/|publisher=[[Filmibeat]]|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131229/entertainment-tollywood/article/pawan-kalyan-ties-third-knot|title=Pawan Kalyan is married to Russian Anna Lezhneva|date=30 December 2013|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref></small>
| children = 2
}}

'''Renu Desai''' is an Indian former model and actress.<ref name="timesindia">{{cite news | title=Pavan Kalyan gets married | date=29 January 1999 | url =http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jun/30amisha.htm | work =rediff.com | accessdate = 4 February 2009 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Renu Desai's mother tongue is [[Marathi language|Marathi]], but she is also fluent in [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Renu Desai shares inside pictures from her first shoot post-lockdown; says “it is scary but happy my staff is earning their livelihood”|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/renu-desai-shares-inside-pictures-from-her-first-shoot-post-lockdown-says-it-is-scary-but-happy-my-staff-is-earning-their-livelihood/articleshow/76317864.cms|date=11 June 2020|publisher=Times of India|access-date=12 April 2021|quote=This picture has Renu practicing her lines before going for the shoot. Interestingly, the renowned TV personality, whose mother tongue is Marathi yet speaks Telugu fluently, finds remembering her lines to be quite a task.}}</ref> She has a son, born in 2004 with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]] actor [[Pawan Kalyan]], whom she married in 28 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Annadatha Sukheebhava host Renu Desai has a message for fans on son Akira's birthday |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/annadatha-sukheebhava-host-renu-desai-has-a-message-for-fans-on-son-akiras-birthday/articleshow/68794960.cms |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=9 April 2019}}</ref> The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce 2011, which was finalised in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pawan's estranged wife Renu Desai spotted in Vijayawada|url=http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada|publisher=Bay News|date=30 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228222957/http://www.baynews.in/film-news/pawan%E2%80%99s-estranged-wife-renu-desai-spotted-in-vijayawada|archive-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Engagement">{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=Pawan Kalyan's Ex-Wife Renu Desai Is Engaged, Kids Attended Ceremony. See Pics |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pawan-kalyans-ex-wife-renu-desai-is-engaged-kids-attended-ceremony-see-pics-1872938 |accessdate=11 April 2019 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite news |title=Pawan Kalyan's ex-wife Renu Desai gets engaged but keeps her fiance's identity a secret |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/pawan-kalyan-ex-wife-renu-desai-engagement-5232930/ |accessdate=4 September 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Desai was engaged to another man.<ref name="Engagement"/><ref name="IE"/>

==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 (2000 film)|Badri]]'' and ''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-badri.html |title=Idle Brain |publisher=Idle Brain |date=20 April 2000 |accessdate=17 August 2013}}</ref> 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 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc"
! Year
! Film
! Role
!Language
! Note
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Badri (2000 film)|Badri]]'' || Vennela || Telugu || Debut Telugu film
|-
| 2000
| ''[[James Pandu]]'' || Renu || Tamil || Debut Tamil film
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]'' || Geetanjali aka "Geetha" || Telugu || Second collaboration with ''[[Pawan Kalyan ]]''
|}

====Television====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! TV Serial
! Role
! Language
! Channel
! Notes
|-
|2021||''Radhamma Kuthuru''|| [[Parvathi|Goddess Parvathi]]||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||[[Zee Telugu]]|| Guest appearance<ref>{{cite news |title=Renu Desai to feature in Radhamma Kuthuru |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/renu-desai-to-feature-in-radhamma-kuthuru/articleshow/81665194.cms |access-date=27 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=24 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

===As director===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc"
! Year
! Film
! Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Ishq Wala Love]]''
| Also producer
|}

===As costume designer===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Year
! Film
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]]''
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]''
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Gudumba Shankar]]''
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Balu (2005 film)|Balu]]''
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Annavaram (film)|Annavaram]]''
|}

===As editor===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Year
! Film
! Song
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]]''
| "Ye Mera Jaha"
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Balu (2005 film)|Balu]]''
| "Hut Hutja"
|-

|}

=== As producer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc"
! Year
! Film
|-
|2012
|''[[Mangalashtak Once More]]''
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Ishq Wala Love]]''
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0220838|name=Renu Desai}}

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